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. 2021 Mar 5;7(1):15. doi: 10.3390/ijns7010015

Table 1.

Country data.

Country Approx.
Population
2020 (Million) 1 		Approx.
Number of Infants		 Number Screening Laboratories Average Number Samples Per Lab.2 Interval Birth-Sampling
(hrs)		 Interval Sampling-Analysis
(Days)		 % Infants
Screened		 Information
to Parents
Available?		 Consent
Participation?		 Consent Storage? Length
Storage
(yrs)		 Normal Results Reported to Parents?
Albania (no screening) 3.0 36,000 n.a.3 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a n.a n.a n.a.
Austria 8.8 87,000 1 87,000 36–72 1–3 >99.5 yes no no 10 no
Armenia 3.1 36,000 2 4 36,000 48–96 1–5 99.8 yes yes no I ndef. no
Azerbaijan 9.7 170,000 1 35,000 48–72 3–5 30 yes no no n.d. n.d.
Belarus 9.8 108,000 1 108,000 72–120 1–5 n.d. yes no no 5 n.d.
Belgium 10.5 117,000 4 30,000 48–120 2 99.8 yes no no 5 no
Bosnia-Herzegovina 3.3 28,000 3 4 9000 48–96 1–7 96 no no no 10 no
Bulgaria 7.4 61,000 2 4 61,000 72–120 5–10 n.d. no yes/no no 20 n.d.
Croatia 4.2 36,200 1 36,200 48–72 3–5 100 yes no no 5 no
Cyprus 5 1.1 9500 1 9500 48–168 5–10 >99.9 yes yes no 2 no
Czech Republic 10.6 113,000 4 4 56,000 48–72 2.5 100 yes yes no 5 no
Denmark 5.6 63,000 1 63,000 48–72 1–2 99.1 yes yes yes indef. online
Estonia 1.3 13,500 1 13,500 48–72 2–5 99.55 yes yes no >25 no
Finland 5.5 45,000 1 4 45,000 48–120 1–5 99 yes yes no varies online
France 67 760,000 16 47,000 48–72 2–3 99.96 yes yes 6 no 1 no
Georgia 3.7 48,500 1 48,500 48–72 14–15 100 yes no no 15 no
Germany 80 787,000 11 71,000 36–72 2–3 100 yes yes yes <1 no
Greece 10.5 80,000 1 89,000 48–72 6–8 100 yes no no 2 no
Hungary 10 90,000 2 50,000 48–72 3–4 * 99.99 yes no no indef. no
Iceland 0.35 4500 1 4500 48–72 3–5 100 yes yes yes indef. online
Ireland 4.9 59,700 1 59,700 72–120 1–2 >99.5 yes yes yes 10 no
Israel 9.2 194,000 1 194,000 36–72 1–3 99.8 yes no no 5 online
Italy 60.5 434,000 15 28,900 48–72 1–4 96.7 yes no no 2–10 no
Kazakhstan 18.7 402,000 21 20,000 24–72 1–2 96.5 yes yes no 3 no
Kosovo 1.8 25,000 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a n.a n.a n.a.
Kyrgyzstan 7.0 160,000 1 32,000 48–72 3–5 30 yes no no n.d. n.d.
Latvia 1.9 20,800 1 20,000 48–72 5–7 98.5 yes yes no 7 online
Lithuania 2.8 24,600 1 24,600 48–96 2–9 99.6 yes yes no 20 no
Luxembourg 0.6 7200 1 7200 48–72 4 >99 yes yes no indef. no
Malta 0.48 4400 2 4 4400 72–120 5 99.7 yes yes no indef. no
Moldova 3.5 37,400 1 37,400 >48 30 92.3 yes yes no 0 n.d.
Montenegro 0.62 7200 1 7200 24–72 1–3 100 no no no 0.5 no
Netherlands 17.8 168,500 5 34,000 72–96 1–3 99.3 yes yes yes 5 mail
North Macedonia 2.1 20,000 1 20,000 32–72 3 >98 yes no yes 3 no
Norway 5.3 55,500 1 55,500 48–72 1–3 >99 yes yes yes indef. no
Poland 38.4 373,000 6 62,000 48–96 3 99.8 yes yes yes 5 online
Portugal 10.3 87,300 1 87,300 48–72 1–3 99.5 yes yes no 5 online
Romania 7 19.6 185,600 5 31,500 48–72 18 85 yes yes no 5 no
Russia 142 1,670,000 78 4 20,000 48–72 3–5 90-92 yes yes no 3 n.d.
Serbia 7.0 65,000 2 32,500 48–72 3–5 99 yes no no 5 no
Slovakia 5.4 57,000 1 57,000 72–96 2–3 100 yes yes no indef. no
Slovenia 2.07 20,000 1 20,000 48–72 1–2 >99 yes no no indef. no
Spain 46.5 372,000 15 24,800 24–72 3–10 99.2 yes yes yes 5-indef mail
Sweden 10 116,000 1 116,000 48–72 1–3 >99.5 yes yes yes indef. no
Switzerland 8.1 88,000 1 88,000 72–96 2 >99.9 yes yes yes indef. no
Tajikistan (no screening) 9.4 291,000 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a n.a n.a n.a.
Turkey 84.3 1,300,000 2 650,000 48–72* 1–2 97 yes yes yes 5 no
Turkmenistan 6.0 110,200 1 35,000 48–72 3–5 30 yes no no n.d. n.d.
United Kingdom 66.6 760,000 16 47,500 120 3–4 96.5 yes yes no >5 mail
Ukraine 43.7 393,000 7 56,100 48–72 3 n.d. yes yes n.a. <0.5 mail
Uzbekistan 31.3 760,600 14 54,000 72–96 10. 95 yes yes n.d. 1 n.d.

Colour indications countries: EU member (brown), candidate EU member (fuchsia), potential candidate EU member (green), EFTA member (blue), Europe-other (purple). 1 https://worldpopulationreview.com/ (visited 14 November 2020); 2 in larger countries, numbers vary largely; 3 n.d. = no data; n.a. = not applicable; 4 not all laboratories carry out the whole screening panel; 5 data regarding northern part of the Cyprus island not included; 6 France only consented to cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) analysis; 7 Romania total newborns includes Romanian infants born elsewhere; % screened excludes private labs.