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Nadir E. Bharucha, MD; Eddie P. Bharucha, MD; Adil E. Bharucha, MBBS; Anasuya V. Bhise, MSc; Bruce S. Schoenberg, MD, DrPH

Arch Neurol. 1988;45(8):907-908.

Abstract
• A door-to-door survey for neurologic diseases was conducted in a community of 14 010 people (Parsis living in colonies in Bombay, India). Neurologists used defined diagnostic criteria to evaluate persons with positive results on the screening survey. Two hundred thirtythree people (104 men; 129 women) were identified as having essential tremor. The overall prevalence ratio was 1591.7 per 100 000 population. Age-specific prevalence ratios increased with age. Ageadjusted prevalence ratios were similar for men and women. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first communitybased survey for essential tremor in Asia.

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Neuroepidemiology, Bombay Hospital, Medical Research Center (Drs N. E. Bharucha, E. P. Bharucha, and A. E. Bharucha and Ms Bhise), and the Department of Neurology, K. E. M. Hospital and Seth G. S. Medical College (Drs N. E. Bharucha and E. P. Bharucha), Bombay, India, and the Neuroepidemiology Branch, National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke (NINCDS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Md (Dr Schoenberg).

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Nov 17, 1987.

Deceased.

Reprint requests to the Chief, Neuroepidemiology Branch, NINCDS, NIH, Federal Bldg, Room 804, 7550 Wisconsin Ave, Bethesda, MD 20892.

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