Table 1.

Demographics of Respondents

Variable	Number of Responses (%) (N = 391)
Age (years)
<29	66 (16.9)
30–39	181(46.3)
40–49	81 (20.7)
50–59	38 (9.7)
60–69	23 (5.9)
≥70	2 (0.5)
Gender
Male	321 (82.1)
Female	69 (17.7)
Other	1 (0.3)
Region
African Region	70 (17.9)
American Region–US/Canada	23 (5.9)
American Region–Latin America	34 (8.7)
Eastern Mediterranean Region	35 (9.0)
European Region	154 (39.4)
South-East Asia Region	72 (18.4)
Western Pacific Region	3 (0.77)
Training level
Consultant neurosurgeon	235 (60.1)
Neurosurgery trainee	120 (30.7)
Consultant general surgeon	2 (0.5)
General surgery trainee	4 (1.0)
General practitioner	9 (2.3)
Other (clinical officer, nonphysician provider)	21 (5.4)
Years of practice
Still in training	94 (24.0)
0–5	107 (27.4)
6–10	90 (23.2)
11–20	52 (13.3)
21–30	29 (7.4)
>30	19 (4.9)
Neurosurgical society member
American Association of Neurological Surgeons	99 (30.2)
Asian Australasian Society of Neurological Surgeons	13 (4.0)
Continental Association of African Neurosurgical Societies	31 (9.5)
European Association of Neurosurgical Societies	170 (51.8)
Latin American Federation of Neurosurgical Societies	15 (4.6)
Neurosurgical subspecialty (multiple selection)
General	285 (21.6)
Pediatric	109 (8.3)
Tumor	244 (18.5)
Vascular	140 (10.6)
Functional	70 (5.3)
Spine	190 (14.4)
Trauma	204 (15.5)
Intensive/neurocritical care	75 (5.7)
Place of practice (multiple selection)
Public/governmental sector	218 (32.1)
Private	122 (18.0)
University teaching hospital	308 (45.4)
Charitable/not-for-profit	18 (2.7)
Religious hospital	13 (1.9)
Setting
Urban	370 (94.9)
Rural	20 (5.1)
Hospital level
1: Small hospital or health center, a small number of beds and a sparsely equipped operating room for minor procedures	17 (4.4)
2: District or provincial hospital, 100–300 beds, and adequately equipped major and minor operating rooms	58 (15.0)
3: Referral hospital, 300–≥1000 beds with basic intensive care facilities	311 (80.6)