CA ACR160

Proclaims April 2026 as Parkinson's Disease Awareness Month in California

Parkinson's disease affects over 130,000 Californians and costs the state an estimated $5.8 billion annually in direct and indirect health care costs

Nationally, approximately 1.6 million people have Parkinson's disease, with 90,000 new diagnoses annually, and the affected population is expected to more than double by 2040

California's Neurodegenerative Disease Registry, established in 2017, has partnered with over 500 reporting entities including major health systems to collect patient data for research purposes

In April 2023, the Michael J. Fox Foundation announced validation of the first-ever biomarker for Parkinson's disease, enabling detection of abnormal proteins before clinical symptoms appear