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. 2019 Jun 5;17(6):e05709. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2019.5709

Table H.2.

Sample sizes needed for estimating proportions of resistance and detecting increasing trends in resistance with a given accuracy

Trend Sample Size Percentage Accurate 2021 Average Accuracy 2021 Percentage Accurate 2023 Average Accuracy 2023 Percentage Accurate 2025 Average Accuracy 2025 Power Trend 2019–2023 Power Trend 2019–2025
5% ↗□ 15% At (2021, 2023, 2025) estimation of 0.073%, 0.105%, 0.15% with accuracy 0.0466, 0.0507, 0.0563, respectively
  170 94.1 0.039 84.6 0.046 77.5 0.053 62.1 97.4
  100 27.1 0.051 9.3 0.06 2.9 0.069 48.9 93.4
5% ↗□ 10% At (2021, 2023, 2025) estimation of 6.32%, 7.97%, 10% with accuracy 0.0454, 0.0475, 0.05, respectively
  300 100 0.028 100 0.031 100 0.034 31.7 75.1
  250 100 0.030 100 0.034 100 0.037 26.0 69.1
  200 99.9 0.034 99.7 0.038 99.0 0.042 23.4 66.7
  170 97.5 0.037 93.1 0.041 86.7 0.045 23.8 60.0
  150 86.9 0.039 77.7 0.043 65.6 0.048 20.8 54.8
  100 36.5 0.048 21.3 0.053 12.2 0.058 15.5 43.3
10% ↗□ 20% At (2021, 2023, 2025) estimation of 12.71%, 16.02%, 20% with accuracy 0.0534, 0.0575, 0.0625, respectively
  300 100 0.038 100 0.041 100 0.045 62.9 97.4
  250 100 0.041 100 0.045 100 0.049 57.7 95.6
  200 97.9 0.046 98.5 0.051 99.8 0.055 53.3 93.8
  170 81.5 0.050 76.2 0.055 79.7 0.060 46.1 94.1
  150 52.1 0.053 40.1 0.058 39.3 0.063 47.4 90.6
  100 5.9 0.065 3.2 0.071 1.0 0.077 35.4 82.5
20% ↗□ 30% At (2021, 2023, 2025) estimation of 23.03%, 26.37%, 30% with accuracy 0.0663, 0.0705, 0.075, respectively
  300 100 0.047 100 0.050 100 0.051 48.7 87.6
  250 100 0.052 100 0.054 100 0.056 42.3 83.8
  200 100 0.058 100 0.061 100 0.063 41.5 82.1
  170 90.1 0.063 97.9 0.065 100 0.068 36.1 76.3
  150 45.0 0.067 58.4 0.070 83.7 0.072 33.7 74.4
  100 0.8 0.081 0.5 0.084 0.5 0.088 24.1 63.8
30% ↗□ 40% At (2021, 2023, 2025) estimation of 33.18%, 36.52%, 40% with accuracy 0.0790, 0.0832, 0.0875, respectively
  300 100 0.053 100 0.054 100 0.055 39.2 82.9
  250 100 0.058 100 0.059 100 0.060 36.0 77.8
  200 100 0.065 100 0.066 100 0.067 32.9 73.0
  170 100 0.070 100 0.071 100 0.073 27.5 68.5
  150 98.3 0.074 100 0.076 100 0.077 28.7 67.9
  100 0.4 0.090 0.5 0.092 1.8 0.094 22.2 52.8
40% ↗□ 50% At (2021, 2023, 2025) estimation of 43.28%, 46.63%, 50% with accuracy 0.0916, 0.0958, 0.1, respectively
  300 100 0.056 100 0.056 100 0.056 36.4 79.3
  250 100 0.061 100 0.061 100 0.061 33.9 75.9
  200 100 0.068 100 0.068 100 0.069 29.9 70.4
  170 100 0.073 100 0.074 100 0.074 28.9 67.7
  150 100 0.078 100 0.079 100 0.079 26.6 63.0
  100 4.5 0.095 51.7 0.096 100 0.096 22.2 52.4
50% ↗□ 60% At (2021, 2023, 2025) estimation of 53.37%, 56.72%, 60% with accuracy 0.0958, 0.0916, 0.0875, respectively
  300 100 0.056 100 0.056 100 0.055 38.9 81.2
  250 100 0.061 100 0.061 100 0.060 35.8 76.9
  200 100 0.068 100 0.068 100 0.067 28.9 68.9
  170 100 0.074 100 0.074 100 0.073 27.8 64.6
  150 100 0.079 100 0.078 100 0.077 28.4 66.4
  100 52.9 0.096 5.3 0.095 1.2 0.094 25.0 54.6
60% ↗□ 70% At (2021, 2023, 2025) estimation of 63.48%, 66.82%, 70% with accuracy 0.0832, 0.0790, 0.075, respectively
  300 100 0.054 100 0.053 100 0.051 41.1 82.9
  250 100 0.059 100 0.058 100 0.056 37.0 79.0
  200 100 0.066 100 0.064 100 0.063 34.2 73.3
  170 100 0.072 100 0.070 100 0.068 32.4 73.3
  150 100 0.076 98.7 0.075 83.0 0.072 29.9 67.0
  100 0.6 0.092 0.3 0.090 0.4 0.088 26.3 56.3
70% ↗□ 80% At (2021, 2023, 2025) estimation of 73,63%, 76.97%, 80% with accuracy 0.0705, 0.0663, 0.0625, respectively
  300 100 0.050 100.0 0.047 100 0.045 50.9 88.7
  250 100 0.054 100.0 0.052 100 0.049 48.9 87.2
  200 100 0.060 100.0 0.058 99.8 0.055 41.6 82.8
  170 97.3 0.066 88.8 0.063 78.2 0.060 38.8 79.9
  150 61.6 0.069 45.8 0.067 40.6 0.063 39.5 75.9
  100 0.2 0.085 0.6 0.081 1.2 0.077 30.6 68.1
80% ↗□ 90% At (2021, 2023, 2025) estimation of 83,98%, 87.29%, 90% with accuracy 0.0575, 0.0534, 0.05, respectively
  300 100 0.041 100 0.037 100 0.034 76.4 97.4
  250 100 0.045 100 0.041 100 0.037 69.5 96.1
  200 98.6 0.051 98.5 0.046 99.0 0.042 65.9 96.4
  170 78.6 0.055 80.8 0.050 86.5 0.045 63.1 94.6
  150 40.4 0.058 50.8 0.053 64.8 0.048 57.8 93.6
  100 2.2 0.071 4.9 0.065 11.0 0.059 46.4 87.3
90% ↗□ 95% At (2021, 2023, 2025) estimation of 92,03%, 93.68%, 95% with accuracy 0.0475, 0.0454, 0.0438, respectively
  300 100 0.031 100 0.028 100 0.025 37.6 72.6
  250 100 0.034 100 0.030 100 0.027 37.3 67.3
  200 99.9 0.037 99.9 0.034 100 0.031 30.3 64.3
  170 92.4 0.041 97.2 0.037 98.9 0.033 29.4 59.1
  150 74.2 0.044 86.0 0.039 94.0 0.035 30.6 57.2
  100 19.9 0.053 35.0 0.049 41.1 0.044 25.2 46.0