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Ivan Suzman 50/39/36 [log in to unmask] :-)
Portland, Maine land of lighthouses 38 cold , rainy deg. F
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An APDA official says that there are 60,000 (conservative estimate-
could possibly be 70,000)
new PD diagnoses per year. I don't know the exact sources. He referred
to
physicians in the New York City area who advise the APDA.
60,000 new cases/ 52 weeks per year= 1148 new PD cases each week
That would be one PD diagnosis every 7 minutes,
if these new diagnoses were made continuously, 7 days x 24 hours/day
But PD diagnoses usually are made on an office schedule,
that is, not for 7 days, but just a 5 days a week, on a typical doctors'
office schedule.
For most clinics, neurologists who can diagnose are available
7 hours per day(9AM - 12noon and 1-5PM).
That's 7 hours per day, x 5 days per week, or 35 office hours per week,
so take
1148 new cases, divide by 35 hours x 60 min. per hour;
or 2100 open office minutes per week, to diagnose new patients.
DO the division, and one gets 2100/ 1148, or, a new PD patient every 1.9
minutes!!
There is therefore, a new PD diagnosis every 1.9
minutes in the United States, Monday through Friday.
While I have typed this message, there have
been 7 more PD patients newly diagnosed.
Take this new statistic to your NEXT PD-related conversation.
Ivan
:-)
