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. 2022 Dec 13;20(12):e07666. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7666

Table 57.

Reported human cases of cystic and alveolar echinococcosis and notification rates per 100,000 population in EU MSs and non‐MS countries, by country and year, 2017–2021

Country 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
National coverage (a) Data format (a) Confirmed cases and rates Confirmed cases and rates Confirmed cases and rates Confirmed cases and rates Confirmed cases and rates
Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate
Austria Y C 42 0.47 34 0.38 36 0.41 46 0.52 50 0.57
Belgium Y C 18 0.16 19 0.16 22 0.19 15 0.13 13 0.11
Bulgaria Y A 89 1.29 95 1.37 193 2.76 206 2.92 218 3.07
Croatia Y C 3 0.07 3 0.07 3 0.07 4 0.10 15 0.36
Cyprus Y C 0 0 1 0.11 0 0 0 0 0 0
Czechia Y C 1 0.01 4 0.04 1 0.01 4 0.04 1 0.01
Denmark (b)
Estonia Y C 4 0.30 1 0.08 2 0.15 0 0 1 0.08
Finland (c) Y C 6 0.11 4 0.07 8 0.14 1 0.02 5 0.09
France Y C 75 0.11 53 0.08 45 0.07 62 0.09 53 0.08
Germany Y C 152 0.18 170 0.20 150 0.18 176 0.21 141 0.17
Greece Y C 4 0.04 7 0.07 7 0.07 11 0.10 15 0.14
Hungary Y C 7 0.07 4 0.04 10 0.10 9 0.09 14 0.14
Ireland (c) Y C 1 0.02 0 0 0 0 2 0.04 0 0
Italy (b)
Latvia Y C 6 0.32 5 0.26 6 0.31 10 0.52 6 0.31
Lithuania Y C 20 0.72 37 1.32 81 2.90 50 1.78 53 1.86
Luxembourg Y C 1 0.16 3 0.48 1 0.16 0 0 2 0.34
Malta (c) Y C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Netherlands Y A 0 0 48 0.28 48 0.28 42 0.24 38 0.22
Poland Y C 26 0.07 18 0.05 70 0.18 51 0.13 75 0.20
Portugal Y C 2 0.02 1 0.01 5 0.05 9 0.09 2 0.02
Romania Y C 1 0.01 0 0 1 0.01 4 0.02 14 0.07
Slovakia Y C 2 0.04 3 0.05 11 0.20 10 0.18 7 0.13
Slovenia Y C 11 0.52 3 0.14 6 0.29 6 0.29 7 0.34
Spain (d) Y C 33 8 34 0.07 68 0.15 83 0.18
Sweden Y C 25 0.24 23 0.22 26 0.25 29 0.29 34 0.34
EU Total 27 529 0.15 544 0.16 766 0.20 815 0.21 847 0.22
United Kingdom (c) Y C 3 0 4 0.01
EU Total (e) 529 0.15 544 0.16 769 0.17 815 0.21 851 0.19
Iceland Y C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norway (c) Y C 11 0.20 6 0.11 7 0.13 7 0.13 6 0.11
Liechtenstein (b)
Switzerland (b)

–: Data not reported.

(a)

: Y: yes; N: no; A: aggregated data; C: case‐based data.

(b)

: No surveillance system.

(c)

: Finland, Ireland, Malta, the United Kingdom and mainland Norway have been declared free of Echinococcus multilocularis.

(d)

: Data not complete for 2020–2021, rate not estimated.

(e)

: Cases reported by the United Kingdom for the period 2017–2019 were also considered for this estimation (EU‐28). When the United Kingdom data were collected for the period 2017–2019, the United Kingdom was an EU MS, but it became a third country on 1 February 2020.