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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2015 Jun;12(6):492–499. doi: 10.1089/fpd.2014.1915

Table 2.

Hospitalizationsa and Deaths by Pathogen and Patient Age, 1996–2012b

Age Group, years
65–69 70–74 75–79 80–84 85+ Overall
Hospitalizations
Pathogen N % N % N % N % N % N %
  Salmonellac 1,219 46.5 1,191 52.4 1,072 55.6 935 63.6 837 62.1 5,254 54.5
  Campylobacter 621 23.9 619 31.5 634 39.4 559 48.9 510 56.6 2,943 35.8
  Listeria 179 95.2 183 92.0 202 96.2 181 97.3 195 96.5 940 95.4
  E. coli O157 130 62.8 111 60.3 128 75.3 84 79.2 61 82.4 514 69.4
    Total 2,149 38.3 2,104 45.5 2,036 52.0 1,759 60.6 1,603 63.5 9,651 49.3
Deaths
Pathogen N % N % N % N % N % N %
  Salmonellac 43 1.5 50 2.0 39 1.9 55 3.5 63 4.3 250 2.4
  Campylobacter 5 0.2 6 0.3 13 0.7 7 0.6 12 1.2 43 0.5
  Listeria 28 14.7 46 22.4 49 22.3 45 23.6 52 25.2 220 21.9
  E. coli O157 4 1.9 5 2.7 13 7.4 3 2.8 7 9.3 32 4.2
    Total 80 1.3 107 2.1 114 2.7 110 3.5 134 4.9 545 2.6
a

Among 17,586 (91%) of 19,311 laboratory-confirmed case-patients with known hospitalization status.

b

Data are from the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet).

c

Nontyphoidal; includes serotypes other than Typhi.