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. 2017 Dec 12;15(12):e05077. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2017.5077

Table 50.

Frequency distribution of strong‐evidence food‐borne outbreaks (excluding waterborne outbreaks), by place of exposure (setting), reporting Member States, 2016

Type of setting Strong‐evidence outbreaks Reporting rate per 100,000
Number of outbreaks % of total Number of human cases % of total 2016 2010–2015 (mean)
Household Household 205 39.3 1,231 8.5 0.044 0.053
Subtotal 205 39.3 1,231 8.5 0.044 0.053
Restaurant, pub, street vendors, take away, etc. Restaurant or Cafe or Pub or Bar or Hotel or Catering service 130 25.0 2,626 18.1 0.028 0.034
Mobile retailer or market/street vendor 2 0.4 52 0.4 < 0.001 0.001
Take‐away or fast‐food outlet 1 0.2 21 0.1 < 0.001 0.001
Subtotal 133 25.5 2,699 18.6 0.029 0.036
Canteen or Catering to Workplace, school, hospital, etc. School or kindergarten 49 9.4 1,820 12.5 0.011 0.009
Residential institution (nursing home or prison or boarding school) 18 3.5 758 5.2 0.004 0.004
Canteen or workplace catering 14 2.7 613 4.2 0.003 0.006
Hospital or medical care facility 6 1.2 349 2.4 0.001 0.002
Subtotal 87 16.7 3,540 24.4 0.019 0.022
Other settings Others 32 6.1 1,152 7.9 0.007 0.008
Multiple places of exposure in one country 10 1.9 1,078 7.4 0.002 < 0.001
Camp or picnic 6 1.2 136 0.9 0.001 0.002
Farm 6 1.2 118 0.8 0.001 0.001
Multiple places f exposure in more than one country 5 1.0 323 2.2 0.001 < 0.001
Subtotal 59 11.3 2,807 19.4 0.013 0.014
Unknown Unknown 37 7.1 4,227 29.1 0.008 0.016
Subtotal 37 7.1 4,227 29.1 0.008 0.016
Total (EU) 521 100.0 14,504 100.0 0.112 0.124