Table 2

International and regional variations in neurological manpower for the population

Ireland1:389 000
United Kingdom1:233 600
Greece1:200 000
Germany1:82 000
Portugal1:76 000
France1:68 000
Sweden1:44 000
Spain1:44 000
Norway1:22 500
Austria1:19 000
Italy1:14 000
United States
 Overall1:24-27 000
 Predicted for year 20001:23 000
 In Wyoming1:77 000
 In Maine1:14 000
 In Washington DC1:9 000
 In patients served by health  maintenance organisations1:45 000–1:83 000
  • Ratios as in table 1.

  • (Data for United Kingdom from Stevens 1996,11 for the rest of Europe from Grisold and Hopkins 1994,33 for the United States from Ringel 1996,34 and predicted for the United States from Menken35 36 and Kurtzke et al 37).