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Hi, My name is Stewart Factor.
I'm a Professor of Neurology at
Emory University in the
Movement Disorder Center,
and I will be
speaking today about
the clinical presentation
of Parkinson's Disease.
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These are my disclosures
for the talk,
none of which are related
to today's lecture.
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My objective for
today's talk will be
to review the clinical
presentation with
a focus on motor symptoms of
Parkinson's disease
at various stages
in the disease process.
Most of the presentation
will be on motor symptoms,
but I will talk a little bit
about early non-motor symptoms.
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Just a little bit about
Parkinson's disease
epidemiology for backgrounds.
About a million Americans
are thought to have
Parkinson's disease
and about 10 million people
worldwide have
Parkinson's disease.
The annual incidence in
high-income countries is
about 160 per 100000 for
people over the age of 65.
The prevalence of
Parkinson's disease
varies from country to country,
so Europe, the Americas, and
Asia are higher than Africa,
for example, and men are
affected more than women.
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There is some data that shows
that the number of people
with Parkinson's disease
in the United States
and in the world is growing.
On this slide, the graph
shows data from 1990,
where it was thought that about
2.6 million people had
Parkinson's disease.
In 2015, it was thought that
6.3 million had Parkinson's
and it's estimated
that over 17 million
will have Parkinson's
disease by the year 2040.
There are a variety
of reasons for
this estimation, including
increased longevity,
increased industrialization
in various parts
of the world, and others.
