Taba Pille, Asser Toomas
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
Acta Neurol Scand. 2002 Nov;106(5):276-81. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2002.01286.x.
To investigate the prevalence of idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) in Tartu district of South Estonia, with a population of 153,240 on prevalence day, 1 January 1996.
The community-based method of case ascertainment was used, followed by neurologic examination.
The age-adjusted prevalence was 152 per 100,000 population, 159 for urban and 139 for the rural group, 154 for men and 153 for women. The age-specific prevalence increased from 22 per 100,000 population in the age group 40-49 years up to 1232 per 100,000 population in the age group 70-79 years. The mean age of PD patients was 71.4 years, the mean age at onset of the symptoms - 66.9 years.
When comparing the prevalence rates with other studies of Caucasian populations in Europe, the results are similar except for slightly but not significantly higher prevalence rates in the urban population in Estonia.
调查1996年1月1日患病率调查当日爱沙尼亚南部塔尔图地区特发性帕金森病（PD）的患病率，该地区当时人口为153,240人。
采用基于社区的病例确诊方法，随后进行神经学检查。
年龄调整后的患病率为每10万人中有152例，城市组为159例，农村组为139例，男性为154例，女性为153例。年龄特异性患病率从40 - 49岁年龄组的每10万人22例增加到70 - 79岁年龄组的每10万人1232例。帕金森病患者的平均年龄为71.4岁，症状出现时的平均年龄为66.9岁。
与欧洲其他白种人群体的研究相比，患病率结果相似，只是爱沙尼亚城市人口的患病率略高但无显著差异。
