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Maureen, There are between one and four million people in the US with PD. About 50,000 people each year are diagnosed or one every 10 minutes. The most commonly quoted number in use is one million because it comes from the National Institute of Health. The 50,000 per year comes from either the NIH or Harvard University. I can't recall which. -------- REPLY, Original message follows -------- > Date: Wednesday, 26-Feb-97 10:58 AM > From: Maureen Allen \ Internet: ([log in to unmask]) > To: Parkinsn Mail \ Internet: ([log in to unmask] utoronto.ca) Subject: incidence > I am new to this listservice. My mother-in-law has Parkinson's Disease and > is in the later stages. I am interested in finding out how many people are > diagnosed with Parkinson's each year in the United States i.e. incidence > rate. I am an epidemiology doctoral student and am trying to get a grasp > on the enormity of the problem. Could you help me. > Maureen Allen, RN-C MPH > Business Address: -------- REPLY, End of original message -------- -- [log in to unmask]