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Table 2 Incidence and prevalence of Parkinson’s disease (PD) according to age in Korea, 2010–2015

From: Trends in the incidence and prevalence of Parkinson’s disease in Korea: a nationwide, population-based study

	Incidence						Prevalence
	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
0–49 years
Total
Cases	435	422	412	403	520	590	1663	1663	1643	1680	1826	1974
Rate^a	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.5	1.7	4.6	4.7	4.6	4.8	5.3	5.8
Male
Cases	234	238	232	224	282	326	929	939	926	950	1023	1104
Rate^a	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.6	1.8	5	5.1	5.1	5.3	5.7	6.2
Female
Cases	201	184	180	179	238	264	734	724	717	730	803	870
Rate^a	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.4	1.6	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.8	5.2
> 50 years
Total
Cases	10,171	10,518	10,780	11,494	12,733	15,248	51,856	56,841	61,614	66,612	72,256	78,773
Rate^a	73.2	72	70.3	71.9	76.9	88.7	371.3	386.9	399.9	414.4	433.9	455.7
Male
Cases	4060	4282	4523	4859	5443	6461	19,860	21,850	23,792	25,808	28,028	30,898
Rate^a	63.1	63.1	63.4	65.1	70.2	80.1	307.5	320.7	332	344.1	359.8	381.3
Female
Cases	6111	6236	6257	6635	7290	8787	31,996	34,991	37,822	40,804	44,228	47,875
Rate^a	81.9	79.7	76.4	77.9	82.8	96.4	426.1	444.2	458.9	475.9	499	521.4

^aRate = Cases/ Population of that age group *100,000

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