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    Total # of GERD/NERD Patients (PatientsMap 2012 Japan Nationwide Projection)
    Patients Map   # of physicians in Japan   Magnification factor   F.# of GERD/NERD pts in Japan
      D÷A  
    # of respondents   B.GERD/NERD   Ultmark   Adjusted   # of patients   % of patients
      (Ave. # of pts treated/month)   Composition of specialty (2012 Ultmark) x Total # of physicians (2010 MHLW)   B x (A x E)  
      HP GP   HP GP   HP GP   HP GP   HP GP   HP GP Total   HP GP Total
    Internal medicine 1,329 1,894   19.9 31.6   30,520 46,242   27,557 41,753   20.7 22.0   548,934 1,318,545 1,867,478   17% 41% 57%
    Surgery (incl. Mammary gland surgery) 850 390   5.5 18.3   17,650 12,853   15,936 11,605   18.7 29.8   88,128 212,026 300,154   3% 7% 9%
    Gastrointestinal medicine 949 267   25.2 53.5   6,843 2,875   6,179 2,596   6.5 9.7   155,578 138,879 294,457   5% 4% 9%
    Cardiovascular medicine 1,034 216   14.2 29.8   8,062 2,258   7,279 2,039   7.0 9.4   103,511 60,756 164,267   3% 2% 5%
    Orthopedic surgery 987 404   3.9 7.7   12,638 9,500   11,411 8,578   11.6 21.2   44,047 66,305 110,352   1% 2% 3%
    Otorhinolaryngology 414 331   10.0 9.2   4,122 5,893   3,722 5,321   9.0 16.1   37,106 48,952 86,058   1% 2% 3%
    Pulmonology 579 76   10.0 26.5   4,394 1,059   3,967 956   6.9 12.6   39,595 25,291 64,886   1% 1% 2%
    Psychiatry 884 220   3.8 6.1   11,281 3,208   10,186 2,897   11.5 13.2   38,197 17,785 55,981   1% 1% 2%
    Diabetes/Internal secretion department 508 93   16.4 31.6   2,470 578   2,230 522   4.4 5.6   36,486 16,471 52,957   1% 1% 2%
    Neurology 482 38   7.1 11.4   3,821 686   3,450 619   7.2 16.3   24,530 7,055 31,585   1% 0% 1%
    Pediatrics/Pediatrics surgery 975 340   1.5 2.5   10,633 7,280   9,601 6,573   9.8 19.3   14,113 16,302 30,415   0% 1% 1%
    Kidney medicine/dialysis 296 99   9.8 15.9   2,306 558   2,082 504   7.0 5.1   20,301 8,031 28,332   1% 0% 1%
    Cranial nerves surgery 573 -   4.5 -   6,041 -   5,454 -   9.5 -   24,273 - 24,273   1% - 1%
    Urology 519 144   1.3 7.8   5,154 1,956   4,654 1,766   9.0 12.3   6,236 13,793 20,029   0% 0% 1%
    Anaesthesiology / Pain Clinic / Palliative care department 510 68   1.4 7.3   7,023 1,223   6,341 1,104   12.4 16.2   9,068 8,072 17,140   0% 0% 1%
    Gastrointestinal surgery 600 -   7.8 -   2,293 -   2,070 -   3.5 -   16,232 - 16,232   0% - 0%
    Rheumatic medicine 156 -   18.7 -   718 -   648 -   4.2 -   12,097 - 12,097   0% - 0%
    Blood medicine 299 -   5.8 -   2,269 -   2,049 -   6.9 -   11,801 - 11,801   0% - 0%
    Obstetrics and gynecology 499 238   0.5 1.3   7,208 6,514   6,508 5,882   13.0 24.7   3,384 7,646 11,030   0% 0% 0%
    Dermatology 359 295   1.7 0.9   4,114 5,512   3,715 4,977   10.3 16.9   6,315 4,678 10,993   0% 0% 0%
    Cardiovascular surgery 287 -   4.9 -   2,149 -   1,940 -   6.8 -   9,488 - 9,488   0% - 0%
    Psychosomatic medicine 36 42   7.4 10.3   366 629   330 568   9.2 13.5   2,442 5,867 8,309   0% 0% 0%
    Radiology 299 -   1.4 -   5,471 -   4,940 -   16.5 -   6,718 - 6,718   0% - 0%
    Rehabilitation 108 -   6.3 -   825 -   745 -   6.9 -   4,685 - 4,685   0% - 0%
    First aid/ICU 219 -   2.5 -   1,758 -   1,587 -   7.2 -   3,952 - 3,952   0% - 0%
    Ophthalmology 313 408   0.1 0.2   5,134 8,537   4,636 7,708   14.8 18.9   464 1,542 2,005   0% 0% 0%
    Respiratory surgery 217 -   2.3 -   863 -   779 -   3.6 -   1,769 - 1,769   0% - 0%
    Oncology/Chemotherapy 59 -   3.1 -   445 -   402 -   6.8 -   1,234 - 1,234   0% - 0%
    Plastic surgery 145 56   0.5 0.5   1,894 856   1,710 773   11.8 13.8   872 356 1,228   0% 0% 0%
    Overall 14,485 5,619     168,465 118,217   152,109 106,740     1,271,555 1,978,351 3,249,905   39% 61% 100%
    *HP=100 beds or more
    *GP=99 beds or less     		*Segments with less than 30 respondents
    are unified with other segments    		 *Respondents who work for multiple institutions are counted at the institution with the highest # of beds
    *As of Aug. 31 2012
    *Respondents with unknown # of beds and specialty are eliminated     		*Total # of physicians was from the statistics of Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Dec. 2010.)