Table 2.
Illnesses, deaths, and years of potential life lost for six major enteric pathogens, based on notification data, Germany, 2004–2008
| Illness | Death | YPLL | P-YPLL | W-YPLL | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Incidence* | Age† | n | Mortality* | CFR | Age† | Crude | Annual* | Crude | Annual* | Crude | Annual* | |
| Salmonella spp. | 260 207 | 63·2 | 25 | 225 | 0·55 | 0·09 | 78 | 2625 | 0·64 | 583 | 0·14 | 342 | 0·08 |
| Norovirus | 617 437 | 150·1 | 59 | 192 | 0·47 | 0·03 | 85 | 1562 | 0·38 | 309 | 0·08 | 221 | 0·06 |
| Listeria monocytogenes | 1992 | 0·5 | 68 | 188 | 0·46 | 9·44 | 71 | 4245 | 1·04 | 2306 | 0·56 | 1547 | 0·39 |
| PA | 143 | 3·9‡ | 0 | 23 | 0·67 | 16·1 | 0 | 1822 | 0·44 | 1610 | 0·4 | 1150 | 0·28 |
| Non-PA | 1847 | 0·5 | 69 | 165 | 0·04 | 8·92 | 73 | 2423 | 0·58 | 696 | 0·16 | 397 | 0·1 |
| Rotavirus | 296 035 | 71·9 | 2 | 38 | 0·09 | 0·01 | 83 | 909 | 0·22 | 648 | 0·16 | 473 | 0·12 |
| STEC | 5240 | 1·3 | 4 | 20 | 0·05 | 0·38 | 23 | 962 | 0·24 | 757 | 0·18 | 554 | 0·14 |
| Campylobacter spp. | 300 895 | 73·1 | 35 | 15 | 0·04 | <0·01 | 69 | 311 | 0·08 | 163 | 0·04 | 128 | 0·04 |
| Total | 1 481 807 | 360·1 | 37 | 678 | 1·65 | 0·05 | 79 | 14 859 | 3·62 | 7072 | 1·72 | 4812 | 1·16 |
CFR, case-fatality ratio; YPLL, years of potential life lost; P-YPLL, premature YPLL (<70 years); W-YPLL, working YPLL (15–65 years); PA, pregnancy-associated; non-PA, non-pregnancy-associated; STEC, Shiga toxin-producing E. coli.
*
Per 100 000 population/year.
†
Median.
‡
Incidence refers to persons aged <1 year.