Table 2.

Estimations of Hospitalization from Foodborne Illness based on best available data. The average is based on the number of people become ill and later hospitalized because of the severity of illness. For instance: for 10 persons ill with L. monocytogenes, estimated 9 people hospitalized [1,26,28].

Pathogen	Occurrence in the Decade of 2010–2020
Norovirus	10
Salmonella spp.	15
Clostridium perfringens	1
Campylobacter spp.	10
E. coli STEC	27
L. monocytogenes	90