Table 38.
Reported human cases of Q fever 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 | ||||
| Austriab | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Belgium | Y | A | 22 | 16 | 0.14 | 8 | 0.07 | 3 | 0.03 | 5 | 0.04 | 7 | 0.06 |
| Bulgaria | Y | A | 19 | 17 | 0.24 | 15 | 0.21 | 15 | 0.21 | 23 | 0.32 | 29 | 0.4 |
| Croatia | Y | A | 8 | 8 | 0.19 | 14 | 0.33 | 21 | 0.49 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 1.01 |
| Cyprus | Y | C | 3 | 2 | 0.24 | 4 | 0.47 | 1 | 0.12 | 3 | 0.35 | 4 | 0.46 |
| Czech Republic | Y | C | 2 | 2 | 0.02 | 1 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.01 |
| Denmark | Y | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Estonia | Y | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Finland | Y | C | 2 | 2 | 0.04 | 3 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 |
| France | Y | C | 251 | 251 | 0.38 | 250 | 0.38 | 209 | 0.32 | 158 | 0.24 | 5 | 0.01 |
| Germany | Y | C | 275 | 270 | 0.33 | 310 | 0.38 | 238 | 0.29 | 114 | 0.14 | 198 | 0.25 |
| Greece | Y | C | 9 | 9 | 0.08 | 10 | 0.09 | 15 | 0.14 | 11 | 0.10 | 11 | 0.10 |
| Hungary | Y | C | 39 | 39 | 0.40 | 35 | 0.36 | 59 | 0.60 | 135 | 1.36 | 36 | 0.36 |
| Ireland | Y | C | 6 | 6 | 0.13 | 4 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.11 |
| Italy | Y | C | 5 | 3 | 0.00 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Latvia | Y | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.05 | 3 | 0.15 | 1 | 0.05 | 1 | 0.05 |
| Lithuania | Y | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luxembourg | Y | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malta | Y | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.47 | 0 | 0 |
| Netherlands | Y | C | 14 | 14 | 0.08 | 20 | 0.12 | 26 | 0.15 | 20 | 0.12 | 63 | 0.38 |
| Poland | Y | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Portugal | Y | C | 17 | 17 | 0.16 | 20 | 0.19 | 25 | 0.24 | 21 | 0.2 | 26 | 0.25 |
| Romania | Y | C | 33 | 32 | 0.16 | 3 | 0.02 | 21 | 0.11 | 24 | 0.12 | 16 | 0.08 |
| Slovakia | Y | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Slovenia | Y | C | 1 | 1 | 0.05 | 1 | 0.05 | 3 | 0.15 | 1 | 0.05 | 1 | 0.05 |
| Spainc | N | C | 358 | 331 | – | 97 | – | 77 | – | 75 | – | 58 | – |
| Sweden | Y | C | 3 | 3 | 0.03 | 4 | 0.04 | 2 | 0.02 | 3 | 0.03 | 2 | 0.02 |
| United Kingdom | Y | C | 34 | 34 | 0.05 | 21 | 0.03 | 60 | 0.09 | 46 | 0.07 | 12 | 0.02 |
| EU total | – | – | 1,101 | 1,057 | 0.16 | 822 | 0.18 | 780 | 0.18 | 647 | 0.15 | 518 | 0.12 |
| Iceland | Y | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norway | Y | C | 2 | 2 | 0.04 | 1 | 0.02 | 1 | 0.02 | 4 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 |
| Switzerlandd | Y | C | 48 | 48 | 0.57 | 40 | 0.48 | 44 | 0.54 | 27 | 0.33 | – | – |
a
Y: yes; N: no; A: aggregated data; C: case‐based data;‐: no report.
b
Not notifiable, no surveillance system exists.
c
No information on estimated coverage; thus, notification rate cannot be estimated.
d
Switzerland provided data directly to EFSA. The human data for Switzerland also include the ones from Liechtenstein.