Regional Disparities in the Annual Prevalence Rates of Parkinson's Disease in Canada
作者:
Lawrence W. Svenson,
期刊:
Neuroepidemiology
(Karger Available online 1991)
卷期:
Volume 10,
issue 4
页码: 205-210
ISSN:0251-5350
年代: 1991
DOI:10.1159/000110271
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Parkinson's disease;Geographic distribution;Hospital discharges
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
Parkinson''s disease (PD) rates were examined by province and by sex for Canada for the years 1979–1984. As seen with other studies, PD displayed an uneven geographic distribution in the average annual prevalence rates for both males and females. The distribution of prevalence rates indicated a higher prevalence of PD in the western-most provinces. Nationally, males had a statistically significantly higher prevalence than females. Three provinces displayed a statistically significant sex difference with 2 provinces having a higher prevalence rate among males and 1 with a higher prevalence among females. The uneven distribution of prevalence rates offers some support for the involvement of environmental influences in the etiology of P
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