Increased Risk of RSV Infection in Children with Down's Syndrome: Clinical Implementation of Prophylaxis in the European Union

Table 1

Number of pediatricians needed in the European Union.

Country	Population^1	Birth rate 2011^2	Incidence DS^3	Participations
Austria	8.2	9	15,66	1
Belgium	10.4	10	16	3
Bulgaria	7.1	9	12,29	0
Cyprus	1.1	0*	17,12**	0
The Czech Republic	10.2	9	18,94	1
Denmark	5.6	10	16,92	2
Estonia	1.3	10	17,12**	1
Finland	5.3	10	24,53	2
France	65.3	12	29,42	7
Germany	81.5	8	26,31	6
Greece	10.8	9	17,12**	1
Hungary	9.9	10	13,32	1
Ireland	4.7	16	26,82	3
Italy	61.0	9	16,28	5
Latvia	2.2	10	17,12**	0
Lithuania	3.5	9	17,12**	1
The Netherlands	16.8	10	15,19	1
Poland	38.4	10	15,06	0
Portugal	10.8	10	7,61	4
Romania	21.9	10	17,12**	1
Slovakia	5.5	10	17,12**	1
Slovenia	2.0	9	17,12**	1
Spain	46.8	11	27,2	2
Sweden	9.1	10	29,3	2
The United Kingdom	62.9	12	28,09	7
Total				53

¹Population in millions (http://www.europa-nu.nl/).
²Births per 1000 populations (http://www.indexmundi.com/).
³Incidence per 10.000 births based on average prevalence measured between 1980 and 2009 (http://www.eurocat-network.eu/).
*Birth rate in Cyprus is not published.
**DS incidence is not published; average of all in the database was utilized.