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Originally Posted by Yvonnie313
Can I see the rest of that report? Is that from The Villages? I was referring to a national report which is why it made me wonder the situation in The Villages
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So here's some info:
Parkinson's afflicts mostly old people. The older you are, the higher the likelihood you are to develop it (notice I didn't say risk - age isn't a risk factor, it's just the window of time when the disease is most likely to present itself).
The Villages is the largest community of old people in the country.
The Villages also has more golf courses than any other single community in the country.
The take-away from this: More old people move to the Villages to play golf than any other demographic. And so, you're likely to see more old people here getting Parkinson's than anywhere else. Not because of golf, but because of age.
Probability/statistics stuff. When mother nature wants to go fishing, she doesn't go to the pond with only 10 fish. She goes to the one with 1000 fish. The Villages has 150,000 fish.