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Australia .............| --- | --- |19.2 |19.3 |20.1 | --- | --- |10.2 | 9.9 |10.0 | --- |  --- | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.1 | --- |  --- | 5.4 | 5.6 | 6.0
Austria ...............|16.8 |19.6 |20.7 |21.1 |22.1 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 4.1 |  5.2 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 7.7 |  9.0 | 9.8 | 9.9 |10.8
Belgium\1\ ............| --- | --- | --- | --- |24.4 | 4.6 | --- | --- | --- | 3.1 | 1.7 |  --- | --- | --- | 1.8 | --- |  --- | --- | --- |19.5
Canada ................|17.1 |16.4 |16.3 |16.7 |17.4 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 4.5 |  4.2 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 7.7 |  6.2 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.7
Denmark ...............| --- | --- | --- | --- |19.7 | 6.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 1.4 | --- |  --- | --- | --- | 3.3 |16.2 | 21.7 | --- |17.0 |15.1
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Finland ...............|39.3 |33.5 |37.0 |37.2 |35.7 | 7.7 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 6.3 |  5.9 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 6.0 |25.3 | 23.4 |25.1 |26.3 |25.6
Germany\2\ ............|23.8 |31.3 |31.7 |31.6 |31.1 | 5.0 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 2.3 |  3.5 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.0 |16.5 | 20.5 |19.6 |19.7 |19.5
Ireland ...............|28.8 |34.1 | --- |32.3 |28.0 |12.8 |14.1 | --- |16.9 |12.2 | 4.0 |  6.3 | --- | 4.7 | 6.3 |12.0 | 13.7 | --- |10.7 | 9.6
Italy .................|19.5 |19.7 |19.1 |19.5 |19.9 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 3.1 |  3.9 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 8.3 |  8.3 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 9.6
Japan .................|22.7 |23.5 |22.8 |22.8 | --- | 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | --- |  --- | --- | --- | --- |20.3 | 21.0 |19.3 |19.3 |19.3
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Netherlands ...........|21.8 |21.1 | --- | --- |16.0 | 8.5 | 7.1 | --- | --- | 1.6 | 1.2 |  1.6 | --- | 1.6 | 1.7 |12.1 | 12.4 | --- | --- |12.8
New Zealand ...........|20.5 |19.5 | --- | --- | --- |11.7 | 8.2 | --- | --- | --- | 5.5 |  5.5 | --- | --- | --- | 3.3 |  5.8 | --- | 3.2 | 3.6
Norway ................| --- |12.9 |18.6 |16.8 |15.2 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 1.8 |  0.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | --- | 10.2 |14.2 |13.2 |11.9
Portugal ..............| --- | --- |15.9 |15.0 |15.4 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.8 | --- |  --- | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.8 | --- | 10.5 |11.0 | 9.9 | 9.8
Spain .................|13.9 |15.0 | --- |18.2 |18.5 | 5.5 | 5.7 | --- | 4.3 | 4.8 | 1.3 |  2.6 | --- | 4.5 | 4.3 | 7.0 |  6.7 | --- | 9.4 | 9.4
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Sweden ................|15.4 |24.0 |25.0 |26.4 |22.4 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 1.6 |  4.7 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 4.5 |11.3 | 15.2 |15.9 |17.0 |14.3
Switzerland ...........|20.2 |23.0 |22.1 |22.3 |22.4 |10.3 |11.2 |10.4 |10.4 |11.1 | 2.1 |  3.7 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 7.9 |  8.1 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.2
Turkey ................|23.0 |20.6 | --- |20.9 | --- | 3.6 | 4.6 | --- | 5.1 | --- | 1.6 |  2.1 | --- | 2.7 | --- |17.8 | 13.8 | --- |13.1 | ---
United States .........|21.7 |16.9 |15.9 | --- |16.8 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 6.0 | --- | 6.9 | 5.5 |  4.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 9.8 |  7.8 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.6
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