Hi,
You may be aware that there are now Parkinson's Disease mailing lists in:
- English (PARKINSN, CARE, PDNEWS, PDUK)
- French (PARKLISTE)
- Dutch (NEDERPARK)
- German (DEUPARK)
- Spanish (Parkinson Universal)
I wondered what this meant in terms of audience, so I did some very brief
analysis for festive fun.
At the moment, approximately 85% of the world's online population could
find a Parkinson's mailing list in a language they speak.
The potential audiencefor PD information in different languages is:
English 728
French 48
German 109.6
Dutch 32.8
Spanish 113.6
This is based on the estimate that 1 in 500 people have PD, and each person
affected by PD wouldhave 3 people who would be motivated enough to join a
list.
This analysis is just back-if-the-envelope stuff, and should be done more
carefully. If you want to see more detail, its on my web site at
http://james.parkinsons.org.uk/221298size.htm
Details of where to find the lists are also on the web page.
Simon
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