Table 1. Dairy-related illnesses and hospitalizations from 87 outbreaks, National Outbreak Reporting System, United States, 2009–2014*.

Pathogen	Outbreaks associated with milk and cheese consumption, N = 87†
	Pasteurized				Unpasteurized
	Outbreaks	Illnesses	Hospitalizations		Outbreaks	Illnesses	Hospitalizations
STEC	0	0	0		14‡	99	42
Salmonella spp.	0	0	0		8§	83	29
Listeria monocytogenes	10	100	87		1	1	1
Campylobacter spp.	1	2	0		53‡§	465	56
Overall	11	102	87		76	648	128

*Illnesses and hospitalizations had confirmed etiologies and were associated with the consumption of milk or cheese of known pasteurization status. STEC, Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli.
†Out of the 87 outbreaks, 10 outbreaks reported a total of 17 deaths, 16 of them were linked to L. monocytogenes and 1 to Campylobacter spp.
‡One outbreak (38 illnesses and 10 hospitalizations) had 3 cases with confirmed coinfection (STEC and Campylobacter spp.). These 3 cases were duplicated because they were assigned to each pathogen.
§One outbreak (4 illnesses and 1 hospitalization) involved 2 pathogens: 3 Illnesses and 1 hospitalization were linked to Campylobacter spp. and 1 illness and 0 hospitalizations were linked to Salmonella spp.