Parkinson’s Disease Facts: The Numbers
- 10 million people worldwide are living with Parkinson’s disease.
- 60,000 Americans are diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease each year
- 4% of people with PD are diagnosed before the age of 50.
- Men are 1 ½ times more likely to have Parkinson’s than women
- $2,500 a year is the average annual medication costs for an individual person with PD
- Therapeutic surgery can cost up to $100,000 dollars per patient
Parkinson’s Disease Facts: Well known people with Parkinson’s Disease
- Michael J. Fox (b. 1961), Canadian actor
- Billy Graham (b. 1918), American evangelist
- Janet Reno (b. 1938), Former Attorney General of the United States
- Muhammad Ali (b. 1942), boxer (pugilistic Parkinson’s syndrome)
- Eugene McCarthy (1916-2005) American politician
- Francisco Franco Spanish dictator (1892-1975)
- George Wallace, former governor of Alabama (1919-1998)
- John Lindsay, New York City mayor (1921-2000)
- Mao Zedong, Chinese Dictator (1893-1976)
- Pope John Paul II (1920-2005), Polish cleric
- Salvador Dalí, Spanish artist (1904-1989)
- Sir Michael Redgrave (1908-1985), British actor