Table 1.
Description of Stroke Care Plans by country.
| Population subgroup | Country | Population | Total area served (km2) | Stroke Plan | Stroke Plan level | Regional organisation of stroke care | No. of areas | Regional differences |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <1 million | Northern Cyprus | 300,000 | 3355 | No | Region only | Yes | 5 | Yes |
| Iceland | 333,000 | 102,775 | Yes | Country only | No | – | Yes | |
| Malta | 420,000 | 316 | Yes | Country only | Yes | 2 | Yes | |
| Montenegro | 621,000 | 13,812 | Yes | Country only | No | – | No | |
| Overall | 418,500 | 30,065 | 75% | 75% country only | 50% | 75% | ||
| 25% region only | ||||||||
| 1–10 million | Estonia | 1,325,000 | 45,339 | Yes | Country only | No | – | No |
| Latvia | 1,800,000 | 64,589 | Yes | Neither | Yes | 6 | No | |
| Macedonia | 2,000,000 | 25,713 | Yes | Country only | Yes | 4 | Yes | |
| Slovenia | 2,065,000 | 20,273 | Yes | Both | Yes | 12 | No | |
| Lithuania | 3,000,000 | 65,300 | Yes | Country only | Yes | 5 | No | |
| Albania | 3,100,000 | 28,748 | Yes | Region only | No | – | Yes | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,517,000 | 51,129 | No | Both | Yes | 11 | Yes | |
| Republic of Moldova | 3,600,000 | 33,846 | Yes | Country only | No | – | No | |
| Georgia | 3,700,000 | 2428 | Yes | Neither | No | – | Yes | |
| Croatia | 4,171,000 | 56,594 | Yes | Local | No | – | Yes | |
| Ireland | 4,800,000 | 70,273 | Yes | Country only | No | – | Yes | |
| Norway | 5,000,000 | 385,178 | Yes | Both | Yes | 5 | No | |
| Slovakia | 5,400,000 | 49,036 | Yes | Country only | No | – | Yes | |
| Finland | 5,495,000 | 338,145 | Yes | Both | Yes | 21 | Yes | |
| Denmark | 5,600,000 | 44,493 | Yes | Country only | Yes | 5 | No | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 6,000,000 | 199,949 | No | Local | Yes | 7 | Yes | |
| Bulgaria | 7,000,000 | 110,994 | Yes | Both | Yes | 28 | Yes | |
| Switzerland | 8,081,000 | 41,290 | Yes | Country only | Yes | 8 | No | |
| Israel | 8,100,000 | 20,770 | Yes | Country only | No | – | Yes | |
| Austria | 8,700,000 | 83,858 | Yes | Both | Yes | 9 | No | |
| Serbia | 8,800,000 | 77,453 | Yes | Country only | Yes | – | Yes | |
| Overall | 4,821,619 | 86,448 | 90% | 48% country only | 62% | 57% | ||
| 5% region only | ||||||||
| 29% country and region | ||||||||
| 10% local | ||||||||
| 9% neither | ||||||||
| 10–20 million | Sweden | 10,000,000 | 449,964 | Yes | Both | Yes | 20 | Yes |
| Belarus | 10,000,000 | 207,600 | Yes | Local | Yes | 1 | Yes | |
| Hungary | 10,000,000 | 93,030 | Yes | Country only | No | – | Yes | |
| Greece | 10,000,000 | 13,194 | No | Local | No | – | Yes | |
| Portugal | 10,460,000 | 91,568 | Yes | Country only | Yes | 6 | Yes | |
| Czech Republic | 10,500,000 | 78,866 | Yes | Country only | No | – | No | |
| Belgium | 11,350,000 | 30,510 | No | Neither | Yes | 3 | Yes | |
| Netherlands | 17,000,000 | 41,198 | Yes | Both | No | – | No | |
| Romania | 19,500,000 | 238,392 | Yes | Local | No | – | Yes | |
| Overall | 12,100,000 | 138,258 | 78% | 33% country only | 44% | 78% | ||
| 22% country and region | ||||||||
| 33% local | ||||||||
| 11% neither | ||||||||
| >20 million | Poland | 38,000,000 | 312,685 | Yes | Country only | Yes | 16 | Yes |
| Ukraine | 42,500,000 | 603,628 | No | Local | Yes | 24 | Yes | |
| Spain | 46,560,000 | 498,468 | Yes | Both | Yes | 17 | Yes | |
| Italy | 60,750,000 | 301,318 | Yes | Region only | Yes | 21 | Yes | |
| United Kingdom | 65,640,000 | 244,820 | Yes | Country only | Yes | 4 | No | |
| France | 66,900,000 | 551,394 | Yes | Both | Yes | 17 | No | |
| Turkey | 78,740,000 | 23,507 | Yes | Both | No | – | – | |
| Germany | 82,670,000 | 357,168 | Yes | Country only | Yes | 300 | Yes | |
| Russia | 146,000,000 | 3,972,400 | Yes | Country only | No | – | No | |
| Overall | 69,800,000 | 762,821 | 89% | 44% country only | 78% | 63% | ||
| 11% region only | ||||||||
| 33% both | ||||||||
| 11% local |
For each population subgroup, overall population and surface express means.