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Initial Certification Statistics

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Certification statistics through December 31, 2009

Specialty/Subspecialty	Year Certification Began	Certificates Issued in 2009	*Total Certificates Issued as of December 31, 2009**
Psychiatry	1935	1,310	48,362
Neurology	1935	658	14,722
Neurology with special qualification in Child Neurology	1968	111	1,844
Neuropsychiatry	1935	Last certificate awarded in 1969	827

Subspecialty of Addiction Psychiatry	1993	exam offered in 2010	2,032
Subspecialty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry	1959	279	6,932
Subspecialty of Clinical Neurophysiology	1992	225	2,037
Subspecialty of Forensic Psychiatry	1994	121	1,814
Subspecialty of Geriatric Psychiatry	1991	exam offered in 2010	2,953
Subspecialty of Hospice and Palliative Medicine	2008	exam offered in 2010	25
Subspecialty of Neurodevelopmental Disabilities	2001	2	69
Subspecialty of Neuromuscular Medicine	2008	87	288
Subspecialty of Pain Medicine	2000	15	252
Subspecialty of Psychosomatic Medicine	2005	227	1,080
Subspecialty of Sleep Medicine	2007	463	803
Subspecialty of Vascular Neurology	2005	264	968

* total includes lapsed certificates

Certification statistics through December 31, 2008

Specialty/Subspecialty	Year Certification Began	Certificates Issued in 2008	*Total Certificates Issued as of December 31, 2008**
Psychiatry	1935	1,192	47,052
Neurology	1935	961	14,064
Neurology with special qualification in Child Neurology	1968	121	1,733
Neuropsychiatry	1935	Last certificate awarded in 1969	827

Subspecialty of Addiction Psychiatry	1993	73	2,032
Subspecialty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry	1959	275	6,653
Subspecialty of Clinical Neurophysiology	1992	exam offered in 2009	1,812
Subspecialty of Forensic Psychiatry	1994	exam offered in 2009	1,693
Subspecialty of Geriatric Psychiatry	1991	129	2,953
Subspecialty of Hospice and Palliative Medicine	2008	25	25
Subspecialty of Neurodevelopmental Disabilities	2001	exam offered in 2009	67
Subspecialty of Neuromuscular Medicine	2008	201	201
Subspecialty of Pain Medicine	2000	13	237
Subspecialty of Psychosomatic Medicine	2005	270	853
Subspecialty of Sleep Medicine	2007	exam offered in 2009	340
Subspecialty of Vascular Neurology	2005	325	704