Volume 5, Number 5—October 1999
Synopsis
Food-Related Illness and Death in the United States
Paul S. Mead
, Laurence Slutsker, Vance Dietz, Linda F. McCaig, Joseph S. Bresee, Craig Shapiro, Patricia M. Griffin, and Robert V. Tauxe
, Laurence Slutsker, Vance Dietz, Linda F. McCaig, Joseph S. Bresee, Craig Shapiro, Patricia M. Griffin, and Robert V. Tauxe
Table 3
Estimated illnesses, hospitalizations, and deaths caused by known foodborne pathogens, United States
| Illnesses |
Hospitalizations |
Deaths |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disease or agent | Total | Food-borne | % of total foodborne | Total | Food- borne | % of total foodborne | Food- borne | % of total foodborne | ||
| Total | ||||||||||
| Bacterial | ||||||||||
| Bacillus cereus | 27,360 | 27,360 | 0.2 | 8 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Botulism, foodborne | 58 | 58 | 0.0 | 46 | 46 | 0.1 | 4 | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Brucella spp. | 1,554 | 777 | 0.0 | 122 | 61 | 0.1 | 11 | 6 | 0.3 | |
| Campylobacter spp. | 2,453,926 | 1,963,141 | 14.2 | 13,174 | 10,539 | 17.3 | 124 | 99 | 5.5 | |
| Clostridium perfringens | 248,520 | 248,520 | 1.8 | 41 | 41 | 0.1 | 7 | 7 | 0.4 | |
| Escherichia coli O157:H7 | 73,480 | 62,458 | 0.5 | 2,168 | 1,843 | 3.0 | 61 | 52 | 2.9 | |
| E. coli, non-O157 STEC | 36,740 | 31,229 | 0.2 | 1,084 | 921 | 1.5 | 30 | 26 | 1.4 | |
| E. coli, enterotoxigenic | 79,420 | 55,594 | 0.4 | 21 | 15 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| E. coli, other diarrheogenic | 79,420 | 23,826 | 0.2 | 21 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Listeria monocytogenes | 2,518 | 2,493 | 0.0 | 2,322 | 2,298 | 3.8 | 504 | 499 | 27.6 | |
| Salmonella typhi | 824 | 659 | 0.0 | 618 | 494 | 0.8 | 3 | 3 | 0.1 | |
| Salmonella, nontyphoidal | 1,412,498 | 1,341,873 | 9.7 | 16,430 | 15,608 | 25.6 | 582 | 553 | 30.6 | |
| Shigella spp. | 448,240 | 89,648 | 0.6 | 6,231 | 1,246 | 2.0 | 70 | 14 | 0.8 | |
| Staphylococcus food poisoning | 185,060 | 185,060 | 1.3 | 1,753 | 1,753 | 2.9 | 2 | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Streptococcus, foodborne | 50,920 | 50,920 | 0.4 | 358 | 358 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Vibrio cholerae, toxigenic | 54 | 49 | 0.0 | 18 | 17 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| V. vulnificus | 94 | 47 | 0.0 | 86 | 43 | 0.1 | 37 | 18 | 1.0 | |
| Vibrio, other | 7,880 | 5,122 | 0.0 | 99 | 65 | 0.1 | 20 | 13 | 0.7 | |
| Yersinia enterocolitica | 96,368 | 86,731 | 0.6 | 1,228 | 1,105 | 1.8 | 3 | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Subtotal | 5,204,934 | 4,175,565 | 30.2 | 45,826 | 36,466 | 59.9 | 1,458 | 1,297 | 71.7 | |
| Parasitic | ||||||||||
| Cryptosporidium parvum | 300,000 | 30,000 | 0.2 | 1,989 | 199 | 0.3 | 66 | 7 | 0.4 | |
| Cyclospora cayetanensis | 16,264 | 14,638 | 0.1 | 17 | 15 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Giardia lamblia | 2,000,000 | 200,000 | 1.4 | 5,000 | 500 | 0.8 | 10 | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Toxoplasma gondii | 225,000 | 112,500 | 0.8 | 5,000 | 2,500 | 4.1 | 750 | 375 | 20.7 | |
| Trichinella spiralis | 52 | 52 | 0.0 | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Subtotal | 2,541,316 | 357,190 | 2.6 | 12,010 | 3,219 | 5.3 | 827 | 383 | 21.2 | |
| Viral | ||||||||||
| Norwalk-like viruses | 23,000,000 | 9,200,000 | 66.6 | 50,000 | 20,000 | 32.9 | 310 | 124 | 6.9 | |
| Rotavirus | 3,900,000 | 39,000 | 0.3 | 50,000 | 500 | 0.8 | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Astrovirus | 3,900,000 | 39,000 | 0.3 | 12,500 | 125 | 0.2 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Hepatitis A | 83,391 | 4,170 | 0.0 | 10,841 | 90 | 0.9 | 83 | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Subtotal | 30,833,391 | 9,282,170 | 67.2 | 123,341 | 21,167 | 34.8 | 433 | 129 | 7.1 | |
| Grand Total | 38,629,641 | 13,814,924 | 100.0 | 181,177 | 60,854 | 100.0 | 2,718 | 1,809 | 100.0 | |
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