In a message dated 09/07/2007 07:01:27 GMT Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: I've been seeing this little factoid repeatedly in articles about PD, but it doesn't make sense. At 8:00 AM -0400 7/7/07, Amanda Phillips wrote: > >Roughly 1.5 million Americans have Parkinson's and 600,000 new cases are >diagnosed each year, most often in people older than 60 If these numbers are correct they imply a life expectancy for us of less than three years. -- Steve Rack Brattleboro VT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn I didn't write that ! I'm a late riser :) and, flippin' heck I REFUSE to die in 3 years - I'm going to live long enough to bore everyone stiff and ruin all the statistics ! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn