Prevalence and Incidence of Food poisoning
Food poisoning Prevalence: Book Excerpts
Incidence (annual) of Food poisoning:
about 76 million cases annually in USA (NIDDK) ... see also overview of Food poisoning.
Incidence Rate:
approx 1 in 3 or 27.94% or 76 million people in USA [Source statistic for calcuation: "about 76 million cases annually in USA (NIDDK)" -- see also general information about data sources]
Incidence extrapolations for USA for Food poisoning:
76,000,000 per year,
6,333,333 per month,
1,461,538 per week,
208,219 per day,
8,675 per hour,
144 per minute,
2 per second.
[Source statistic for calculation: "about 76 million cases annually in USA (NIDDK)" -- see also general information about data sources]
Incidence of types of Food poisoning:
For details see incidence of types of Food poisoning analysis; summary of available incidence by type data:
- Typhoid fever: 346 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
- Botulism food poisoning: 154 annual cases notified in USA 1999 including 23 foodborne, 92 infant, and 39 other (MMWR 1999)
- Infant botulism food poisoning: 92 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
- E-coli food poisoning: 25,000 cases per year estimated
- E. coli O157:H7: estimated 73,000 annual cases of infection in USA (DBMD)
- Salmonella food poisoning: estimated 1.4 million cases (CDC estimate/NIAID, many unreported)
- Campylobacter food poisoning: 2.5 million cases per year (CDC estimate/NIAID); 2 million cases to 8 million cases a year
- Shigella food poisoning: 17,521 annual cases of shigellosis notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
- Vibrio vulnificus: less than 300 cases in 1988-1995 (DBMD)
- Vibrio parahaemolyticus: 0.25 per 100,000 (DBMD 1997)
- Yersinia enterocolitica: approx 1 per 100,000 annually (DBMD); 19 cases in NJ 1998 (NJ DHSS)
- Norwalk-like viruses: estimated 181,000 cases annually in USA (CDC-OC)
- Hepatitis A: 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: 16.29 per 100,000 in Canada 20001
- Cryptosporidia: 2,361 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
- Marine toxins: approximately 30 cases annually in USA (DBMD)
- more types of Food poisoning...»
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)
Prevelance of Food poisoning discussion:
An estimated 76 million cases of foodborne disease occur each
year in the United States. The great majority of these cases are
mild and cause symptoms for only a day or two. Some cases
are more serious, and CDC estimates that there are 325,000 hospitalizations
and 5,000 deaths related to foodborne diseases each year.
The most severe cases tend to occur in the very old, the very
young, those who have an illness already that reduces their immune
system function, and in healthy people exposed to a very high
dose of an organism. (Source: excerpt from Foodborne Infections General: DBMD)
More Statistics about Food poisoning:
Deaths and related statistics
Hospitalization statistics
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Prevalence/Incidence of Food poisoning: Online Medical Books
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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
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
» READ BOOK EXCERPT ONLINE »
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 Food poisoning usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Food poisoning at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Food poisoning refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of 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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