Table 14.
Reported human cases of STEC infections and notification rates per 100,000 population 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 | 177 | 177 | 2.04 | 107 | 1.25 | 131 | 1.54 | 130 | 1.54 | 130 | 1.55 |
| Belgium | Y | C | 34 | 34 | 0.30 | 100 | 0.89 | 85 | 0.76 | 117 | 1.05 | 105 | 0.95 |
| Bulgaria | Y | A | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Croatia | Y | A | 9 | 9 | 0.21 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0.09 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Cyprus | Y | C | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Czech Republic | Y | C | 28 | 28 | 0.27 | 26 | 0.25 | 29 | 0.28 | 17 | 0.16 | 9 | 0.09 |
| Denmark | Y | C | 275 | 210 | 3.68 | 201 | 3.55 | 226 | 4.02 | 191 | 3.41 | 199 | 3.57 |
| Estonia | Y | C | 5 | 5 | 0.38 | 8 | 0.61 | 6 | 0.46 | 8 | 0.61 | 3 | 0.23 |
| Finland | Y | C | 144 | 139 | 2.53 | 74 | 1.35 | 64 | 1.17 | 98 | 1.81 | 32 | 0.59 |
| Franceb | N | C | 332 | 302 | – | 262 | – | 221 | – | 218 | – | 208 | – |
| Germany | Y | C | 1,867 | 1,843 | 2.24 | 1,616 | 1.99 | 1,663 | 2.06 | 1,639 | 2.00 | 1,573 | 1.93 |
| Greece | Y | C | 2 | 2 | 0.02 | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 0.01 | 2 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Hungary | Y | C | 12 | 12 | 0.12 | 15 | 0.15 | 18 | 0.18 | 13 | 0.13 | 3 | 0.03 |
| Ireland | Y | C | 745 | 737 | 15.60 | 598 | 12.92 | 572 | 12.42 | 564 | 12.29 | 412 | 8.99 |
| Italyb | N | C | 91 | 78 | – | 59 | – | 68 | – | 64 | – | 50 | – |
| Latvia | Y | C | 1 | 1 | 0.05 | 4 | 0.20 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Lithuania | Y | C | 4 | 4 | 0.14 | 3 | 0.10 | 1 | 0.03 | 6 | 0.20 | 2 | 0.07 |
| Luxembourg | Y | C | 4 | 4 | 0.69 | 4 | 0.71 | 3 | 0.55 | 10 | 1.86 | 21 | 4.00 |
| Malta | Y | C | 4 | 4 | 0.92 | 4 | 0.93 | 5 | 1.18 | 2 | 0.48 | 1 | 0.24 |
| Netherlands | Y | C | 665 | 665 | 3.92 | 858 | 5.08 | 919 | 5.46 | 1,184 | 7.06 | 1,049 | 6.27 |
| Poland | Y | C | 8 | 4 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 0.01 | 5 | 0.01 | 3 | 0.01 |
| Portugal | Y | C | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Romania | Y | C | 49 | 29 | 0.15 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.01 | 6 | 0.03 | 1 | 0.01 |
| Slovakia | Y | C | 2 | 2 | 0.04 | 1 | 0.02 | 2 | 0.04 | 7 | 0.13 | 9 | 0.17 |
| Slovenia | Y | C | 27 | 27 | 1.31 | 23 | 1.11 | 29 | 1.41 | 17 | 0.83 | 29 | 1.41 |
| Spainc | N | C | 51 | 51 | – | 86 | – | 50 | – | 28 | – | 32 | – |
| Sweden | Y | C | 638 | 638 | 6.48 | 551 | 5.65 | 472 | 4.89 | 551 | 5.77 | 472 | 4.98 |
| United Kingdom | Y | C | 1,374 | 1,373 | 2.10 | 1,328 | 2.05 | 1,324 | 2.06 | 1,164 | 1.82 | 1,337 | 2.11 |
| EU total | – | – | 6,548 | 6,378 | 1.82 | 5,929 | 1.68 | 5,900 | 1.75 | 6,042 | 1.80 | 5,680 | 1.70 |
| Iceland | Y | C | 3 | 3 | 0.90 | 1 | 0.30 | 3 | 0.92 | 3 | 0.93 | 1 | 0.31 |
| Norway | Y | C | 239 | 239 | 4.59 | 221 | 4.28 | 151 | 2.96 | 103 | 2.04 | 75 | 1.50 |
| Switzerlandd | Y | C | 463 | 463 | 5.54 | 308 | 3.72 | 125 | 1.51 | 82 | 1.00 | 66 | 0.82 |
a
Y: yes; N: no; A: aggregated data; C: case‐based data; −: no report.
b
Sentinel surveillance; primarily based on HUS cases.
c
Sentinel surveillance; no information on estimated coverage, so notification rate cannot be estimated.
d
Switzerland provided data directly to EFSA. The human data for Switzerland include data from Liechtenstein.