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. 2012 Jun 22;7(6):e39237. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039237

Table 1. Demographic Information.

1 Clinical Status
<5 years in practice 12.6%
5–10 years in practice 15.3%
10–20 years in practice 36.3%
20–30 years in practice 25.0%
>30 years in practice 10.6%
2 Gender
Male 91.8%
Female 8.1%
3 Number of Annual Operative Cases
<50 1.0%
50–100 4.7%
100–200 24.0%
200–300 38.6%
300–400 21.0%
400–500 7.0%
>500 3.1%
4 Number of Lifetime Operative Case
<500 1.9%
501–1000 3.7%
1001–2000 11.3%
2001–3000 17.3%
3001–4000 15.7%
4001–5000 12.9%
5001–10,000 29.9%
>10,000 7.0%
5 Type of Practice
Academic 23.5%
Private Practice 30.4%
Mixed (Academic and Private) 13.4%
Military 0.9%
Hospital-based 13.5%
Group Practice 18.0%
Solo Practice 6.1%
6 Number of Neurosurgeons in Practice
Solo Practioner 14.6%
1–2 16.5%
3–5 24.2%
6–10 20.4%
11–15 11.0%
>15 13.1%