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. 2014 Sep 30;143(10):2187–2204. doi: 10.1017/S0950268814002106

Table 3.

Number of surveillance system components by region and type of surveillance

Region  Africa  Asia  Europe  America  Oceania  Globally
Surveillance type
 Active: representative  3  55  28  9  2  97 (16·5%)
 Active: risk based 13  73  45 14  7 152 (25·9%)
 Passive 40  72  80 22 13 227 (38·7%)
 Outbreak investigation  9  12   6  4  5  36 (6·1%)
 Sentinel  3   2   3   8 (1·4%)
 Slaughterhouse   4  4  1   9 (1·5%)
 Other 13   8  6  27 (4·6%)
 Unknown  4   2  25  31 (5·3%)
Grand total by region 85 (14·5%) 228 (38·8%) 187 (31·9%) 59 (10·1%) 28 (4·8%) 587 (100%)