Volume 14, Number 10—October 2008
Research
Estimating Community Incidence of Salmonella, Campylobacter, and Shiga Toxin–producing Escherichia coli Infections, Australia
Table 2
Number of notifications in Australia each year for salmonellosis, campylobacteriosis, and STEC infections, 2000–2004*
Data | Salmonella infections | Campylobacter infections (all states except NSW)† | STEC infections in SA‡ |
---|---|---|---|
Year | |||
2000 | 6,196 | 13,665 | – |
2001 | 7,047 | 16,123 | 27 |
2002 | 7,696 | 14,740 | 39 |
2003 | 7,017 | 15,369 | 37 |
2004 |
7,829 |
15,622 |
30 |
Mean (SD) | 7,157 (651) | 15,104 (946) | 33.3 (5.67) |
Median | 7,047 | 15,369 | 34 |
Percentiles: 2.5, 97.5 | 6,278, 7,816 | 13,773, 16,073 | 27, 39 |
*STEC, Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli; NSW, New South Wales; SA, South Australia.
†67% of population only; adjust for population of Australia by multiplying by 1.5.
‡7.5% of population only; adjust for population of Australia by multiplying by 13.3.