Thanks, Barb, I know it's not all that important, but when that 45 year old surgeon told me it was an old people's illness it appeared to me he meant 65+. At least now I have a fact with which to answer him - this combined with the point someone made about he multiple years most of us have it without being diagnosed. Bruce A. -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Brock <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> Date: Monday, August 03, 1998 12:33 AM Subject: Re: PWP ages >Bruce, >The average age of diagnosis is 57. The rest I know is known, but I don't >have the info. >Barb Brock >