We are not alone.

"I discovered that I was part of a Parkinson's community with similar experiences and similar questions that I'd been dealing with alone." (MJF)

Keep the faith fellow PWP, you are not alone. Parkinson's is global wide.

It is a small consolation knowing victims of parkinson's can be found in every country. But, the more sufferers, the more likely someone, somewhere will find a cure (I don't know the logic in that statement, but it helps me somewhat).

Currently, more than 10,000,000 worldwide have been introduced to PD. There must be a common denominator among us. Look at these statistics. What is going on? There has to be a reason for their existence. Find the cause, find the cure.

In the meantime we wait. As John Glenn remarked "There is still no cure for the common birthday." Unfortunately, some of us may be like Poor Otis, dead and gone before the scientists answer my question

• Albania has the highest rate of PD at 800 per 100,000
• Egypt comes in a distant second at 557 per 100,000
• Nebraska, with a score of 329 per 100,000, has the highest rate in North America
• Ethiopia has the lowest rate at 7 per 100,000
• Over 100,000 Canadians live with the condition with about 6,600 new PWP diagnosed annually
• In the UK, 127,000 are victims
• The USA has at least 500,000 people suffering from our dark passenger
• Native americans have a high rate at 355 per 100,000

To sum up, here is a graph of the prevalence of PD in various countries. You can find it online (I forget where) and it might be clearer. The predictions are somewhat disturbing.