Table 4. Burdens posed by foodborne diseases caused by Campylobacter spp., Salmonella sp. or enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli, Japan, 2011.
| Causative agent, condition | Incidence, cases (95% UI) | Fatal cases | Years of illness | Disability weight | Burden metrics |
YLD/DALY (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YLD (95% UI) | YLL (95% UI) | DALY (95% UI) | ||||||
| Campylobacter spp. | ||||||||
| Gastroenteritis | 118 502 (70 654–197 823) | – | – | – | 122 | 0 | 122 | |
| Visiting a general practitioner | 4 833 (3 439–7 156) | 0 | 0.03 | 0.39 | 50 (42–66) | 0 | 50 (42–66) | 100.0 |
| Not visiting a general practitioner | 114 219 (67 864–190 644) | 0 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 72 (42–122) | 0 | 72 (42–122) | 100.0 |
| Mild Guillain-Barré syndrome | 30 (14–60) | 0 | 1.00 | 0.25 | 7 (5–12) | 0 | 7 (5–12) | 100.0 |
| Severe Guillain-Barré syndrome | 5 (3–11) | 1 | 29.26 | 0.16 | 29 (13–57) | 12 (6–21) | 42 (24–69) | 69.0 |
| Reactive arthritis | 6 087 (2 956–11 156) | 0 | 0.61 | 0.14 | 520 (257–952) | 0 | 520 (257–952) | 100.0 |
| Inflammatory bowel disease | 452 (93–1 051) | 4 | 44.36 | 0.26 | 5 261(1 095–12 393) | 83 (31–150) | 5 344 (1 173–12 475) | 98.4 |
| Total | – | – | – | – | 6003 (1 651–13 687) | 96 (42–160) | 6 099 (1 745–13 778) | 98.4 |
| Salmonella sp. | ||||||||
| Gastroenteritis | 40 571 (24 607–66 382) | – | – | – | 70 | 122 | 192 | |
| Visiting a general practitioner | 3 866 (3 411–4 658) | 3 | 0.03 | 0.39 | 47 (42–56) | 122 (8–292) | 169 (52–338) | 27.8 |
| Not visiting a general practitioner | 36 667 (21 237–62 597) | 0 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 23 (13–37) | 0 | 23 (13–37) | 100.0 |
| Reactive arthritis | 2 556 (1 190–4 774) | 0 | 0.61 | 0.15 | 227 (119–390) | 0 | 227 (119–390) | 100.0 |
| Inflammatory bowel disease | 202 (36–481) | 2 | 50.52 | 0.26 | 2652(492–6 211) | 38 (13–69) | 2 690 (522–6 236) | 98.6 |
| Total | – | – | – | – | 2979 (753–6 795) | 166 (49–350) | 3 145 (906–6 950) | 94.7 |
| EHEC | ||||||||
| Gastroenteritis | 103 338 (63 419–170 419) | – | – | – | 75 | 130 | 205 | |
| Visiting a general practitioner | 2 064 (1 955–2 175) | 10 | 0.02 | 0.39 | 12 (11–13) | 130 (53–232) | 142 (65–244) | 8.5 |
| Not visiting a general practitioner | 101 982 (60 428–169 268) | 0 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 63 (38–96) | 0 | 63 (38–96) | 100.0 |
| Haemorrhagic colitis | 229 (115–361) | 0 | 0.02 | 0.39 | 1 (1–2) | 0 | 1 (1–2) | 100.0 |
| Haemolytic uraemic syndromea | 132 (108–155) | 3 | NA | NA | 133 (109–159) | 108 (42–196) | 240 (169–326) | 55.4 |
| Total | – | – | – | – | 211 (171–266) | 252 (129–395) | 463 (325–606) | 45.6 |
DALY: disability-adjusted life-years; EHEC: enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli; NA: not available; UI: uncertainty interval; YLD: years lived with disability; YLL: years of life lost.
a Every case was estimated to correspond to 1.05 years lived with disability.17
Sources: years of illness and disability weights were based on values provided by Van Lier and Havelaar17 and Kemmeren et al.18