IBHRE - Statistical Data

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

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	INDIA	SAUDI ARABIA
AUSTRIA	IRELAND	SCOTLAND
BELGIUM	ISRAEL	SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
BRAZIL	ITALY	SINGAPORE
CANADA	JAPAN	SLOVAKIA
COLOMBIA	MALAYSIA	SOUTH KOREA
CROATIA	MEXICO	SPAIN
CZECH REPUBLIC	NEW ZEALAND	SWEDEN
DENMARK	NORTHERN IRELAND	SWITZERLAND
EGYPT	NORWAY	SYRIA
ENGLAND	OMAN	TAIWAN
GERMANY	PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA	THAILAND
FRANCE	POLAND	THE NETHERLANDS
GERMANY	PORTUGAL	UAE
GREECE	QATAR	UNITED KINGDOM
ICELAND	REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA	VIRGIN ISLANDS

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
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%
Total*	2244	1603	641	-
Average Pass Rate				73.40%

*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 - AP/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%
Total**	7306	5593	1713
Average Pass Rate				79.08%

*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 - AP/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%
Total*	2251	1292	964
Average Pass Rate				56.93%

*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 - AP/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%
Total*	1648	1299	369
Average Pass Rate				78.75%

*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: Coming Soon!

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