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 5
Average annual hospitalizations and deaths for gastrointestinal illness by diagnostic category, National Hospital Discharge Survey, 1992–1996
| 1st diagnosis | All diagnoses | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cause of enteritisa | Hospitalizations | Deaths | Hospitalizations | Deaths |
| Bacterial (001-005, 008-008.5) | 27,987 | 148b | 54,953 | 1,139 |
| Viral (008.6-008.8) | 82,149 | 0b | 132,332 | 194b |
| Parasitic (006-007) | 2,806 | 82b | 5,799 | 127b |
| Unknown etiology (009, 558.9) | 186,537 | 868b | 423,293 | 5,148 |
| Total | 299,479 | 1,898 | 616,377 | 6,608 |
aICD-9-CM code.
bEstimate unreliable due to small sample size.
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