Abstract

MOHAMAD LOPEZ, Himara et al. Determinación de la tasa de mortalidad de la enfermedad de Parkinson en Venezuela. Gac Méd Caracas [online]. 2003, vol.111, n.1, pp.46-49. ISSN 0367-4762.

Parkinson´s disease is characterized by the progresive and irreversible lost of neurons in the basal ganglia and is apparent by its motor impairment. It has been observed in EE.UU and Europe that the incidence of Parkinson´s disease increase with age and it is twice as great in the male. In this work the rate of specific mortality of Parkinson´s disease was determinated according to gender and age, from 1988 to 1998. Source of the information was the Epidemiological Annals of the Ministry of Health and Development. During this period it was observed a tendency to the increase of the rate of mortality of Parkinson´s disease. Also it increases exponentially with age and it was higher in males. Results obtained in the present work are similar to those found in Japan, EE.UU and European countries.

Keywords : Parkinson´s disease; Mortality; Epidemiology.