Statistics about Parkinson's Disease
Prevalence and incidence statistics for Parkinson's Disease:
See also prevalence and incidence page for Parkinson's Disease
Prevalance of Parkinson's Disease:
1 million people (unreliable estimate)
Prevalance Rate: approx 1 in 272 or 0.37% or 1 million people in USA [about data]
Undiagnosed prevalence of Parkinson's Disease: estimated 3-4 million people
Undiagnosed prevalence rate:
approx 1 in 90 or 1.10% or 3 million people in USA [about data]
Parkinson's Disease Prevalence: Book Excerpts
Death and mortality statistics for Parkinson's Disease:
Deaths from Parkinson's Disease: 14,593 deaths reported in USA 1999 (NVSR Sep 2001)
Death rate extrapolations for USA for Parkinson's Disease:
14,593 per year,
1,216 per month,
280 per week,
39 per day,
1 per hour,
0 per minute,
0 per second.
Note: this extrapolation calculation uses the deaths statistic: 14,593 deaths reported in USA 1999 (NVSR Sep 2001)
Society statistics for Parkinson's Disease
Hospitalization statistics for Parkinson's Disease:
The following are statistics from various sources
about hospitalizations and Parkinson's Disease:
- 0.12% (14,828) of hospital episodes were for parkinsonism and other extrapyramidal and movement disorders in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 78% of hospital consultations for parkinsonism and other extrapyramidal and movement disorders required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 52% of hospital episodes for parkinsonism and other extrapyramidal and movement disorders were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 48% of hospital episodes for parkinsonism and other extrapyramidal and movement disorders were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 45% of hospital admissions for parkinsonism and other extrapyramidal and movement disorders required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 27.4 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for parkinsonism and other extrapyramidal and movement disorders in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 13 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for parkinsonism and other extrapyramidal and movement disorders in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 65 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for parkinsonism and other extrapyramidal and movement disorders in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 22% of hospitalisations for parkinsonism and other extrapyramidal and movement disorders occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 44% of hospitalisations for parkinsonism and other extrapyramidal and movement disorders occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 21% of hospitalisations for parkinsonism and other extrapyramidal and movement disorders were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.4% (211,511) of hospital bed days were for parkinsonism and other extrapyramidal and movement disorders in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.077% (9,790) of hospital consultant episodes were for Parkinson’s Disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 71% of hospital consultant episodes for Parkinson’s Disease required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 59% of hospital consultant episodes for Parkinson’s Disease were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 41% of hospital consultant episodes for Parkinson’s Disease were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 60% of hospital consultant episodes for Parkinson’s Disease required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 32 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for Parkinson’s Disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 17 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for Parkinson’s Disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 74 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for Parkinson’s Disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 9% of hospital consultant episodes for Parkinson’s Disease occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 57% of hospital consultant episodes for Parkinson’s Disease occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 4% of hospital consultant episodes for Parkinson’s Disease were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.357% (187,141) of hospital bed days were for Parkinson’s Disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.0003% (32) of hospital consultant episodes were for unspecified secondary parkinsonism in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 71% of hospital consultant episodes for unspecified secondary parkinsonism required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 50% of hospital consultant episodes for unspecified secondary parkinsonism were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 50% of hospital consultant episodes for unspecified secondary parkinsonism were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 60% of hospital consultant episodes for unspecified secondary parkinsonism required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 18.2 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for unspecified secondary parkinsonism in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 14 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for unspecified secondary parkinsonism in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 72 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for unspecified secondary parkinsonism in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 31% of hospital consultant episodes for unspecified secondary parkinsonism occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 42% of hospital consultant episodes for unspecified secondary parkinsonism occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 3% of hospital consultant episodes for unspecified secondary parkinsonism were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.001% (375) of hospital bed days were for unspecified secondary parkinsonism in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
About statistics:
This page presents a variety of statistics about Parkinson's Disease.
The term 'prevalence' of Parkinson's Disease usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Parkinson's Disease at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Parkinson's Disease refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Parkinson's Disease diagnosed each year.
Hence, these two statistics types can differ:
a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence,
but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence.
For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.
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