Volume 17, Number 9—September 2011
Synopsis
Risk-based Estimate of Effect of Foodborne Diseases on Public Health, Greece
Table 4
Estimates of YLL, YLD, and DALY caused by foodborne illnesses in an average year in Greece per 1 million inhabitants, including plausible range attributable to uncertainty*
Illnesses | Estimated YLL (95% CrI)† | Estimated YLD (95% CrI)† | Estimated DALY (95% CrI)† |
Bacterial | |||
Botulism | 0.27 (0.021–0.67) | 0.0066 (0.00056–0.015) | 0.28 (0.021–0.69) |
Brucellosis | 59 (21–121) | 434 (140–856) | 493 (174–943) |
Campylobacteriosis | 1.2 (0.51–2.1) | 3.9 (1.5–7.5) | 5.14 (2.0–9.4) |
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli | 0.016 (0.0012–0.039) | 0.039 (0.0031–0.091) | 0.054 (0.0043–0.13) |
Leptospirosis | 0.81 (0.066–2.7) | 0.015 (0.0013–0.046) | 0.83 (0.067–2.7) |
Listeriosis | 4.1 (0.45–9.7) | ‡ | 4.1 (0.45–9.7) |
Salmonellosis | 31 (8.7–55) | 10 (2.9–19) | 41 (12–72) |
Shigellosis | 0.12 (0.060–0.34) | 4.1 (0.0021–0.12) | 0.16 (0.0081–0.46) |
Typhoid and paratyphoid fever | 2.3 (0.21–5.4) | 0.17 (0.016–0.38) | 2.4 (0.23–5.7) |
Food poisoning | 0.36 (0.022–0.98) | 1.3 (0.088–3.3) | 1.6 (0.12–4.1) |
Parasitic | |||
Amebiasis | 0.079 (0.011–0.20) | 0.013 (0.0019–0.030) | 0.092 (0.013–0.22) |
Cryptosporidiosis | 0.50 (0.20–0.88) | 0.20 (0.10–0.32) | 0.69 (0.35–1.2) |
Echinococcosis | 16 (5.9–31) | 54 (22–106) | 70 (28–135) |
Giardiasis | 0.12 (0.028–0.29) | 0.48 (0.18–0.99) | 0.61 (0.24–1.2) |
Toxoplasmosis | 9.7 (7.0 −13) | 14 (10–17) | 23 (17–29) |
Other helminthiases | 0.92 0.19–1.8) | 0.17 (0.029–0.38) | 1.1 (0.23–2.1) |
Viral: hepatitis A | 1.1 (0.20–2.4) | 0.089 (0.018–0.19) | 1.2 (0.22–2.6) |
Mixed/ill-defined causes | |||
Intestinal infections caused by other specified microorganism | 1.4 (0.12–3.6) | 5.2 (0.26–18.0) | 6.6 (0.45–21) |
Ill-defined intestinal infections | 1.2 (0.5–2.0) | 243 (33–621) | 245 (34–622) |
Total of gastroenteritis§ | 43 (20–68) | 265 (55–643) | 308 (94–687) |
Total | 130 (81–196) | 767 (361–1,308) | 896 (470–1,461) |
*Values have been rounded to include significant digits and thus not all summations necessarily tally. Boldface indicates the top 5 contributors to each estimate category. YLL, years of life lost; YLD, years lived with disability; DALY, disability-adjusted life years; CrI, credible interval.
†95% CrI representative of the 2.5 and 97.5 percentiles.
‡DALY due to listeriosis are mainly determined by the YLL (23); therefore, no YLD were estimated.
§Gastroenteritis-related illnesses are considered to be all of the above except: botulism, brucellosis, leptospirosis, echinococcosis, hepatitis A, and toxoplasmosis.
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