Table 3. Median global number of foodborne illnesses, deaths, Years Lived with Disability (YLDs), Years of Life Lost (YLLs) and Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs), with 95% uncertainty intervals, 2010.
| HAZARD | FOODBORNE ILLNESSES | FOODBORNE DEATHS | FOODBORNE YLDs | FOODBORNE YLLs | FOODBORNE DALYs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 600,652,361 (417,646,804–962,834,044) | 418,608 (305,128–598,419) | 5,580,028 (4,780,374–8,195,314) | 27,201,701 (19,655,451–38,922,210) | 32,841,428 (24,809,085–46,274,735) |
| Diarrheal disease agents | 548,595,679 (369,976,912–888,528,014) | 230,111 (160,039–322,359) | 839,463 (644,924–1,123,907) | 16,821,418 (11,700,916–23,579,652) | 17,659,226 (12,458,675–24,516,338) |
| Viruses | 124,803,946 (70,311,254–251,352,877) | 34,929 (15,916–79,620) | 91,357 (51,047–174,130) | 2,403,107 (1,102,397–5,387,672) | 2,496,078 (1,175,658–5,511,092) |
| Norovirus | 124,803,946 (70,311,254–251,352,877) | 34,929 (15,916–79,620) | 91,357 (51,047–174,130) | 2,403,107 (1,102,397–5,387,672) | 2,496,078 (1,175,658–5,511,092) |
| Bacteria | 349,405,380 (223,127,469–590,002,559) | 187,285 (131,742–254,037) | 685,212 (521,848–921,335) | 13,795,606 (9,688,221–18,893,580) | 14,490,808 (10,303,551–19,681,271) |
| Campylobacter spp. | 95,613,970 (51,731,379–177,239,714) | 21,374 (14,604–32,584) | 442,075 (322,192–587,072) | 1,689,291 (1,141,055–2,652,483) | 2,141,926 (1,535,985–3,137,980) |
| Enteropathogenic E. coli | 23,797,284 (10,750,919–62,931,604) | 37,077 (19,957–61,262) | 22,977 (9,662–66,211) | 2,908,551 (1,574,520–4,833,325) | 2,938,407 (1,587,757–4,865,590) |
| Enterotoxigenic E. coli | 86,502,735 (49,136,952–151,776,173) | 26,170 (14,887–43,523) | 70,567 (40,134–119,017) | 2,011,635 (1,132,331–3,407,273) | 2,084,229 (1,190,704–3,494,201) |
| Shiga toxin-producing E. coli | 1,176,854 (754,108–2,523,007) | 128 (55–374) | 3,486 (1,741–6,996) | 9,454 (4,140–27,208) | 12,953 (5,951–33,664) |
| Non-typhoidal S. enterica 1 | 78,707,591 (31,843,647–211,154,682) | 59,153 (36,341–89,045) | 78,306 (35,961–185,179) | 3,976,386 (2,410,953–6,180,921) | 4,067,929 (2,486,092–6,271,290) |
| Shigella spp. | 51,014,050 (20,405,214–118,927,631) | 15,156 (6,839–30,072) | 51,613 (21,184–114,267) | 1,181,231 (519,372–2,445,834) | 1,237,103 (554,204–2,520,126) |
| Vibrio cholerae | 763,451 (310,910–1,567,682) | 24,649 (10,304–50,042) | 2,721 (1,019–6,020) | 1,719,381 (718,642–3,487,195) | 1,722,312 (720,029–3,491,997) |
| Protozoa | 67,182,645 (35,794,977–120,556,797) | 5,558 (2,593–11,958) | 57,536 (30,526–102,608) | 432,316 (195,372–960,910) | 492,354 (239,400–1,034,790) |
| Cryptosporidium spp. | 8,584,805 (3,897,252–18,531,196) | 3,759 (1,520–9,115) | 8,155 (3,598–17,355) | 287,690 (114,012–711,990) | 296,156 (119,456–724,660) |
| Entamoeba histolytica | 28,023,571 (10,261,254–68,567,590) | 1,470 (453–5,554) | 20,851 (7,431–53,080) | 115,740 (32,070–476,144) | 138,863 (47,339–503,775) |
| Giardia spp. | 28,236,123 (12,945,655–56,996,454) | 0 (0–0) | 26,270 (11,462–53,577) | 0 (0–0) | 26,270 (11,462–53,577) |
| Invasive infectious disease agents | 35,770,163 (18,604,754–70,045,873) | 117,223 (54,789–243,482) | 1,098,675 (729,530–1,796,607) | 6,960,656 (3,128,316–14,882,637) | 8,065,581 (3,983,949–16,557,714) |
| Viruses | 13,709,836 (3,630,847–38,524,946) | 27,731 (7,169–77,320) | 85,885 (22,118–250,641) | 1,258,812 (325,409–3,509,844) | 1,353,767 (383,684–3,672,726) |
| Hepatitis A virus | 13,709,836 (3,630,847–38,524,946) | 27,731 (7,169–77,320) | 85,885 (22,118–250,641) | 1,258,812 (325,409–3,509,844) | 1,353,767 (383,684–3,672,726) |
| Bacteria | 10,342,042 (3,506,116–27,627,480) | 85,269 (37,573–196,544) | 225,792 (108,092–604,162) | 5,472,374 (2,283,968–12,803,285) | 5,697,913 (2,394,245–13,384,811) |
| Brucella spp. | 393,239 (143,815–9,099,394) | 1,957 (661–45,545) | 13,324 (4,095–315,952) | 110,971 (37,470–2,583,081) | 124,884 (43,153–2,910,416) |
| Listeria monocytogenes | 14,169 (6,112–91,175) | 3,175 (1,339–20,428) | 2,255 (843–14,981) | 116,109 (48,693–740,357) | 118,340 (49,634–754,680) |
| Mycobacterium bovis | 121,268 (99,852–150,239) | 10,545 (7,894–14,472) | 50,733 (38,441–68,052) | 556,998 (417,711–761,851) | 607,775 (458,364–826,115) |
| Salmonella Paratyphi A | 1,741,120 (536,650–4,310,983) | 12,069 (3,784–29,521) | 26,987 (7,610–72,811) | 829,136 (259,990–2,028,112) | 855,730 (268,879–2,100,120) |
| Salmonella Typhi | 7,570,087 (2,333,263–18,743,406) | 52,472 (16,454–128,350) | 117,334 (33,086–316,571) | 3,604,940 (1,130,390–8,817,876) | 3,720,565 (1,169,040–9,130,956) |
| Protozoa | 10,280,089 (7,403,516–14,904,324) | 684 (333–1,300) | 763,326 (511,314–1,175,619) | 62,899 (30,575–119,512) | 829,071 (561,297–1,264,567) |
| Toxoplasma gondii | 10,280,089 (7,403,516–14,904,324) | 684 (333–1,300) | 763,326 (511,314–1,175,619) | 62,899 (30,575–119,512) | 829,071 (561,297–1,264,567) |
| Helminths | 12,928,944 (8,957,617–24,008,256) | 45,226 (34,143–59,035) | 3,367,987 (2,840,638–4,358,741) | 2,428,929 (1,869,610–3,173,545) | 5,810,589 (4,864,518–7,367,619) |
| Cestodes | 430,864 (334,389–774,703) | 36,500 (25,652–50,063) | 1,220,578 (941,084–1,576,600) | 1,932,154 (1,387,290–2,664,120) | 3,158,826 (2,411,585–4,122,032) |
| Echinococcus granulosus | 43,076 (25,881–371,177) | 482 (150–3,974) | 12,121 (5,515–99,213) | 27,626 (8,577–227,715) | 39,950 (16,996–322,953) |
| Echinococcus multilocularis | 8,375 (656–17,005) | 7,771 (243–15,896) | 8,749 (856–22,576) | 303,039 (8,102–622,954) | 312,461 (9,083–640,716) |
| Taenia solium | 370,710 (282,937–478,123) | 28,114 (21,059–36,915) | 1,192,236 (916,049–1,522,267) | 1,586,288 (1,170,461–2,177,848) | 2,788,426 (2,137,613–3,606,582) |
| Nematodes | 12,285,286 (8,292,732–22,984,630) | 1,012 (388–2,783) | 518,451 (351,732–1,211,907) | 80,021 (30,652–220,274) | 605,738 (411,113–1,301,619) |
| Ascaris spp. | 12,280,767 (8,287,414–22,980,491) | 1,008 (384–2,781) | 518,096 (351,418–1,211,691) | 79,800 (30,426–220,154) | 605,278 (410,668–1,301,114) |
| Trichinella spp. | 4,472 (2,977–5,997) | 4 (2–5) | 342 (149–646) | 210 (116–306) | 550 (285–934) |
| Trematodes | 218,569 (167,886–281,872) | 7,533 (6,383–8,845) | 1,616,785 (1,257,657–2,062,782) | 403,884 (342,815–473,423) | 2,024,592 (1,652,243–2,483,514) |
| Clonorchis sinensis | 31,620 (21,515–45,059) | 5,770 (4,728–6,988) | 219,637 (149,514–312,718) | 302,160 (247,586–366,036) | 522,863 (431,520–635,232) |
| Fasciola spp. | 10,635 (6,888–24,100) | 0 (0–0) | 90,041 (58,050–209,097) | 0 (0–0) | 90,041 (58,050–209,097) |
| Intestinal flukes 2 | 18,924 (14,498–24,200) | 0 (0–0) | 155,165 (118,920–198,147) | 0 (0–0) | 155,165 (118,920–198,147) |
| Opisthorchis spp. | 16,315 (11,273–22,860) | 1,498 (1,230–1,813) | 102,705 (70,849–143,938) | 85,364 (70,123–103,317) | 188,346 (151,906–235,431) |
| Paragonimus spp. | 139,238 (95,610–195,078) | 250 (160–371) | 1,033,097 (730,118–1,423,031) | 15,535 (9,971–23,035) | 1,048,937 (743,700–1,438,588) |
| Chemicals and toxins | 217,632 (172,024–1,140,463) | 19,712 (8,171–51,664) | 247,920 (196,490–1,410,260) | 650,157 (283,769–1,617,168) | 908,356 (506,112–2,714,588) |
| Aflatoxin | 21,757 (8,967–56,776) | 19,455 (7,954–51,324) | 3,945 (1,551–10,667) | 632,901 (265,578–1,606,493) | 636,869 (267,142–1,617,081) |
| Cassava cyanide | 1,066 (105–3,016) | 227 (22–669) | 2,521 (249–7,142) | 15,694 (1,514–46,304) | 18,203 (1,769–53,170) |
| Dioxins | 193,447 (155,963–1,085,675) | 0 (0–0) | 240,056 (192,608–1,399,562) | 0 (0–0) | 240,056 (192,608–1,399,562) |
1 Diarrheal and invasive disease
2 Includes selected species of the families Echinostomatidae, Fasciolidae, Gymnophallidae, Heterophyidae, Nanophyetidae, Neodiplostomidae and Plagiorchiidae (depending on data availability).