Prevalence and Incidence of Campylobacter food poisoning
Campylobacter food poisoning Prevalence: Book Excerpts
Incidence (annual) of Campylobacter food poisoning:
2.5 million cases per year (CDC estimate/NIAID); 2 million cases to 8 million cases a year ... see also overview of Campylobacter food poisoning.
Incidence Rate:
approx 1 in 108 or 0.92% or 2.5 million people in USA [Source statistic for calcuation: "2.5 million cases per year (CDC estimate/NIAID); 2 million cases to 8 million cases a year" -- see also general information about data sources]
Incidence extrapolations for USA for Campylobacter food poisoning:
2,499,999 per year,
208,333 per month,
48,076 per week,
6,849 per day,
285 per hour,
4 per minute,
0 per second.
[Source statistic for calculation: "2.5 million cases per year (CDC estimate/NIAID); 2 million cases to 8 million cases a year" -- see also general information about data sources]
Prevalance of Campylobacter food poisoning:
Even though
surveillance is very limited, over 10,000 cases are reported to
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) each year,
equaling approximately six cases for each 100,000 persons in the
population. Many more cases go undiagnosed or unreported, and
campylobacteriosis is estimated to affect over 2 million persons
every year, or 1% of the population. (Source: excerpt from Campylobacter Infections General: DBMD)
...
Incidence is
about 20 cases per 100,000 population diagnosed in the United
States. An estimated 2.4 million persons are affected each
year. (Source: excerpt from Campylobacter Infections: DBMD)
Prevelance of Campylobacter food poisoning discussion:
Campylobacter organisms cause between 5 and 14
percent of all diarrheal illness worldwide. In industrialized
countries, illness is more common in children younger than 2 years
of age. In developing countries, older children and young adults
have the highest incidence of infection. Most frequently, cattle and
poultry are the sources of human infection, but puppies, kittens,
pigs, sheep, rodents, and birds may also serve as reservoirs.
(Source: excerpt from Foodborne Diseases, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)
Incidence statistics for Campylobacter food poisoning:
The following statistics relate to the incidence of Campylobacter food poisoning:
- 40.12 per 100,000 in Canada 20001
- 112.2 new cases of campylobacteriosis per 100,000 population was notified in Australia 2002 (Yohannes K, Roche P, Blumer C et al. 2004, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
- 14,605 new cases of campylobacteriosis was notified in Australia 2002 (Yohannes K, Roche P, Blumer C et al. 2004, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
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Prevalence/Incidence of Campylobacter food poisoning: Online Medical Books
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Campylobacteriosis:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Campylobacteriosis is transmitted by the consumption of contaminated food, such as raw poultry, fresh produce, water, or unpasteurized milk; and through contact with an infected person's stool. Transmission is also possible through contact with infected pets and wild animals. Risk factors include recent family infection with C. jejuni and travel to an area with poor hygiene or sanitation practices.
Campylobacteriosis, which is more common in the summer months, is the most common bacterial cause of diarrheal illness in the United States.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Poisonous snakebites:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Of the approximately 45,000 snakebites that occur in the United States each year, 7,000 to 8,000 are from poisonous snakes, resulting in 5 to 6 deaths. Such bites are most common during summer afternoons in grassy or rocky habitats.
Pit vipers are nocturnal but active snakes that are responsible for 99% of venomous snake bites in the United States. Coral snakes are also nocturnal, but their placidity makes coral snake bites less common than pit viper bites. Coral snakes tend to bite with a chewing motion, and may leave multiple fang marks, small lacerations, and extensive tissue destruction.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Campylobacter Infections:
Campylobacter Infections - epidemiology
(The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)
- Campylobacter infections equal and perhaps exceed the number of cases of inflammatory enteritis as a result of other causes, with the highest attack rates observed in young children.
- 30–100% of chickens, turkeys, and water fowl are infected asymptomatically in addition to swine, cattle, sheep, horses, rodents, and household pets (especially young). Contaminated water and milk sources also act as reservoirs for infections.
- Resistant strains are increasingly thought to be related to widespread use of antibiotics in agriculture.
- Transmission of disease is by the fecal-oral route from contaminated food and water or by direct contact with fecal material from animals or persons infected with the organism.
- Person-to-person transmission of C. jejuni has been reported when the index cases were young children who were incontinent of feces; vertical transmission from mother to neonate has also been reported.
- Asymptomatic hospital personnel or food handlers have not been implicated as sources.
- The peak rate of isolation occurs in the warmer months of the year (late summer, early fall).
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Source: The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 2008
Food Poisoning or Foodborne Illness:
Food Poisoning or Foodborne Illness - epidemiology
(The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)
Food Poisoning or Foodborne Illness - incidence
- 1,200–1,400 outbreaks of foodborne disease reported each year in the US
- Estimated 76 million illnesses in the US annually
- Estimated 5,000 deaths in the US annually
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Source: The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 2008
Sympathomimetic Poisoning:
Sympathomimetic Poisoning - epidemiology
(The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)
- Cocaine, methamphetamine, and MDMA (ecstasy) are the 3 most common illicit drugs causing emergency visits in the US.
- Prescription stimulants such as methylphenidate and albuterol are often are frequent causes of intentional as well as unintentional poisoning.
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Source: The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 2008
About prevalence and incidence statistics:
The term 'prevalence' of Campylobacter food poisoning usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Campylobacter food poisoning at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Campylobacter food poisoning refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Campylobacter food poisoning diagnosed each year.
Hence, these two statistics types can differ:
a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence,
but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence.
For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.
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