Men ‘twice as likely to die’ from Parkinson’s disease
While the reasons behind the finding are unclear, the researchers speculate about hormonal and occupational exposures
Men are dying from Parkinson’s disease at twice the rate of women, a new study has found.
Researchers from the US and China analysed data on 479,000 deaths from Parkinson’s disease recorded in a US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention deaths registry between 1999 and 2019, finding an average annual increase of 2.4%.
They found mortality rose “steeply” regardless of race, sex and geographic location, but they noted that deaths were twice as high for men compared with women.
Findings showed the rate was 8.4 for men versus 3.7 for women per 100,000 in 1999, increasing to 13.1 versus 5.8 per 100,000, respectively, in 2019, leading the researchers to speculate a hormonal effect.
