2011 Report on Parkinson’s Disease in Australia

A Report, by Deloitte Access Economics titled: “Living with Parkinson’s Disease” about Parkinson’s Disease in Australia in 2011 has just been released. One in 350 Australians now have Australia’s second most common neurological disease, Parkinson’s Disease.

Key findings include:

That 30 more people are diagnosed with Parkinson’s each day;
It is a mysterious condition, the cause of which no-one’s really got a clue about,
Parkinson’s is growing in numbers (by 17% over the last six years); and costs have grown by over 48%.
the estimated burden of the disease for 2011-12 is valued at $7.6 billion
20% of PD sufferers are of working age.
the average person lives for about 12 years from diagnosis (although it can be a lot longer);
Parkinson’s is commoner than prostate, bowel and many other cancers;
it costs people with Parkinson’s about $12,000 a year out of their own pockets;
every year nearly 50,000 years of healthy life are lost to the condition;