What is Food poisoning?
What is Food poisoning?
- Food poisoning: Poisoning from a substance or microbe in food.
- Food poisoning: illness caused by poisonous or contaminated food.
Source - WordNet 2.1
Food poisoning: Introduction
Types of Food poisoning:
Types of Food poisoning:
Broader types of Food poisoning:
How many people get Food poisoning?
Incidence (annual) of Food poisoning: about 76 million cases annually in USA (NIDDK)
Incidence Rate of Food poisoning: approx 1 in 3 or 27.94% or 76 million people in USA [about data]
Prevalance of Food poisoning:
Although most foodborne infections are undiagnosed and
unreported, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that
every year about 76 million people in the United States become ill from
pathogens in food. Of these, up to 5,000 die.
(Source: excerpt from Bacteria and Foodborne Illness: NIDDK)
...
An estimated 76 million cases of foodborne disease occur each
year in the United States. (Source: excerpt from Foodborne Infections General: DBMD)
...
Estimated to cause 76 million illnesses,
325,000 hospitalizations, and 5,200 deaths in the United States
each year. (Source: excerpt from Foodborne Infections: DBMD)
How serious is Food poisoning?
Complications of Food poisoning:
see complications of Food poisoning
Deaths for Food poisoning: about 5,000 annually in USA (NIDDK)
What causes Food poisoning?
Causes of Food poisoning: see causes of Food poisoning
Risk factors for Food poisoning:
see
risk factors for Food poisoning
What are the symptoms of Food poisoning?
Symptoms of Food poisoning:
see symptoms of Food poisoning
Complications of Food poisoning:
see complications of Food poisoning
Can anyone else get Food poisoning?
More information:
see contagiousness of Food poisoning
Food poisoning: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Food poisoning.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Food poisoning.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Food poisoning:
see treatments for Food poisoning
Prevention of Food poisoning:
see prevention of Food poisoning
Research for Food poisoning:
see research for Food poisoning
Society issues for Food poisoning
Costs of Food poisoning: $5 to $6 billion (NIAID)
Costs of Food poisoning: Foodborne illness
is also extremely costly. Researchers estimate that the yearly cost
of all foodborne diseases in this country is $5 to $6 billion in
direct medical expenses and lost productivity. Infections with the
bacteria Salmonella and Campylobacter alone
account for $1 billion in direct and indirect medical costs.
(Source: excerpt from Foodborne Diseases, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)
Hospitalization statistics for Food poisoning:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Food poisoning:
- 0.001% (168) of hospital consultant episodes were for bacterial foodborne intoxications in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 80% of hospital consultant episodes for bacterial foodborne intoxications required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 48% of hospital consultant episodes for bacterial foodborne intoxications were for bacterial foodborne intoxications men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 52% of hospital consultant episodes for bacterial foodborne intoxications were for bacterial foodborne intoxications women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 93% of hospital consultant episodes for bacterial foodborne intoxications required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 6.7 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for bacterial foodborne intoxications in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Name and Aliases of Food poisoning
Main name of condition: Food poisoning
Other names or spellings for Food poisoning:
Foodborne diseases, Foodborne illness, Foodborne infections, foodborne illness, foodborne disease
Gastrointestinal disorder
Source - WordNet 2.1
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