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. 2018 Dec 12;16(12):e05500. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5500

Table 53.

Reported human cases of cystic and alveolar echinococcosis and notification rates per 100,000 population in the EU/EFTA, by country and year, 2013–2017

Country 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
National coveragea Data formata Total cases Confirmed cases & rates Confirmed cases & rates Confirmed cases & rates Confirmed cases & rates Confirmed cases & rates
Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate
Austria Y C 50 50 0.57 26 0.30 8 0.09 14 0.17 11 0.13
Belgium Y A 12 12 0.11 17 0.15 9 0.08 15 15
Bulgaria Y A 218 218 3.07 269 3.76 313 4.35 302 4.17 278 3.82
Croatia Y C 15 15 0.36 9 0.21 7 0.17 20 0.47 0 0.00
Cyprus Y C 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 0.24 0 0.00 0 0.00
Czech Republic Y C 1 1 0.01 4 0.04 3 0.03 6 0.06 2 0.02
Denmarkb
Estonia Y C 1 1 0.08 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0.08 3 0.23
Finlandc Y C 5 5 0.09 4 0.07 2 0.04 0 0.00 4 0.07
France Y C 48 48 0.07 38 0.06 48 0.07 32 0.05 34 0.05
Germany Y C 123 123 0.15 177 0.22 157 0.19 131 0.16 132 0.16
Greece Y C 15 15 0.14 18 0.17 13 0.12 13 0.12 10 0.09
Hungary Y C 14 14 0.14 5 0.05 2 0.02 2 0.02 5 0.05
Irelandc Y C 0 0 0.00 2 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0.00
Italyb
Latvia Y C 6 6 0.31 11 0.56 10 0.50 13 0.65 7 0.35
Lithuania Y C 53 53 1.86 26 0.90 33 1.13 22 0.75 23 0.77
Luxembourg Y C 2 2 0.34 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Maltac Y C 0 0 0.00 1 0.23 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Netherlands Y A 38 38 0.22 33 0.19 64 0.00 30 0.18 33 0.20
Poland Y C 75 75 0.20 64 0.17 47 0.12 48 0.13 39 0.10
Portugal Y C 2 2 0.02 2 0.02 4 0.04 4 0.04 3 0.03
Romania Y C 14 14 0.07 13 0.07 18 0.09 31 0.16 55 0.28
Slovakia Y C 7 7 0.13 4 0.07 5 0.09 8 0.15 20 0.37
Slovenia Y C 7 7 0.34 3 0.15 7 0.34 5 0.24 6 0.29
Spain Y C 83 83 0.18 87 0.19 83 0.18 77 0.17 94 0.20
Sweden Y C 34 34 0.34 27 0.27 26 0.27 21 0.22 16 0.17
United Kingdomc Y C 4 4 0.01 0 0.00 26 0.04 25 0.04 14 0.02
EU Total 827 827 0.19 840 0.22 887 0.20 820 0.19 805 0.18
Iceland Y C 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Norway Y C 5 5 0.10 3 0.06 2 0.04 0 0.00 2 0.04
a

Y: yes; N: no; A: aggregated data; C: case‐based data;–: no report.

b

No surveillance system.

c

Finland, Ireland, Malta, the United Kingdom and mainland Norway have been declared free of E. multilocularis.