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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