Clinical Study
Mortality in Levodopa-Treated Parkinson's Disease
Table 2
Cause of death by clinical impression.
| | Cause of death | | % |
| | Parkinson’s disease | 111 | 52.6 | | Cardiovascular disease | 26 | 12.3 | | Cancer | 18 | 8.5 | | Stroke | 14 | 6.6 | | Renal disease | 9 | 4.3 | | Suicide | 5 | 2.4 | | Respiratory disease/illness | 4 | 1.9 | | Other neurological | 4 | 1.9 | | Other medical | 3 | 1.4 | | Diabetes | 2 | 0.9 | | Old age | 1 | 0.5 | | Unknown | 14 | 6.6 |
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