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. 2021 Oct 15;3(42):889–893. doi: 10.46234/ccdcw2021.219

Table 1. Number and proportion of foodborne disease outbreaks, illnesses, and deaths by setting in China, 2020.

Setting Outbreaks Illnesses Deaths Fatality rate* (%)
Number Proportion (%) Number Proportion (%) Number Proportion (%)
* Fatality rate=number of deaths / number of illnesses.
Household 4,140 58.5 14,066 37.6 128 89.5 0.9
Catering Service Places 2,719 38.4 22,432 59.9 15 10.5 0.1
Street stall 712 10.1 2,659 7.1 3 2.1 0.1
Hotel restaurant 508 7.2 4,184 11.2 5 3.5 0.1
Staff canteen 371 5.3 3,607 9.6 1 0.7 0.0
School canteen 310 4.4 5,081 13.6 0 0.0 0.0
Bistro 291 4.1 1,473 3.9 3 2.1 0.2
Fast food restaurant 240 3.4 1,171 3.1 0 0.0 0.0
Rural banquet 130 1.8 2,165 5.8 3 2.1 0.1
Home delivery of meal 110 1.6 1,807 4.8 0 0.0 0.0
Other 47 0.7 285 0.8 0 0.0 0.0
Campus 27 0.4 196 0.5 0 0.0 0.0
Other location 187 2.6 760 2.0 0 0.0 0.0
Total 7,073 100.0 37,454 100.0 143 100.0 0.4