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===Age===
===Age===
*[[Essential tremor]] has [[bimodal]] [[incidence]] according to age, early in life especially second decade, and then in older age groups. The [[incidence]] increases with age.
*[[Essential tremor]] has [[bimodal]] [[incidence]] according to [[age]], early in life especially second decade, and then in older age groups. The [[incidence]] increases with age.
*[[Incidence]] of [[Parkinson's disease]] increases with age, 1% of the [[population]] over 60 are affected and 4% of the population over 80.
*[[Incidence]] of [[Parkinson's disease]] increases with age, 1% of the [[population]] over 60 are affected and 4% of the [[population]] over 80.


===Race===
===Race===

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Zehra Malik, M.B.B.S[2]

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  • The prevalence of essential tremor is approximately 0.4% to 5.6%[1].
  • Seven million people worldwide and one million people in the United States are suffering from Parkinson's disease.
  • The prevalence of [disease/malignancy] is estimated to be [number] cases annually.

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  • In [year], the incidence of [disease name] is approximately [number range] per 100,000 individuals with a case-fatality rate/mortality rate of [number range]%.
  • The case-fatality rate/mortality rate of [disease name] is approximately [number range].

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  • [Disease name] affects men and women equally.
  • Males are more commonly affected by Parkinson's disease than [female]. The [male] to [female] ratio is approximately 3:2[3].

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References

  1. Findley LJ, Koller WC (1987). "Essential tremor: a review". Neurology. 37 (7): 1194–7. doi:10.1212/wnl.37.7.1194. PMID 2885784.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Schoenberg BS (1987). "Descriptive epidemiology of Parkinson's disease: disease distribution and hypothesis formulation". Adv Neurol. 45: 277–83. PMID 3493626.
  3. Kalia LV, Lang AE (2015). "Parkinson's disease". Lancet. 386 (9996): 896–912. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61393-3. PMID 25904081.

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