Table 4.
Summary of Campylobacter statistics related to humans, major food categories and the main animal species, EU, 2017–2021
| 2021 (a) | 2020 | 2019 (b) | 2018 (b) | 2017 (b) | Data source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humans | ||||||
| Total number of confirmed cases | 127,840 | 120,544 | 220,639 | 246,570 | 246,538 | ECDC |
| Total number of confirmed cases/100,000 population (notification rates) | 41.1 | 40.2 | 60.6 | 66.0 | 66.1 | ECDC |
| Number of reporting MSs | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | ECDC |
| Infection acquired in the EU | 81,311 | 70,772 | 109,937 | 116,246 | 122,280 | ECDC |
| Infection acquired outside the EU | 704 | 1,586 | 6,514 | 7,685 | 6,583 | ECDC |
| Unknown travel status or unknown country of infection | 45,825 | 48,186 | 104,188 | 122,639 | 117,675 | ECDC |
| Number of foodborne outbreak‐related cases | 1,051 | 1,319 | 1,770 | 2,365 | 3,608 | EFSA |
| Total number of foodborne outbreaks | 249 | 317 | 542 | 537 | 395 | EFSA |
| Food (c) | ||||||
| Meat and meat products (d) | ||||||
| Number of sampling units | 87,808 | 66,099 | 57,027 | 26,514 | 21,521 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting MSs | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 22 | EFSA |
| Milk and milk products (e) | ||||||
| Number of sampling units | 2,125 | 2,145 | 2,749 | 3,227 | 2,317 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting MSs | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | EFSA |
| Animals | ||||||
| Cattle (bovine animals) | ||||||
| Number of sampling units (f) | 7,529 | 4,387 | 6,850 | 4,220 | 7,312 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting MS | 11 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 10 | EFSA |
| Gallus gallus (chicken) | ||||||
| Number of sampling units (f) | 10,162 | 13,628 | 10,472 | 14,093 | 10,133 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting MSs | 6 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 7 | EFSA |
| Pigs | ||||||
| Number of sampling units(f) | 4,502 | 2,110 | 4,308 | 2,481 | 3,824 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting MSs | 14 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 10 | EFSA |
ECDC: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control; EFSA: European Food Safety Authority; MSs: Member States.
: Data on food and animal samples from the United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) are taken into account for 2021. In accordance with the agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU, and in particular with the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, the EU requirements on data sampling are also applicable to Northern Ireland.
: Data from the United Kingdom are taken into account for 2017–2019, because the United Kingdom was an EU MS, but it became a third country on 1 February 2020.
: Summary statistics referring to MSs were obtained by totalling all sampling units (single samples, samples from batches and samples from slaughter batches), sampling stages (farm, packing centre, processing plant, cutting plant, slaughterhouse, catering, hospital or medical care facility, restaurant or cafe or pub or bar or hotel or catering service, retail, wholesale, border control posts, school or kindergarten, unspecified), sampling strategies (census, convenience sampling, selective sampling, objective sampling and unspecified) and samplers (official sampling, official and industry sampling, private sampling, unspecified).
: ‘Meat and meat products’ refer to carcases and fresh meat/ready‐to‐eat (RTE), cooked and fermented products.
: ‘Milk and milk products’ refer to raw and pasteurised milk and all dairy products including cheeses.
: Summary statistics referring to MSs were obtained by totalling all sampling units (single animals, slaughter animal batches and herds or flocks).