Volume 20, Number 11—November 2014
Research
Foodborne Illness, Australia, Circa 2000 and Circa 2010
Martyn Kirk
, Laura Ford, Kathryn Glass, and Gillian Hall
, Laura Ford, Kathryn Glass, and Gillian Hall
Table 3
Comparison of estimates of the annual number of cases and incidence rates for foodborne gastroenteritis and key foodborne pathogens, Australia, circa 2000 and circa 2010*
| Foodborne illness/pathogen | Circa 2000 |
Circa 2010 |
RR (90% CrI) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. cases, median (90% CrI) | Rate per million population (90% CrI) | No. cases, median 90% (CrI) | Rate per million population (90% CrI) | |||
| Gastroenteritis | 4.3 million (2.2–7.3 million) | 224,000 (116,000–374,000) | 4.1 million (2.3–6.4 million) | 186,000 (105,000–289,000) | 0.83 (0.4–1.8) | |
| Campylobacter spp. | 139,000 (82,500–227,000) | 7,400 (4,500–12,200) | 179,000 (108,500–290,000) | 8,400 (5,050–13,650) | 1.13 (0.5–2.3) | |
| Salmonella spp., nontyphoidal | 28,000 (15,000–50,000) | 1,500 (800–2,700) | 39,600 (21,200–73,400) | 1,850 (1,000–3,350) | 1.24 (0.5–2.8) | |
| Salmonella enterica ser. Typhi | 9 (3–21) | 0.5 (0–1) | 15 (5–30) | 0.6 (0–1) | 1.2 (0.5–2.6) | |
| Shigella spp. | 515 (175–1,300) | 28 (9–70) | 350 (150–850) | 16 (6–40) | 0.57 (0.2–2.3) | |
| Hepatitis A virus | 245 (65–725) | 13 (3–40) | 40 (10–100) | 2 (1–5) | 0.15 (0.06–0.4) | |
| Listeria monocytogenes | 125 (70–185) | 7 (4–10) | 150 (50–100) | 7 (3–10) | 1 (0.4–1.9) | |
| Giardia lamblia | 2,600 (565–7,400) | 140 (30–405) | 3,700 (800–10,600) | 175 (35–490) | 1.25 (0.5–1.9) | |
*Estimates are based on an empirical distribution of the Australian population in the June quarter of 1996–2000 (circa 2000 estimates) and 2006–2010 (circa 2010 estimates); for the parameters of these distributions, see online Technical Appendix 4 (http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/EID/article/2011/13-1315-Techapp4.pdf). CrI, credible interval; RR, rate ratio.
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