Table 1.
Country | All qualified rheumatologists | All academic rheumatologists | Early career academic rheumatologists (postdocs) | Mid-career academic rheumatologists (assistant/associate professors) | Senior academic rheumatologists (full professors) |
Albania | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0%* |
Austria† | 29%‡ | 31%* | 48%* | 13%* | 20%* |
Belgium (Flanders) | 65%* | n/a | 75%* | 50%* | 10%* |
Germany | 43%‡ | 35%* | 65%* | 25%* | 10%* |
Greece | 44%‡ | 29%‡ | 72%‡ | 50%‡ | 11%‡ |
Hungary | 60%* | 10%* | 40%* | 30%* | 10%* |
Italy | 52%‡ | 43%§ | n/a | 53%§ | 8%§ |
Lithuania | 91%‡ | 85%* | 99%* | 90%* | 80%* |
Netherlands | 61%‡ | 59%‡ | n/a | n/a | 33%‡ |
Spain¶ | 48%‡ | 40%* | 75%* | 41%§ | 5%§ |
Switzerland | 28%‡ | 35%* | n/a | 25%* | 0%* |
Turkey | 50%* | 30%* | 50%* | 50%* | 10%* |
UK | 60%* | 30%* | n/a | n/a | n/a |
*Personal estimates by national society leaders.
†Data corroborated by the FAIR Task Force, Austria.
‡National society membership data.
§National statistics.
¶Data from the Group of Women in Rheumatology, Spain.
FAIR, Female Advancement In Rheumatology; n/a, not available.