Table 1. Number of reported cases of Legionnaires’ disease and age-standardised rates per 100,000 population, by reporting country and year, European Union/European Economic Area, 2011–2015.

Country	2011		2012		2013		2014		2015
	Number	ASR	Number	ASR	Number	ASR	Number	ASR	Number	ASR
Austria	96	1.12	104	1.22	100	1.13	133	1.48	160	1.79
Belgium	79	0.71	84	0.45	155	1.37	200	1.72	196	1.44
Bulgaria	0	0.00	0	0.00	1	0.01	1	0.01	1	0.01
Cyprus	1	0.13	7	1.01	6	0.76	6	0.80	2	0.25
Czech Republic	57	0.52	56	0.53	67	0.63	110	1.03	120	1.10
Denmark	123	2.20	127	2.29	113	2.02	158	2.76	185	3.24
Estonia	7	0.51	3	0.24	10	0.76	8	0.59	6	0.43
Finland	9	0.16	10	0.18	15	0.24	10	0.17	17	0.27
France	1,170	1.84	1,298	2.01	1,262	1.92	1,348	2.04	1,389	2.07
Germany	635	0.73	628	0.72	810	0.90	832	0.92	865	0.95
Greece	18	0.16	29	0.25	38	0.33	27	0.24	29	0.25
Hungary	37	0.36	33	0.32	29	0.29	32	0.32	58	0.56
Iceland	3	1.35	2	0.71	0	0.00	4	1.30	1	0.36
Ireland	6	0.18	15	0.44	14	0.39	8	0.20	11	0.30
Italy	1,021	1.56	1,346	2.04	1,363	2.04	1,510	2.21	1,556	2.23
Latvia	49	2.32	48	2.33	34	1.63	38	1.86	22	1.09
Lithuania	2	0.07	9	0.31	1	0.04	8	0.28	7	0.25
Luxembourg	6	1.20	5	1.04	7	1.27	5	0.91	5	0.91
Malta	9	2.07	4	1.04	2	0.35	9	1.79	6	1.38
The Netherlands	311	1.88	304	1.83	308	1.83	348	2.04	419	2.39
Norway	33	0.72	25	0.52	40	0.83	51	1.06	60	1.22
Poland	18	0.05	8	0.02	11	0.03	12	0.03	23	0.06
Portugal	89	0.82	140	1.28	94	0.85	588	5.33	145	1.30
Romania	1	0.00	3	0.02	1	0.00	1	0.00	5	0.03
Slovakia	7	0.13	4	0.08	6	0.12	14	0.26	14	0.27
Slovenia	44	2.14	81	3.84	77	3.62	59	2.76	106	4.98
Spain	706	1.52	972	2.07	815	1.72	925	1.78	1,024	2.12
Sweden	127	1.32	102	1.04	122	1.25	136	1.38	142	1.42
United Kingdom	251	0.41	401	0.66	331	0.54	370	0.59	412	0.65
EU/EEA	4,915	0.97	5,848	1.13	5,832	1.12	6,951	1.31	6,986	1.30

ASR: age-standardised rate; EEA: European Economic Area; EU: European Union.

This study excluded Croatia from the analysis, because it only started reporting Legionnaires’ disease in 2013.