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Copyright ©2011 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Cardiol. Dec 26, 2011; 3(12): 383-387
Published online Dec 26, 2011. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v3.i12.383
Table 1 European countries included in the PubMed database analysis performed February 2011
Western EuropeEastern Europe and Russia
AndorraAlbania
AustriaArmenia
BelgiumAzerbaijan
CyprusBosnia-Herzegovina
DenmarkBulgaria
FinlandCroatia
FranceCzech Republic
GermanyEstonia
GibraltarHungary
Great BritainLatvia
GreeceLithuania
IcelandMoldova
IrelandMontenegro
ItalyPoland
LiechtensteinRepublic of Belarus
LuxembourgRepublic of Georgia
MaltaRepublic of Macedonia
MonacoRomania
NetherlandsRussia
NorwaySerbia
PortugalSlovakia
San MarinoSlovenia
ScotlandUkraine
SpainYugoslavia
Sweden
Switzerland
Wales
Table 2 Publications in Medline and Pubmed, 2001-20101
All publicationsPopulation2PublicationsPublications/million personsWorld total (%)
Worldwide69206 734 804973100.00
China1344  385 6142875.73
India1189 171 0831442.54
All Europe + Russia8572 798 988326641.56
All of LA&C597 243 9834083.63
Western Europe4152 771 953667941.15
United States and Canada3471 770 046510026.28
Brazil203 116 5355741.73
Mexico114  47 1804140.70
Colombia45    59431320.09
Argentina42  25 1806000.37
Chile17  12 3707280.18
Cardiovascular diseases
Worldwide6920  32 8334.8100.00
China1344    34992.610.65
India1189    12941.13.94
All Europe + Russia857  12 98515.239.55
All of LA&C597    13382.24.08
Western Europe415  12 65530.538.54
United States and Canada347    761321.923.19
Brazil203    8154.02.48
Mexico114    1641.40.50
Colombia45    290.70.09
Argentina42    1052.50.32
Chile17    694.10.21