Hi Ivan M Suzman <[log in to unmask]>, you wrote
> The office of the Governor of Maine, Angus S. King, Jr., has
>just asked me to help him to draft Maine's first World Parkinson's Day
>Resolution.
> Can anyone tell me how to calculate THE NUMBER OF PWP's in my
>state?? Maine's population (NOT COUNTING BLACK FLIES or CHICKADEES) is
>supposedly 1,250,000.
I understand that it's approx. 1 PWP in 1000 population.
>Maine's populations are 96% European, 2% Native American and 2% African
>and other origins.
I further understand that race appears to have no effect on numbers.
>P.S. How about a way to calculate the number of young-onset PWP's
>("YOPWP's") ??
The figure of 1 in every 7 diagnoses of PWPs being under 40 is used by
many medics.
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Jeremy Browne - [log in to unmask]
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