Table 1. Geographic distribution of biobanks involved in this study.
Percentage of respondents in brackets.
| Biobanks | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Continent | Country | Invited | Responded |
| Africa | South Africa | 1 | 0 (0) |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 0 (0) | |
| America | Brazil | 1 | 0 (0) |
| Canada | 12 | 2 (16.7) | |
| USA | 91 | 14 (15.4) | |
| Asia | China | 2 | 0 (0) |
| India | 3 | 0 (0) | |
| Iran | 1 | 0 (0) | |
| Israel | 3 | 1 (33.3) | |
| Japan | 4 | 1 (25.0) | |
| Korea | 1 | 0 (0) | |
| Malaysia | 3 | 0 (0) | |
| Qatar | 1 | 0 (0) | |
| Singapore | 4 | 0 (0) | |
| Taiwan | 1 | 0 (0) | |
| Thailand | 2 | 0 (0) | |
| Europe | Austria | 4 | 2 (50.0) |
| Belgium | 3 | 1 (33.3) | |
| Estonia | 1 | 1 (100) | |
| Finland | 1 | 1 (100) | |
| France | 7 | 2 (28.6) | |
| Germany | 19 | 3 (15.8) | |
| Greece | 2 | 0 (0) | |
| Hungary | 1 | 0 (0) | |
| Iceland | 1 | 0 (0) | |
| Ireland | 3 | 1 (33.3) | |
| Italy | 12 | 5 (41.7) | |
| Latvia | 1 | 0 (0) | |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 0 (0) | |
| Malta | 1 | 0 (0) | |
| Netherlands | 4 | 1 (25.0) | |
| Norway | 2 | 1 (50.0) | |
| Poland | 1 | 0 (0) | |
| Portugal | 1 | 0 (0) | |
| Spain | 5 | 1 (20.0) | |
| Sweden | 5 | 1 (20.0) | |
| Switzerland | 4 | 0 (0) | |
| United Kingdom | 16 | 6 (37.5) | |
| Oceania | Australia | 12 | 2 (16.7) |
| Total | 238 | 46 (19.3) | |