For each patient, one or more unaffected sibling controls and one population control will be recruited. The population control are being selected randomly from Medicare records (95% of all controls) and residential parcel listings (for those patients younger than 65 years of age only). The controls are being marginally matched to cases according to 5-year age categories (e.g. 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, etc.), race (white, African-American, Asian, Hispanic, other), and sex. All study cases by definition will be patients who elicited care from health care providers. We are aiming to enroll every newly diagnosed PD patient into our study and expect patient population participating in our study that is as diverse as the rural population.