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

Table 77.

Reported confirmed human cases of Q fever 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 (b)
Belgium Y A 6 0.05 4 0.03 10 0.09 6 0.05 7 0.06
Bulgaria Y A 31 0.45 103 1.48 36 0.51 45 0.64 28 0.39
Croatia Y C 0 0 2 0.05 8 0.20 11 0.27 23 0.55
Cyprus Y C 2 0.22 1 0.11 1 0.11 0 0 3 0.35
Czechia Y C 1 0.01 1 0.01 1 0.01 1 0.01 0 0
Denmark Y C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Estonia Y C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finland Y C 0 0 0 0 2 0.04 2 0.04 4 0.07
France Y C 92 0.14 96 0.14 156 0.23 172 0.26 194 0.29
Germany Y C 99 0.12 55 0.07 148 0.18 91 0.11 107 0.13
Greece Y C 4 0.04 4 0.04 14 0.13 13 0.12 4 0.04
Hungary Y C 41 0.42 34 0.35 47 0.48 28 0.29 29 0.30
Ireland Y C 0 0 2 0.04 2 0.04 0 0 2 0.04
Italy Y C 0 0 0 0 6 0.01 1 < 0.01 7 0.01
Latvia Y C 0 0 1 0.05 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuania Y C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luxembourg Y C 0 0 2 0.32 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malta Y C 1 0.19 0 0 1 0.20 2 0.42 0 0
Netherlands Y C 6 0.03 7 0.04 16 0.09 18 0.10 22 0.13
Poland Y C 0 0 0 0 4 0.01 0 0 0 0
Portugal Y C 18 0.17 22 0.21 32 0.31 36 0.35 48 0.47
Romania Y C 5 0.03 12 0.06 109 0.56 22 0.11 46 0.23
Slovakia Y C 2 0.04 5 0.09 1 0.02 2 0.04 0 0
Slovenia Y C 0 0 1 0.05 6 0.29 1 0.05 3 0.15
Spain Y C 149 0.31 170 0.36 332 0.71 313 0.67 333 0.72
Sweden Y C 3 0.03 1 0.01 10 0.10 7 0.07 3 0.03
EU Total 27 460 0.11 523 0.12 942 0.22 771 0.18 863 0.20
United Kingdom 9 0.01 19 0.03 21 0.03
EU Total (c) 460 0.11 523 0.12 951 0.19 790 0.16 884 0.18
Iceland Y C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norway Y C 3 0.06 5 0.09 8 0.15 5 0.09 4 0.08
Liechtenstein Y C 0 0 55 0.64 103 1.20 52 0.61 41 0.48
Switzerland (d) Y C 111 1.3

–: Data not reported.

(a)

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

(b)

: Not notifiable, no surveillance system exists.

(c)

: Cases reported by the United Kingdom for the period 2017–2019 were also considered in 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.

(d)

: Switzerland provided data directly to EFSA. The human data for Switzerland include data from Liechtenstein for years 2017–2020.