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Is Parkinson’s disease‐related mortality declining?
Author(s) -
Haberfeld E.,
Louis E.D.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
european journal of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.881
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1468-1331
pISSN - 1351-5101
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2009.02711.x
Subject(s) - columbia university , medicine , clinical neuropsychology , family medicine , gerontology , university hospital , public health , library science , medical education , media studies , sociology , nursing , computer science
Reports of trends in mortality from neurodegenerative disease have long relied on death certificates registries and other nationally-administered databanks to determine the state and direction of public health regarding these conditions. In this article, Mylne et. al. turned to the Office of National Statistics, England to ascertain the death statistics for patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) for the most recent time period available. Their findings are both intriguing and encouraging, and deserve further comment.