Therefore, the potential error in any single study may be significant, especially in older population age groups where slowness and tremor may be misdiagnosed as one of several other common disorders affecting this age group (for example, arthritis, stroke, dementia).
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Prevalence of parkinsonism and Parkinson disease in urban and rural populations from Latin America: A community based study.
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There was a clear trend in all sites for parkinsonism's prevalence to increase with age (for both men and women), ranging from 2.8% (95% CI, 2.3–3.4) in the 65–69 age group to 16.5 (95% CI, 15.1–17.9) in the 80 plus age group ( p < 0.001).