Table 4.

Summary of Campylobacter statistics related to humans and major food categories in the EU, 2013–2017

	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	Data source
Humans
Total number of confirmed cases	246,158	246,917	232,134	236,818	214,710	ECDC
Total number of confirmed cases/100,000 population (notification rates)	64.8	66.3	62.9	66.5	61.4	ECDC
Number of reporting MS	27	27	27	26	26	ECDC
Infection acquired in the EU	122,242	122,781	142,536	135,822	120,521	ECDC
Infection acquired outside the EU	6,580	5,963	6,430	6,817	6,786	ECDC
Unknown travel status or unknown country of infection	117,336	118,173	83,168	94,179	87,403	ECDC
Number of outbreak‐related cases	1,445	4,655	1,488	2,082	1,836	EFSA
Total number of outbreaks	395	476	399	454	417	EFSA
Food a
Meat and meat products b
Number of sampled units	20,287	18,048	16,134	15,758	21,383	EFSA
Number of reporting MS	21	19	18	20	20	EFSA
Milk and milk products c
Number of sampled units	2,154	1,896	2,126	2,708	3,324	EFSA
Number of reporting MS	11	10	10	10	10

ECDC: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control; EFSA: European Food Safety Authority; MS: Member State.

^aThe summary statistics, referring to Member States, were obtained by summing all sampling units (single, batch, slaughter batch), sampling stage (farm, packing centre, automatic distribution system for raw milk, processing plant, cutting plant, slaughterhouse, catering, hospital or medical care facility, restaurant or cafe or pub or bar or hotel or catering service, retail, wholesale, unspecified), sampling strategies (census, convenience sampling, objective sampling, selective sampling, suspected sampling, unspecified) and sampler (industry sampling, official and industry sampling, official sampling, private sampling, unspecified, not applicable).

^bMeat/meat products refer to carcasses and fresh meat/RTE, cooked and fermented products.

^cMilk/milk products refer to raw milk/dairy products including cheeses.