Prevalence of Parkinson's disease: a door-to-door survey in rural Bolivia.
A door-to-door survey was carried out in rural areas of the Cordillera Province, Bolivia, to determine the prevalence of Parkinson's diseases (PD) in a sample of 9955 subjects. We found five cases of PD on prevalence day, November 1, 1994. The crude prevalence was 50.2/100,000 (95% CI 18.5-124.5) and 286/100,000 (95% CI 28-543) in subjects aged 40 years or more. Our prevalence is close to rates found in other in developing countries.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001838:Bolivia / Q000453:epidemiology; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012423:Rural Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*