TABLE 1. Number of laboratory-diagnosed bacterial and parasitic infections, hospitalizations, and deaths, incidence and percentage change compared with 2016–2018 average annual incidence rate, by pathogen —10 U.S. sites, Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network,* 2016–2019†.
| Pathogen | 2019 |
% Change in incidence from 2016–2018 to 2019 (95% CI)¶ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of infections | No. of hospitalizations (%) | No. of deaths (%) | Incidence§ | ||
|
Bacteria
| |||||
|
Campylobacter
|
9,731 |
1,988 (20) |
26 (0.3) |
19.5 |
13 (5 to 21) |
|
Salmonella
|
8,556 |
2,430 (28) |
46 (0.5) |
17.1 |
5 (−1 to 12) |
| STEC |
3,127 |
660 (21) |
10 (0.3) |
6.3 |
34 (14 to 58) |
|
Shigella
|
2,416 |
644 (27) |
3 (0.1) |
4.8 |
7 (−17 to 37) |
|
Yersinia
|
681 |
142 (21) |
4 (0.6) |
1.4 |
153 (102 to 217) |
|
Vibrio
|
466 |
131 (28) |
12 (2.6) |
0.9 |
79 (47 to 117) |
|
Listeria
|
134 |
131 (98) |
21 (16) |
0.3 |
1 (−19 to 27) |
|
Parasite
| |||||
|
Cyclospora
|
755 |
38 (5) |
0 (0) |
1.5 |
1,209 (708 to 2,020) |
| Total | 25,866 | 6,164 (24) | 122 (0.5) | N/A | N/A |
Abbreviations: CI = confidence interval; N/A = not applicable; STEC = Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli.
* Data collected from laboratories in Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oregon, Tennessee, and selected counties in California, Colorado, and New York.
† Data are preliminary.
§ Cases per 100,000 population.
¶ Percentage change reported as increase or decrease. CIs not including zero are statistically significant.