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Since I've had a number of questions concerning how many people with PD are in a certain state I am re-posting my ESTIMATED numbers from last year. ****************************************************** I thought this info might be of help to you when you talk to Congress people. 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 DISTS------ TOTAL # of PWP 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 -------- 35,0 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