Statistics on Parkinson's

People Living with Parkinson's

• As many as one million Americans live with Parkinson's disease, which is more than the combined number of people diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy and Lou Gehrig's disease.
• Approximately 60,000 Americans are diagnosed with Parkinson's disease each year, and this number does not reflect the thousands of cases that go undetected.
• Incidence of Parkinson’s increases with age, but an estimated four percent of people with PD are diagnosed before the age of 50.

• Approximately four million people worldwide are estimated to be living with Parkinson's disease.

Costs of Parkinson's Disease

• The combined direct and indirect cost of Parkinson’s, including treatment, social security payments and lost income from inability to work, is estimated to be nearly $25 billion per year in the United States alone.
• Medication costs for an individual person with PD average $2,500 a year, and therapeutic surgery can cost up to $100,000 dollars per patient.