The Emerging Evidence of the Parkinson Pandemic

Neurological disorders are now the leading source of disability globally, and the fastest growing neurological disorder in the world is Parkinson disease. From 1990 to 2015, the number of people with Parkinson disease doubled to over 6 million. Driven principally by aging, this number is projected t...

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Published inJournal of Parkinson's disease Vol. 8; no. s1; pp. S3 - S8
Main Authors Dorsey, E. Ray, Sherer, Todd, Okun, Michael S., Bloem, Bastiaan R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.01.2018
Sage Publications Ltd
IOS Press
Subjects
Aging
Demography
Industrial development
Movement disorders
Neurodegenerative diseases
Neurological diseases
Pandemics
Parkinson's disease
Review
Smoking
epidemiology
demography
pesticides
survival
smoking
Parkinson disease
solvents
aging
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Summary:Neurological disorders are now the leading source of disability globally, and the fastest growing neurological disorder in the world is Parkinson disease. From 1990 to 2015, the number of people with Parkinson disease doubled to over 6 million. Driven principally by aging, this number is projected to double again to over 12 million by 2040. Additional factors, including increasing longevity, declining smoking rates, and increasing industrialization, could raise the burden to over 17 million. For most of human history, Parkinson has been a rare disorder. However, demography and the by-products of industrialization have now created a Parkinson pandemic that will require heightened activism, focused planning, and novel approaches.
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ISSN:1877-7171
1877-718X
DOI:10.3233/JPD-181474