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General Demographics
Cardiac Rhythm Device Therapy for the Physician
Cardiac Rhythm Device Therapy for the Allied Professional
Cardiac Electrophysiology for the Allied Professional
Cardiac Electrophysiology for the Physician

GENERAL DEMOGRAPHICS

Figure 1: The bar chart illustrates the total number of physician and allied professional certificants acquired each year. It also shows the distribution of domestic versus international certificants.

*First year of the Certification Examination for Competency in Cardiac Rhythm Device Therapy for the Physician
**First year of the Certification Examination for Competency in Cardiac Rhythm Device Therapy for the Allied Professional
***First year of the Certification Examination for Competency in Cardiac Electrophysiology for the Allied Professional

Figure 2: The following map highlights the various countries where IBHRE recipients are located.

IBHRE Recipient Countries
Australia Bahrain Belgium Brazil Canada China Colombia Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Egypt England France Germany Greece Hong Kong Iceland	India Ireland Israel Italy Japan Malaysia Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Northern Ireland Norway Oman Pakistan Poland Portugal Qatar Romania	Russia Saudi Arabia Scotland Serbia Singapore Slovakia South Africa South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Thailand Trinidad & Tobago United Arab Emirates Wales

Figure 3: The pie chart divides the total number of physician and allied professional certificants by classification.

*CCDS-MD represents a Certified Cardiac Device Specialist - Physician
**CCDS-AP represents a Certified Cardiac Device Specialist – Allied Professional
***CEPS-AP represents a Certified Electrophysiology Specialist – Allied Professional

Figure 4: The bar chart shows the number of allied professional certificants and the number of physician certificants. Further, it shows the split between industry and clinical allied professionals and split between those physicians that are Board Certified in Electrophysiology and those who are not.

CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION FOR COMPETENCY IN CARDIAC RHYTHM DEVICE THERAPY FOR THE PHYSICIAN

Table 1: The following table illustrates the pass rate for the exam from the first year through the most recent administration.

Pass/Fail – Physician Pacing
Date	Total Examinees	Pass	Fail	Pass Rate
1985	17	17	0	100.00%
1986	198	150	48	75.76%
1987	99	68	31	68.69%
1988	126	88	38	69.84%
1989	102	71	31	69.61%
1991	206	144	62	69.90%
1993	126	95	31	75.40%
1995	136	90	46	66.18%
1997	107	83	24	77.57%
1999	75	58	17	77.33%
2001	65	56	9	86.15%
2003	72	55	17	76.39%
May 2005	130	80	50	61.54%
December 2005	117	83	34	70.94%
2006	123	83	40	67.48%
2007	154	111	43	72.08%
2008	168	110	58	65.48%
2009	119	87	32	73.11%
2010	104	74	30	73.11%
2011	93	71	22	76.34%
2012	78	49	29	62.82%
Total*	2415	1723	692	-
Average Pass Rate				73.13%

*These numbers do not take into account those that have gone through 1 or more recertification cycles. Exact number of individual certificants can be found in Figure 1.

CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION FOR COMPETENCY IN CARDIAC RHYTHM DEVICE THERAPY FOR THE ALLIED PROFESSIONAL

Table 2: The following table illustrates the pass rate for the exam from the first year through the most recent administration.

Pass/Fail – Allied Professional Pacing*
Date	Total Examinees	Pass	Fail	Pass Rate
1988	17	17	0	100.00%
1989	76	65	11	85.53%
1990	105	84	21	80.00%
1992	143	95	48	66.43%
1994	334	249	85	74.55%
1996	421	323	98	76.72%
1998	462	377	85	81.60%
2000	551	464	87	84.21%
2001	267	205	62	76.78%
2003	676	541	135	80.03%
2005	1212	903	309	74.50%
2007	962	833	129	86.59%
2008	812	575	237	70.81%
2009	644	429	215	66.61%
2010	624	433	191	69.39%
2011	593	395	198	66.61%
2012	545	355	190	65.13%
Total**	7899	5988	1911
Average Pass Rate				76.79%

*Does not include the Japan administration of the exam. This information can be found in Table 3.
**These numbers do not take into account those that have gone through 1 or more recertification cycles. Exact number of individual certificants can be found in Figure 1.

Table 3: The following table illustrates the pass rate for the Japan administration of the exam.

Pass/Fail – Allied Professional Pacing (Japan)*
Date	Total Examinees	Pass	Fail	Pass Rate
2008	638	418	220	65.52%
2009	619	360	264	57.69%
2010	559	310	249	57.69%
2011	435	204	231	46.80%
2012	331	137	194	41.30%
2013	298	134	164	45.00%
Total*	2880	1563	1322
Average Pass Rate				54.27%

*These numbers reflect only the Japan-based allied professionals and is not representative of the total number of allied professional certificants.

CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION FOR COMPETENCY IN CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY FOR THE ALLIED PROFESSIONAL

Table 4: The following table illustrates the pass rate for the exam from the first year of administration through the most recent administration.

Pass/Fail – Allied Professional EP
Date	Total Examinees	Pass	Fail	Pass Rate
1997	172	134	38	77.91%
1999	144	120	44	83.33%
2001	110	83	27	75.45%
2002	126	98	28	77.78%
2004	170	134	36	78.82%
2006	213	168	45	78.87%
2008	194	150	44	77.32%
2009	178	142	36	79.78%
2010	174	143	31	82.18%
2011	167	127	40	76.04%
2012	206	169	37	82.03%
Total*	1854	1468	406
Average Pass Rate				79.04%

*These numbers do not take into account those that have gone through 1 or more recertification cycles. Exact number of individual certificants can be found in Figure 1.

CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION FOR COMPETENCY IN CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY FOR THE PHYSICIAN

Table 5: The following table illustrates the pass rate for the exam from the first year of administration through the most recent administration.

Pass/Fail – Physician EP
Date	Total Examinees	Pass	Fail	Pass Rate
2011	48	42	6	87.50%
2012	58	50	8	86.20%
Total*	106	92	14
Average Pass Rate				86.85%

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