Table 24.
Reported human cases of STEC infections and notification rates per 100,000 population in the EU/EFTA, by country and year, 2015–2019
| Country | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National coveragea | Data formata | Total cases | Confirmed cases and rates | Confirmed cases and rates | Confirmed cases and rates | Confirmed cases and rates | Confirmed cases and rates | ||||||
| Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | ||||
| Austria | Y | C | 286 | 284 | 3.21 | 305 | 3.46 | 250 | 2.85 | 177 | 2.03 | 107 | 1.25 |
| Belgium | Y | C | 131 | 131 | 1.14 | 112 | 1.00 | 123 | 0.08 | 119 | 1.05 | 100 | 0.89 |
| Bulgaria | Y | A | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Croatia | Y | C | – | – | – | 10 | 0.24 | 7 | 0.17 | 9 | 0.21 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Cyprus | Y | C | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Czechia | Y | C | 34 | 34 | 0.32 | 26 | 0.25 | 37 | 0.35 | 28 | 0.27 | 26 | 0.25 |
| Denmark | Y | C | 621 | 621 | 10.70 | 493 | 8.41 | 263 | 4.57 | 210 | 3.68 | 201 | 3.55 |
| Estonia | Y | C | 6 | 6 | 0.45 | 7 | 0.53 | 3 | 0.23 | 5 | 0.38 | 8 | 0.61 |
| Finland | Y | C | 311 | 311 | 5.64 | 210 | 3.81 | 123 | 2.24 | 139 | 2.53 | 74 | 1.35 |
| Franceb | N | C | 376 | 335 | – | 259 | – | 260 | – | 302 | – | 262 | – |
| Germany | Y | C | 1,932 | 1,907 | 2.30 | 2,226 | 2.69 | 2,065 | 2.50 | 1,843 | 2.24 | 1,616 | 1.99 |
| Greece | Y | C | 5 | 5 | 0.05 | 1 | 0.01 | 3 | 0.03 | 2 | 0.02 | 1 | 0.01 |
| Hungary | Y | C | 24 | 23 | 0.24 | 14 | 0.14 | 12 | 0.12 | 12 | 0.12 | 15 | 0.15 |
| Ireland | Y | C | 816 | 798 | 16.27 | 966 | 20.00 | 795 | 16.62 | 737 | 15.59 | 598 | 12.92 |
| Italyb | N | C | 87 | 59 | – | 73 | – | 92 | – | 78 | – | 59 | – |
| Latvia | Y | C | 48 | 48 | 2.50 | 3 | 0.16 | 1 | 0.05 | 1 | 0.05 | 4 | 0.20 |
| Lithuania | Y | C | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0.14 | 3 | 0.10 |
| Luxembourg | Y | C | 4 | 4 | 0.65 | 3 | 0.50 | 1 | 0.17 | 4 | 0.69 | 4 | 0.71 |
| Malta | Y | C | 53 | 53 | 10.74 | 41 | 8.62 | 9 | 1.96 | 4 | 0.89 | 4 | 0.93 |
| Netherlands | Y | C | 459 | 459 | 2.66 | 488 | 2.84 | 392 | 2.29 | 665 | 3.92 | 858 | 5.08 |
| Poland | Y | C | 17 | 14 | 0.04 | 6 | 0.01 | 4 | 0.01 | 4 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Portugal | Y | C | 1 | 1 | 0.01 | 2 | 0.02 | 1 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Romania | Y | C | 36 | 36 | 0.19 | 20 | 0.10 | 11 | 0.06 | 29 | 0.15 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Slovakia | Y | C | 3 | 3 | 0.06 | 12 | 0.22 | 3 | 0.06 | 2 | 0.04 | 1 | 0.02 |
| Slovenia | Y | C | 31 | 31 | 1.49 | 32 | 1.55 | 33 | 1.60 | 26 | 1.26 | 23 | 1.11 |
| Spainc , e | N | C | 270 | 269 | – | 126 | 0.28 | 86 | – | 69 | – | 86 | – |
| Sweden | Y | C | 756 | 756 | 7.39 | 892 | 8.81 | 504 | 5.04 | 638 | 6.48 | 551 | 5.65 |
| United Kingdom | Y | C | 1587 | 1587 | 2.38 | 1,840 | 2.78 | 993 | 1.51 | 1,367 | 2.09 | 1,328 | 2.05 |
| EU Total | 7,894 | 7,775 | 2.21 | 8,167 | 2.28 | 6,071 | 1.67 | 6,474 | 1.79 | 5,929 | 1.65 | ||
| Iceland | Y | C | 27 | 27 | 7.56 | 3 | 0.86 | 3 | 0.89 | 3 | 0.90 | 1 | 0.30 |
| Norway | Y | C | 511 | 511 | 9.59 | 494 | 9.33 | 381 | 7.25 | 239 | 4.59 | 221 | 4.28 |
| Switzerlandd | Y | C | 993 | – | 11.50 | 822 | 9.65 | 696 | 8.23 | 463 | 5.47 | 315 | 3.77 |
–: Data not reported.
a
Y: yes; N: no; A: aggregated data; C: case‐based data.
b
Sentinel surveillance; mainly cases with HUS are notified.
c
Sentinel surveillance; no information on estimated coverage. So, notification rate cannot be estimated.
d
Switzerland provided the data directly to EFSA. The human data for Switzerland includes data from Liechtenstein.
e
Data not complete in 2019, rate not calculated.