Table 4. Data on the incidence of mushroom poisoning in Germany and France.
| Source | Munich Poison Center (1) | Göttingen Poison Center (2) | France *1 | Germany, hospital diagnostic data *2 |
| Federal state(s) | Bavaria | Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein |
16 federal states | |
| Population | Approx. 13 million | Approx. 13 million | Approx. 67 million | Approx. 83 million |
| Enquiries/year | Approx. 40 000 | Approx. 40 000 | Approx. 350 000 | |
| Study period | 2014–2019 | 2014–2019 | 2010–2017 | 2010–2018 |
| Enquiries about mushroom poisoning | 3801 | 4750 | 10 625 *3 | 4441 patients who received hospital treatment |
| Deaths following mushroom poisoning | 0 | 2 *4 | 22 *5 | 32 |
| Cases of severe poisoning*6 | 19 | 66 | 217 | NA |
| Cases of moderate poisoning*6 | 120 (n = 139; 3.7%) *7 | 366 (n = 434, 9.1%) *7 | NA | NA |
| Minor *6/ asymptomatic/ could not be assessed | 96.3% | 90.9% | NA | NA |
*1 Joint analysis by the eight regional French Poison Centers (Centres Antipoison) (15).
*2 Database query on ICD-10 T62.0 “Toxic effect of ingested mushrooms,”www.gbe-bund.de (3).
*3 Gastrointestinal symptoms occurred in 90% of all symptomatic patients.
*4 Deathcap or Destroying Angel in all cases.
*5 In 15 cases caused by amatoxin poisoning and in 7 cases caused by muscarinic poisoning.
*6 Assessed using the Poison Severity Score (PSS) (e26).
*7 Total of deaths and severe and moderate poisoning cases.
NA, not available