I am posting this for Barbara Schirloff([log in to unmask]) --her provider
is currently NOT providing!!
Please save this list so that when you contact your Senators and
Representatives you can let them know that there are approximately 3,500
VOTERS in their district alone who have PD.
The following is a state by state listing of the estimated number of
people with PD based on the total US population of 260 million and the
APDA supplied number of 1.5 million people in the US with Parkinson's
disease. I used an average number of 600,000 people - as indicated in "The
U.S. Congress Handbook 1996, 104th Congress" - for each of the 435
Congressional districts.
The math came out to an estimated 3,500 people with Parkinson's in each
district. Multiplying 3,500 by the number of districts in each state,
I arrived at the following number of PWP per state:
STATE ------ # OF ------ TOTAL # of PWP
------ DISTS - ----- PER STATE
Alabama -------- 7 -------- 24,500
Alaska -------- 1 -------- 3,500
Arizona -------- 6 -------- 21,000
Arkansas -------- 4 -------- 14,000
California-------- 52 -------- 182,000
Colorado -------- 6 -------- 21 000
Connecticut --------6-------- 21,000
Delaware --------1 -------- 3,500
Florida -------- 23 -------- 80,500
Georgia --------11 -------- 38,500
Hawaii -------- 2 -------- 7,000
Idaho -------- 2 -------- 7,000
Illinois -------- 20 -------- 70,000
Indiana -------- 10 -------- 35,000
Iowa -------- 5 -------- 17,500
Kansas -------- 4 -------- 14,000
Kentucky -------- 6 -------- 21,000
Louisiana -------- 7 -------- 24,500
Maine -------- 2 -------- 7,000
Maryland -------- 8 -------- 28,000
Massachusetts -----10 -------- -- 35,000
Michigan -------- 16 -------- 56,000
Minnesota -------- 8 -------- 28,000
Mississippi --------5-------- -----17,500
Missouri -------- 9 -------- 31,500
Montana -------- 1 -------- 3,500
Nebraska -------- 3 -------- 10,500
Nevada -------- 2 -------- 7,000
New Hampshire --------2 -------- 7,000
New Jersey-------- 13-------- 45,500
New Mexico-------- 3 -------- 10,500
New York -------- 31 -------- 108,500
North Carolina -------- 12--------42,000
North Dakota -------- 1-------- 3,500
Ohio --------19 -- -------- 66,500
Oklahoma -------- 6 -------- 21,000
Oregon -------- 5 -------- 17,500
Pennsylvania--------21 -------- 73,500
Rhode Island--------2 -------- 7,000
South Carolina -----6 -------- 21,000
South Dakota ------1 ------- 3,500
Tennessee --------9 ------- 31,500
Texas --------30-------- 105,000
Utah ----------- 3----------- 10,500
Vermont -------- 1 -------- 3,500
Virginia -------- 11 -------- 38,500
Washington --------9 -------- 31,500
West Virginia --------3-------- 10,500
Wyoming -----------1 -------- 3,500
Margaret Tuchman(54yrs,dx1980)
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