Table 11.
Reported cases of human invasive listeriosis and notification rates per 100,000 in the EU/EEA, by country and year, 2012–2016
| Country | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 46 | 46 | 0.53 | 38 | 0.44 | 49 | 0.58 | 36 | 0.43 | 36 | 0.43 |
| Belgium | Y | A | 104 | 104 | 0.92 | 83 | 0.74 | 84 | 0.75 | 66 | 0.59 | 83 | 0.75 |
| Bulgaria | Y | A | 5 | 5 | 0.07 | 5 | 0.07 | 10 | 0.14 | 3 | 0.04 | 10 | 0.14 |
| Croatia | Y | A | 4 | 4 | 0.10 | 2 | 0.05 | 4 | 0.09 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Cyprus | Y | C | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.12 | 1 | 0.12 |
| Czech Republic | Y | C | 47 | 47 | 0.45 | 36 | 0.34 | 38 | 0.36 | 36 | 0.34 | 32 | 0.30 |
| Denmark | Y | C | 40 | 40 | 0.70 | 44 | 0.78 | 92 | 1.64 | 51 | 0.91 | 50 | 0.90 |
| Estonia | Y | C | 9 | 9 | 0.68 | 11 | 0.84 | 1 | 0.08 | 2 | 0.15 | 3 | 0.23 |
| Finland | Y | C | 67 | 67 | 1.22 | 46 | 0.84 | 65 | 1.19 | 61 | 1.12 | 61 | 1.13 |
| France | Y | C | 375 | 375 | 0.56 | 412 | 0.62 | 373 | 0.57 | 369 | 0.56 | 346 | 0.53 |
| Germany | Y | C | 707 | 697 | 0.85 | 580 | 0.71 | 598 | 0.74 | 463 | 0.57 | 414 | 0.52 |
| Greece | Y | C | 20 | 20 | 0.19 | 31 | 0.29 | 10 | 0.09 | 10 | 0.09 | 11 | 0.10 |
| Hungary | Y | C | 25 | 25 | 0.25 | 37 | 0.38 | 39 | 0.40 | 24 | 0.24 | 13 | 0.13 |
| Ireland | Y | C | 13 | 13 | 0.28 | 19 | 0.41 | 15 | 0.33 | 8 | 0.17 | 11 | 0.24 |
| Italy | Y | C | 179 | 179 | 0.30 | 153 | 0.25 | 132 | 0.22 | 143 | 0.24 | 112 | 0.19 |
| Latvia | Y | C | 6 | 6 | 0.30 | 8 | 0.40 | 3 | 0.15 | 5 | 0.25 | 6 | 0.29 |
| Lithuania | Y | C | 10 | 10 | 0.35 | 5 | 0.17 | 7 | 0.24 | 6 | 0.20 | 8 | 0.27 |
| Luxembourg | Y | C | 5 | 2 | 0.35 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 0.91 | 2 | 0.37 | 2 | 0.38 |
| Malta | Y | C | 1 | 1 | 0.23 | 4 | 0.93 | 1 | 0.24 | 1 | 0.24 | 1 | 0.24 |
| Netherlands | Y | C | 89 | 89 | 0.52 | 71 | 0.42 | 90 | 0.54 | 72 | 0.43 | 73 | 0.44 |
| Poland | Y | C | 101 | 101 | 0.27 | 70 | 0.18 | 87 | 0.23 | 58 | 0.15 | 54 | 0.14 |
| Portugal | Y | C | 32 | 31 | 0.30 | 28 | 0.27 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Romania | Y | C | 9 | 9 | 0.05 | 12 | 0.06 | 5 | 0.03 | 9 | 0.05 | 11 | 0.05 |
| Slovakia | Y | C | 10 | 10 | 0.18 | 18 | 0.33 | 29 | 0.54 | 16 | 0.30 | 11 | 0.20 |
| Slovenia | Y | C | 15 | 15 | 0.73 | 13 | 0.63 | 18 | 0.87 | 16 | 0.78 | 7 | 0.34 |
| Spainb | N | C | 363 | 362 | – | 206 | – | 161 | – | 140 | – | 109 | – |
| Sweden | Y | C | 68 | 68 | 0.69 | 88 | 0.90 | 125 | 1.30 | 93 | 0.97 | 72 | 0.76 |
| United Kingdom | Y | C | 201 | 201 | 0.31 | 186 | 0.29 | 201 | 0.31 | 192 | 0.30 | 183 | 0.29 |
| EU total | – | – | 2,551 | 2,536 | 0.47 | 2,206 | 0.43 | 2,242 | 0.46 | 1,883 | 0.39 | 1,720 | 0.36 |
| Iceland | Y | C | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 1.23 | 1 | 0.31 | 4 | 1.25 |
| Norway | Y | C | 19 | 19 | 0.37 | 18 | 0.35 | 29 | 0.57 | 21 | 0.42 | 30 | 0.60 |
| Switzerlandc | Y | C | 50 | 50 | 0.60 | 54 | 0.65 | 98 | 1.20 | 64 | 0.80 | 39 | 0.49 |
a
Y: yes; N: no; A: aggregated data; C: case‐based data.
b
Sentinel surveillance; no information on estimated coverage so notification rate cannot be estimated.
c
Switzerland provided data directly to EFSA. The human data for Switzerland include data from Liechtenstein.