Volume 22, Number 7—July 2016
Research
Comparing Characteristics of Sporadic and Outbreak-Associated Foodborne Illnesses, United States, 2004–2011
Eric D. Ebel, Michael S. Williams
, Dana Cole, Curtis C. Travis, Karl C. Klontz, Neal J. Golden, and Robert M. Hoekstra
, Dana Cole, Curtis C. Travis, Karl C. Klontz, Neal J. Golden, and Robert M. Hoekstra
Table 2
Percentage of cases and total number of cases identified as outbreak-associated, by target pathogen and selected characteristics, FoodNet data, United States, 2004–2011*
| Characteristic |
% Outbreak cases (no. total observations) |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campylobacter |
Escherichia coli O157 |
Listeria |
Salmonella |
|
| FoodNet site | ||||
| California | 0.1 (5,552) | 1.5 (264) | 1.7 (115) | 3.0 (3,764) |
| Colorado | 1.0 (3,391) | 38.9 (319) | 33.3 (72) | 8.6 (2,491) |
| Connecticut | 0.0 (3,689) | 17.0 (277) | 0.0 (148) | 6.5 (3,335) |
| Georgia | 0.2 (4,815) | 8.4 (261) | 0.0 (176) | 2.6 (17,215) |
| Maryland | 0.6 (2,920) | 13.0 (200) | 0.7 (140) | 4.3 (6,020) |
| Minnesota | 0.5 (7,308) | 20.1 (1,078) | 3.4 (58) | 10.3 (5,379) |
| New Mexico | 0.8 (2,640) | 10.9 (92) | 34.9 (43) | 9.3 (2,497) |
| New York | 0.4 (4,277) | 22.9 (393) | 3.7 (136) | 8.2 (3,772) |
| Oregon | 0.9 (5,147) | 25.5 (545) | 8.1 (86) | 20.5 (3,067) |
| Tennessee |
0.4 (3,200) |
12.2 (418) |
0.0 (106) |
3.0 (6,311) |
| Year | ||||
| 2004 | 0.2 (4,770) | 9.0 (387) | 0.8 (119) | 6.0 (5,676) |
| 2005 | 0.7 (5,009) | 22.7 (467) | 1.5 (136) | 4.3 (5,982) |
| 2006 | 0.7 (4,903) | 15.9 (567) | 4.4 (137) | 7.6 (5,901) |
| 2007 | 0.1 (5,377) | 17.8 (546) | 0.0 (122) | 6.2 (6,540) |
| 2008 | 0.6 (5,291) | 25.8 (516) | 0.0 (134) | 7.9 (7,214) |
| 2009 | 0.3 (5,546) | 26.4 (458) | 0.0 (157) | 5.5 (6,844) |
| 2010 | 0.4 (5,852) | 21.1 (445) | 2.3 (131) | 5.2 (8,073) |
| 2011 |
0.6 (6,191) |
11.7 (461) |
30.6 (144) |
4.6 (7,621) |
| Age quintile | ||||
| 1 | 0.7 (8,563) | 20.6 (766) | 2.3 (214) | 2.2 (10,838) |
| 2 | 0.7 (8,614) | 18.1 (768) | 4.6 (216) | 4.4 (10,666) |
| 3 | 0.3 (8,428) | 19.3 (774) | 5.1 (216) | 9.2 (10,686) |
| 4 | 0.3 (8,634) | 19.6 (765) | 5.5 (218) | 7.7 (10,758) |
| 5 |
0.3 (8,700) |
17.3 (774) |
8.3 (216) |
6.0 (10,903) |
| Season quintile | ||||
| 1 | 0.4 (8,552) | 18.6 (774) | 2.3 (218) | 6.9 (10,962) |
| 2 | 0.4 (8,761) | 19.8 (773) | 0.9 (215) | 7.6 (10,804) |
| 3 | 0.6 (8,545) | 18.8 (775) | 4.1 (218) | 5.8 (10,773) |
| 4 | 0.6 (8,666) | 20.1 (770) | 16.1 (217) | 4.3 (10,671) |
| 5 |
0.2 (8,415) |
17.5 (755) |
2.4 (212) |
4.7 (10,641) |
| Sex | ||||
| F | 0.4 (19,317) | 19.4 (2,030) | 6.4 (577) | 6.1 (28,102) |
| M |
0.4 (23,622) |
18.4 (1,817) |
3.8 (503) |
5.4 (25,749) |
| Hospitalized | ||||
| No | 0.5 (35,962) | 20.1 (2,145) | 4.1 (74) | 6.3 (38,321) |
| Yes | 0.3 (6,977) | 17.5 (1,702) | 5.3 (1,006) | 4.8 (15,530) |
*Age of persons with cases and season of specimen submission are classified by quintile of reported age and quintile of the day of year of the specimen submission date. FoodNet, Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network.
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