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Incidence Statistics for Types of Food poisoning

The information below shows a list of types of Food poisoning, with information as to the annual incidence of each of these types of Food poisoning. Estimates of the people affected each year are calculated based on the available statistics.

Incidence Statistics for Types of Food poisoning

Disease	Incidence Estimate	US people estimate	Statistic Used for Calculation
Typhoid fever	approx 1 in 786,127 or 0.00% or 346 people in USA	346	346 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
Botulism food poisoning	approx 1 in 1,766,233 or 0.00% or 153 people in USA	153	154 annual cases notified in USA 1999 including 23 foodborne, 92 infant, and 39 other (MMWR 1999)
Infant botulism food poisoning	approx 1 in 2,956,521 or 0.00% or 92 people in USA	92	92 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
Ptomaine food poisoning	N/A	N/A	No information
E-coli food poisoning	approx 1 in 10,879 or 0.01% or 25,000 people in USA	25,000	25,000 cases per year estimated
E. coli O157:H7	approx 1 in 3,726 or 0.03% or 73,000 people in USA	73,000	estimated 73,000 annual cases of infection in USA (DBMD)
Salmonella food poisoning	approx 1 in 194 or 0.51% or 1.4 million people in USA	1,400,000	estimated 1.4 million cases (CDC estimate/NIAID, many unreported)
Campylobacter food poisoning	approx 1 in 108 or 0.92% or 2.5 million people in USA	2,499,999	2.5 million cases per year (CDC estimate/NIAID); 2 million cases to 8 million cases a year
Shigella food poisoning	approx 1 in 15,524 or 0.01% or 17,521 people in USA	17,521	17,521 annual cases of shigellosis notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
Staphylococcus aureus food poisoning	N/A	N/A	No information
Clostridium perfringens food poisoning	N/A	N/A	No information
Vibrio vulnificus	approx 1 in 906,666 or 0.00% or 300 people in USA	299	less than 300 cases in 1988-1995 (DBMD)
Vibrio parahaemolyticus	approx 1 in 400,000 or 0.00% or 680 people in USA	680	0.25 per 100,000 (DBMD 1997)
Yersinia enterocolitica	approx 1 in 100,000 or 0.00% or 2,720 people in USA	2,720	approx 1 per 100,000 annually (DBMD); 19 cases in NJ 1998 (NJ DHSS)
Norwalk-like viruses	approx 1 in 1,502 or 0.07% or 181,000 people in USA	180,999	estimated 181,000 cases annually in USA (CDC-OC)
Hepatitis A	approx 1 in 8,500 or 0.01% or 32,000 people in USA	32,000	32,000 new cases in the USA 1992 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, NIDDK, 1994)
Giardia lamblia	approx 1 in 6,138 or 0.02% or 44,308 people in USA	44,308	16.29 per 100,000 in Canada 20001
Cryptosporidia	approx 1 in 115,205 or 0.00% or 2,360 people in USA	2,360	2,361 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
mushroom poisoning	N/A	N/A	No information
toadstool poisoning	N/A	N/A	No information
pesticide poisoning	N/A	N/A	No information
Marine toxins	approx 1 in 9,066,667 or 0.00% or 29 people in USA	29	approximately 30 cases annually in USA (DBMD)

Incidence Statistics for Food poisoning

Incidence of Food poisoning:

about 76 million cases annually in USA (NIDDK)

Incidence Rate:

approx 1 in 3 or 27.94% or 76 million people in USA [about data]

Types of Food poisoning

For more information about types of Food poisoning, refer to our section on types of Food poisoning.

About incidence:

The medical term 'incidence' of Food poisoning usually refers to the annual diagnosis rate of new cases of Food poisoning. Prevalence is a different medical disease measure that refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Food poisoning at any given time (e.g. prevalence includes people who have had a medical condition for a long time). For more information on prevalence and incidence statistics, see about prevalence and incidence statistics.

Footnotes:
1. Notifiable Diseases Online, PPHB, Canada, 2000

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