Prevalence of Parkinson's Disease in the Parsi Community of Bombay, India

Nadir E. Bharucha; Eddie P. Bharucha; Adil E. Bharucha; Anasuya V. Bhise; Bruce S. Schoenberg

doi:10.1001/archneur.1988.00520360039008

Prevalence of Parkinson's Disease in the Parsi Community of Bombay, India

Nadir E. Bharucha, Eddie P. Bharucha, Adil E. Bharucha, Anasuya V. Bhise, Bruce S. Schoenberg

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A door-to-door survey was carried out to screen a community of 14010 people (Parsis living in colonies in Bombay, India) for possible neurologic diseases. High school graduates, social workers, and medical students administered a screening questionnaire that had been shown in a pilot survey to have a sensitivity of 100% for identifying those with Parkinson's disease. Neurologists used defined diagnostic criteria to evaluate individuals positive on the screening survey. There were 46 people (25 men, 21 women) who suffered from Parkinson's disease (328.3 cases per 1000 population). The age-specific prevalence ratios increased consistently with age. Ageadjusted prevalence ratios were slightly higher for men.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1321-1323
Number of pages	3
Journal	Archives of neurology
Volume	45
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1001/archneur.1988.00520360039008
State	Published - Dec 1988

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