Table 6.2.
Parkinson's disease prevalence rates from selected door‐to‐door surveys
| Location of survey | Age groups screened | Crude prevalence/ 100 000 persons |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese cities (Li et al,. 1985) | > 50 years | 44.0 |
| Igbo‐ora, Nigeria (Schoenberg et al., 1988) | > 39 years | 58.6 |
| Kin‐Hu, Kinmen, Taiwan, ROC (Wang et al., 1994) | > 50 years | 170.0 |
| Sicily, Italy (Morgante et al., 1992) | > 12 years | 257.2 |
| Vejer de la Frontera, Cadiz, Spain (Acosta et al., 1989) | All ages | 270.0 |
| Copiah County, Mississippi, USA (Schoenberg et al., 1985) | > 39 years | 347.0 |
| Parsi community, Bombay, India (Bharucha et al., 1988) | All ages | 328.3 |
| Bankstown, Sydney, Australia (Chan et al., 2005) | ≥ 55 years | 780.0 |
Note: Studies listed should not be compared directly as the age and gender distributions of the underlying populations differ.