Table 2. Estimates of annual hospitalizations for domestically acquired foodborne illnesses attributed to specific food commodities and commodity groups, by pathogen type, United States, 1998–2008*.
| Commodity or commodity group | No. (%) hospitalizations |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All agents | Bacterial | Chemical | Parasitic | Viral | |
| Aquatic animals† | 3,199 (5.6) | 1,158 (3.2) | 921 (61.6) | 231 (4.7) | 889 (5.8) |
| Fish | 1,661 (2.9) | 210 (0.6) | 894 (59.8) | 6 (0.1) | 551 (3.6) |
| Shellfish† | 1,538 (2.7) | 948 (2.6) | 27 (1.8) | 225 (4.6) | 338 (2.2) |
| Crustaceans | 117 (0.2) | 75 (0.2) | 7 (0.5) | 34 (0.2) | |
| Mollusks |
1,421 (2.5) |
873 (2.4) |
20 (1.3) |
225 (4.6) |
303 (2.0) |
| Land animals† | 26,118 (45.5) | 21,471 (60.0) | 198 (13.3) | 6 (0.1) | 4,443 (29.1) |
| Dairy | 9,284 (16.2) | 7,464 (20.9) | 23 (1.5) | 1,798 (11.8) | |
| Eggs | 4,062 (7.1) | 2,979 (8.3) | 42 (2.8) | 1,041 (6.8) | |
| Meat-poultry† | 12,772 (22.2) | 11,029 (30.8) | 134 (8.9) | 6 (0.1) | 1,604 (10.5) |
| Meat† | 6,138 (10.7) | 5,238 (14.6) | 15 (1.0) | 6 (0.1) | 880 (5.8) |
| Beef | 3,075 (5.4) | 2,650 (7.4) | 4 (0.3) | 421 (2.8) | |
| Game | 117 (0.2) | 94 (0.3) | 9 (0.6) | 6 (0.1) | 8 (0.1) |
| Pork | 2,946 (5.1) | 2,494 (7.0) | 1 (0.1) | 450 (2.9) | |
| Poultry |
6,634 (11.5) |
5,791 (16.2) |
119 (8.0) |
|
724 (4.7) |
| Plants† | 23,506 (40.9) | 13,043 (36.4) | 377 (25.2) | 221 (4.5) | 9,865 (64.5) |
| Grains-beans | 1,437 (2.5) | 695 (1.9) | 78 (5.2) | 664 (4.3) | |
| Oils-sugars | 184 (0.3) | 14 (0.9) | 170 (1.1) | ||
| Produce† | 21,885 (38.1) | 12,349 (34.5) | 284 (19.0) | 221 (4.5) | 9,031 (59.1) |
| Fruits-nuts | 5,829 (10.1) | 3,279 (9.2) | 177 (11.8) | 213 (4.4) | 2,160 (14.1) |
| Vegetables† | 16,057 (27.9) | 9,070 (25.3) | 108 (7.2) | 8 (0.2) | 6,871 (45.0) |
| Fungi | 37 (0.1) | 14 (0.0) | 23 (1.5) | ||
| Leafy | 7,769 (13.5) | 2,393 (6.7) | 55 (3.7) | 7 (0.1) | 5,314 (34.8) |
| Root | 1,501 (2.6) | 793 (2.2) | 7 (0.5) | 700 (4.6) | |
| Sprout | 713 (1.2) | 713 (2.0) | |||
| Vine-stalk |
6,038 (10.5) |
5,157 (14.4) |
22 (1.5) |
1 (0.0) |
857 (5.6) |
| Undetermined |
4,639 (8.1) |
124 (0.3) |
|
4,428 (90.6) |
87 (0.6) |
| Total | 57,462 (100.0) | 35,797 (100.0) | 1,496 (100.0) | 4,886 (100.0) | 15,284 (100.0) |
*Most estimates from (1); some were made as described in Methods. Numbers of hospitalizations are the most probable estimate, as described in Methods. Estimates are rounded; some row and column sums may differ from their totals. Blank cells indicate no data. †Indicates commodity group.