Table 3.

Consumption of six exemplary ‘high risk’ food items (proportion (%) exposed) in subgroups of the general adult population (18 years and older), Germany, 2017

		Raw ground pork (%)	‘Teewurst’a (%)	Unpasteurised milk (%)	Food items with raw eggs (%)	Unheated sprouts or seedlings (%)	Unheated frozen berries (%)
Sex	Male	9.6	16.6	7.2	12.3	8.7	4.2
	95% CIb	6.5–13.9	11.4–23.4	4.0–12.8	8.1–18.5	5.5–13.6	2.4–7.0
	Female	3.5	14.8	10.8	7.3	8.8	8.2
	95% CI	1.5–7.6	10.6–20.1	6.7–17.1	4.5–11.5	5.8–13.1	5.6–12.0
Age group	18–34 years	4.9	9.9	10.6	15.1	14.0	6.1
	95% CI	2.3–10.2	4.1–22.1	4.8–21.6	7.3–28.7	7.0–26.0	2.3–15.1
	35–64 years	8.2	13.2	10.6	7.9	9.1	6.9
	95% CI	5.0–13.1	8.8–19.4	6.5–16.6	5.3–11.6	6.5–12.5	4.7–10.1
	65 years and older	4.6	25.4	4.8	8.8	3.5	4.9
	95% CI	2.7–7.8	19.0–33.0	1.8–12.5	5.7–13.3	2.0–6.2	3.0–7.8
Region of residency	North	9.5	12.9	6.3	14.7	7.2	6.4
	95% CI	4.6–18.5	8.0–20.3	2.6–14.3	7.7–26.3	3.0–16.4	3.5–11.3
	West	4.4	17.3	7.3	7.3	8.8	7.7
	95% CI	2.3–8.2	11.0–26.3	3.6–14.4	4.2–12.5	5.4–14.0	4.8–12.3
	South	1.7	10.7	14.3	8.2	8.7	6.3
	95% CI	0.6–4.8	5.6–19.5	8.1–23.9	4.3–14.9	5.3–14.0	3.1–12.7
	East	15.1	23.5	6.6	11.8	10.3	3.0
	95% CI	8.7–24.9	15.7–33.5	2.2–18.2	5.7–22.9	4.5–21.9	1.6–5.6
Urban/rural residency	Urban	4.3	13.6	7.2	8.4	10.6	7.2
	95% CI	2.8–6.7	9.8–18.5	4.4–11.5	5.4–12.9	7.4–15.0	4.9–10.5
	Rural	10.8	19.9	12.8	12.5	5.0	4.2
	95% CI	6.4–17.8	13.5–28.2	7.2–21.7	7.9–19.3	3.1–8.0	2.6–6.9
Level of education	Low or medium	6.0	19.7	9.4	10.3	6.2	5.6
	95% CI	3.7–9.5	14.9–25.5	5.7–14.9	6.9–15.0	3.7–10.1	3.8–8.1
	High	7.2	7.0	8.5	8.8	14.4	7.7
	95% CI	4.2–12.0	4.7–10.2	5.1–13.8	5.2–14.6	10.0–20.4	4.4–13.0

Results from weighted analyses are shown. See Table 1 for the number of participants in each subgroup.

^aTeewurst = spreadable sausage-containing raw pork.

^bConfidence interval.