Table 5 b.

Median annual number of infections per country and per pathogen

Country …		DE	DK	IT	NL	PL	SE	UK
Inhabitants (×106)		83·5	5·4	57·7*	16·2	38·2	9	50
Campylobacter	Population	515 000	116 000	156 000	322 000	765 000	122 000	2 500 000
	GP	178 000	23 000	54 000	36 000	236 000	19 000	416 000
	Hospital	12 000	640	8700	1700	19 000	1000	12 000
Salmonella	Population	430 000	33 000	34 000	55 000	242 000	40 000	563 000
	GP	151 000	8600	8900	7700	72 000	9300	98 000
	Hospital	20 000	606	250	890	22 000	560	2600
Yersinia	Population	86 000	5000	—	20 000	9600	9500	55 000
	GP	30 000	1300	—	2900	3400	2200	9800
	Hospital	3200	30	—	40	310	120	40
Shigella	Population	12 000	4400	—	17 000	3900	8400	72 000
	GP	4400	970	—	2300	1300	1600	12 000
	Hospital	440	40	—	40	140	70	180
STEC	Population	2400	4600	—	12 000	—	1360	25 000
	GP	890	2000	—	3000	—	450	3400
	Hospital	180	50	—	40	—	140	1500
EPEC	Population	117 000	47 000	—	—	—	—	—
	GP	40 000	11 000	—	—	—	—	—
	Hospital	4000	270	—	—	—	—	—
Cryptosporidium	Population	109 000	—	—	651 201	—	—	385 961
	GP	35 000	—	—	54 178	—	—	62 698
	Hospital	1400	—	—	134	—	—	77

DE, Germany; DK, Denmark; IT, Italy; NL, The Netherlands; PL, Poland; SE, Sweden; UK, United Kingdom.

GP, General Practitioner; STEC, Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157; EPEC enteropathogenic Escherichia coli.

^*Data from three provinces in Italy.