Table 1.
Absolute and relative numbers per million inhabitants of stroke units, annual number of intravenous thrombolysis treatments (IVT), number of IVT centres, annual number of endovascular treatments (EVT) and EVT centres per country.
| Country | No. of stroke unitsa | Stroke units per million | Annual no. of IVTb | Annual no. of IVT per millionb | No. of IVT centres | IVT centres per million | Annual no. of EVTc | Annual no. of EVT per millionc | No. of EVT centres | No. of EVT centres 24/7 | EVT centres per million |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Austria | 38 | 4.4 | 3000 | 351.1 | 38 | 4.4 | 650 | 76.1 | 11 | 9 | 1.3 |
| Belarus | – | – | – | – | 12 | 1.3 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Belgium | – | – | 2250 | 199.1 | – | – | 706 | 62.5 | 17 | 12 | 1.5 |
| Bosnia andHerzegovina | 4 | 1.0 | 150 | 39.4 | 4 | 1.0 | 50 | 13.1 | 1 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Bulgaria | 30 | 4.2 | 296 | 41.4 | 28 | 3.9 | 34 | 4.8 | 4 | – | 0.6 |
| Croatia | 18 | 4.2 | 300 | 70.7 | 20 | 4.7 | 30 | 7.1 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Czech Republic | 45 | 4.3 | 3800 | 360.4 | 45 | 4.3 | 1063 | 100.8 | 15 | 15 | 1.4 |
| Denmark | 20 | 3.5 | 1632 | 287.9 | 10 | 1.8 | 280 | 49.4 | 3 | 3 | 0.5 |
| Estonia | 4 | 3.0 | 541 | 412.2 | 6 | 4.6 | 109 | 83.0 | 3 | 2 | 2.3 |
| Finland | 21 | 3.8 | 1600 | 290.7 | 21 | 3.8 | 407 | 74.0 | 5 | 5 | 0.9 |
| France | 140 | 2.2 | 8000 | 124.2 | 140 | 2.2 | 4589 | 71.3 | 37 | – | 0.6 |
| Georgia | 2 | 0.5 | 4 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Germany | 295 | 3.7 | 30,000 | 371.8 | 350 | 4.3 | 9000 | 111.5 | 135 | 110 | 1.7 |
| Greece | 5 | 0.4 | 225 | 20.5 | 18 | 1.6 | 40 | 3.7 | 6 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Hungary | 39 | 4.0 | 2000 | 202.9 | 39 | 4.0 | 265 | 26.9 | 6 | 3 | 0.6 |
| Iceland | 1 | 3.0 | 30 | 91.1 | 5 | 15.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ireland | 22 | 4.7 | 550 | 117.3 | 24 | 5.1 | 210 | 44.8 | 2 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Israel | 10 | 1.2 | 1200 | 148.8 | 20 | 2.5 | 300 | 37.2 | 9 | 9 | 1.1 |
| Italy | 178 | 3.0 | 8000 | 133.8 | 182 | 3.0 | 1882 | 31.5 | 50 | 16 | 0.8 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 5 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Latvia | 7 | 3.6 | 540 | 274.0 | 7 | 3.6 | 95 | 48.2 | 2 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Lithuania | 8 | 2.8 | 699 | 242.8 | 10 | 3.5 | 276 | 95.9 | 6 | 3 | 2.1 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 5.3 | 30 | 52.9 | 3 | 5.3 | 3 | 5.3 | 1 | – | 1.8 |
| FYROM | 1 | 0.5 | 60 | 28.9 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Malta | 1 | 2.4 | 40 | 95.5 | 2 | 4.8 | 30 | 71.7 | 1 | 1 | 2.4 |
| Montenegro | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 32.0 | 3 | 4.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Netherlands | 85 | 5.0 | 4821 | 284.8 | 85 | 5.0 | 1088 | 64.3 | 20 | 20 | 1.2 |
| Northern Cyprus | 2 | 6.4 | 30 | 95.7 | 2 | 6.4 | 20 | 63.8 | 2 | 2 | 6.4 |
| Norway | 48 | 9.2 | 1100 | 211.1 | 49 | 9.4 | 150 | 28.8 | 5 | – | 1.0 |
| Poland | 171 | 4.4 | 6493 | 168.2 | 171 | 4.4 | 175 | 4.5 | 21 | 4 | 0.5 |
| Portugal | 25 | 2.4 | 1516 | 146.5 | 25 | 2.4 | 845 | 81.6 | 9 | 4 | 0.9 |
| Republic of Moldova | 2 | 0.5 | 45 | 11.1 | 2 | 0.5 | 20 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Romania | 10 | 0.5 | 200 | 10.3 | 10 | 0.5 | 15 | 0.8 | 2 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Russia | 451 | 3.1 | 11,651 | 81.2 | 451 | 3.1 | 260 | 1.8 | 134 | 37 | 0.9 |
| Serbia | 10 | 1.4 | 400 | 56.8 | 20 | 2.8 | 10 | 1.4 | 4 | 3 | 0.6 |
| Slovakia | 36 | 6.6 | 972 | 179.1 | 44 | 8.1 | 385 | 71.0 | 7 | 3 | 1.3 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 1.5 | 400 | 193.5 | 12 | 5.8 | 142 | 69.2 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Spain | 60 | 1.3 | 5002 | 108.5 | 59 | 1.3 | 2408 | 52.2 | 37 | 35 | 0.8 |
| Sweden | 72 | 7.4 | 2600 | 265.9 | 72 | 7.4 | 390 | 39.9 | 6 | 3 | 0.6 |
| Switzerland | 23 | 2.8 | 1000 | 120.5 | 23 | 2.8 | 626 | 75.4 | 9 | 9 | 1.1 |
| Turkey | 33 | 0.4 | 1480 | 18.8 | 41 | 0.5 | 456 | 5.8 | 21 | 10 | 0.3 |
| Ukraine | 10 | 0.2 | 300 | 6.7 | 27 | 0.6 | 10 | 0.2 | 4 | – | 0.6 |
| United Kingdom | 200 | 3.1 | 10,290 | 159.0 | 200 | 3.1 | 478 | 7.4 | 28 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Total /Mean [95% CI] | 2139 | 2.9[2.3–3.6] | 113,267 | 142.0[107.4–176.7] | 2282 | 3.6[2.7–4.4] | 27,505 | 37.1[26.7–47.5] | 629 | 327 | 0.9[0.6–1.2] |
FYROM: former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
aAccording to the local definition of stroke unit.
bAnnual number of intravenous thrombolysis in 2015 or 2016.
cAnnual number of endovascular treatments (EVT) for acute ischaemic stroke performed in 2016, except Denmark, Sweden and Malta (2015).