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. 2023 Dec 12;21(12):e8442. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8442

TABLE 36.

Reported confirmed human cases of STEC and notification rates per 100,000 population in EU MSs and non‐MS countries, by country and year, 2018–2022.

Country 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
National Coverage a ) Data format a Confirmed cases and rate Confirmed cases and rate Confirmed cases and rate Confirmed cases and rate Confirmed cases and rate
Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate
Austria Y C 469 5.2 383 4.3 288 3.2 284 3.2 305 3.5
Belgium Y C 181 1.6 124 1.1 84 0.73 131 1.1 112 0.98
Bulgaria Y A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Croatia Y C 16 0.41 12 0.30 8 0.20 22 0.54 10 0.24
Cyprus Y C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Czechia Y C 58 0.55 36 0.34 32 0.30 33 0.31 26 0.25
Denmark Y C 413 7.0 928 15.9 445 7.6 623 10.7 493 8.5
Estonia Y C 11 0.83 7 0.53 10 0.75 6 0.45 7 0.53
Finland Y C 291 5.2 288 5.2 175 3.2 311 5.6 210 3.8
France b N C 473 298 262 335 259
Germany Y C 1873 2.3 1635 2.0 1409 1.7 1907 2.3 2226 2.7
Greece Y C 14 0.13 10 0.09 3 0.03 5 0.05 1 0.01
Hungary Y C 26 0.27 24 0.25 8 0.08 23 0.24 14 0.14
Ireland Y C 892 17.6 878 17.5 734 14.8 798 16.3 966 20.0
Italy b N C 118 65 45 62 73
Latvia Y C 13 0.69 2 0.10 48 2.5 3 0.16
Lithuania Y C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luxembourg Y C 9 1.4 10 1.6 0 0 4 0.65 3 0.50
Malta Y C 78 15.0 68 13.2 43 8.4 53 10.7 41 8.6
Netherlands Y C 585 3.3 484 2.8 323 1.9 459 2.7 488 2.8
Poland Y C 34 0.09 7 0.02 3 0.01 14 0.04 6 0.02
Portugal Y C 6 0.06 2 0.02 5 0.05 1 0.01 2 0.02
Romania Y C 28 0.15 6 0.03 14 0.07 36 0.19 20 0.10
Slovakia Y C 4 0.07 5 0.09 1 0.02 3 0.06 12 0.22
Slovenia Y C 58 2.8 48 2.3 30 1.4 31 1.5 32 1.6
Spain c N C 623 1.3 422 0.89 74 269 126
Sweden Y C 857 8.2 653 6.3 491 4.8 756 7.4 892 8.8
EU Total 27 7117 2.1 6406 1.9 4489 1.5 6214 2.0 6327 2.2
United Kingdom d 1587 2.4 1840 2.8
EU Total 7117 2.1 6406 1.9 4489 1.5 7801 2.1 8167 2.3
Iceland Y C 4 1.1 7 1.9 4 1.1 27 7.6 3 0,86
Norway Y C 518 9.6 437 8.1 331 6.2 511 9.6 494 9.3
Liechtenstein Y C 4 10.2 7 18.0 710 8.2 962 11.2 879 10.3
Switzerland e Y C 1191 13.6 927 10.7

Abbreviations: –, Data not reported.

a

Y, yes; N, no; A, aggregated data; C, case‐based data.

b

Sentinel surveillance; mainly haemolytic‐uraemic syndrome (HUS) cases are notified. Notification rate not calculated.

c

Sentinel system; notification rates calculated with an estimated population coverage of 97% in 2021–2022. No information on estimated coverage in 2018–2020, so notification rate cannot be estimated.

d

Cases reported by the United Kingdom for the period 2018–2019 were also considered for this estimation (EU‐28). Data for the United Kingdom were collected for the 2018–2019 period since it was still an EU MS at that time. However, on 1 February 2020, it became a third country.

e

Switzerland provided the data directly to EFSA. The human data for Switzerland include data from Liechtenstein for years 2018–2020.