Table 2.
Reported Foodborne Diseases at the Ridge Hospital: 2009–2013
| Type of FBDs reported | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | % | |
| Typhoid Fever | 11 | (9.3) | 10 | (45.5) | 37 | (6.1) | 68 | (13.7) | 137 | (39.7) | 263 | (16.5) |
| Dysentery | 3 | (2.5) | 4 | (18.2) | 0 | (0) | 10 | (2.0) | 24 | (7.0) | 41 | (2.6) |
| Cholera | 99 | (83.9) | 0 | (0) | 526 | (86.5) | 322 | (80.3) | 5 | (1.4) | 952 | (59.8) |
| Viral Hepatitis | 0 | (0) | 3 | (13.6) | 8 | (1.3) | 1 | (0.2) | 13 | (3.8) | 25 | (1.6) |
| Gastroenteritis a | 5 | (4.2) | 5 | (22.7) | 37 | (6.1) | 94 | (18.9) | 165 | (47.8) | 306 | (19.2) |
| Others | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 3 | (0.6) | 1 | (0.3) | 4 | (0.3) |
| Total | 118 | (100) | 22 | (100) | 608 | (100) | 498 | (100) | 345 | 100 | 1591 | (100) |
aabout 71 % could be attributed to etiologic agents of FBD [19]