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Volume 20, Number 11—November 2014
Research

Foodborne Illness, Australia, Circa 2000 and Circa 2010

Martyn KirkComments to Author , Laura Ford, Kathryn Glass, and Gillian Hall
Author affiliations: Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Table 4

Estimated annual number of hospitalizations and deaths resulting from domestically acquired foodborne pathogens, parasites, and diseases, Australia, circa 2010*

Illness, causative agent/illness ICD-10-AM code No. hospitalizations, median
(90% CrI) No. deaths, median (90% CrI)
Gastrointestinal illness, cause
Bacterium
Bacillus cereus A05.4 25 (4–45) 0
Campylobacter spp. A04.5 3,200 (2,100–4,500) 3 (2–4)
Clostridium perfringens A05.2 0 (0–2) 1 (0–1)
STEC A04.3 7 (2–15) 0
Other pathogenic E. coli A04.0, A04.1, A04.4 20 (6–50) 0 (0–1)
Salmonella spp., nontyphoidal A02.0-A02.9 2,100 (1,300–3,000) 15 (8–20)
Salmonella enterica ser. Typhi A01.0 15 (6–35) 0
Shigella spp. A03 25 (9–50) 0
Staphylococcus aureus A05.0 10 (7–20) 0
Vibrio parahaemolyticus A05.3 1 (0–1) 0
Yersinia enterocolitica
A04.6
35 (10–65)
1 (0–1)
Virus
Adenovirus A08.2 15 (8–25) 0
Astrovirus NA NA NA
Norovirus A08.1 150 (35–350) 1 (0–2)
Rotavirus A08.0 50 (30–100) 0 (0–0)
Sapovirus
NA
NA
NA
Parasite
Cryptosporidium spp. A07.2 40 (6–100) 0
Giardia lamblia
A07.1
100 (25–300)
0
Subtotal

5,900 (4,700–7,500)
21 (14–26)
Unknown etiology
A08.4, A09, A09.0, A09.9
24,700 (22,600–27,800)
39 (27–54)
Total

30,600 (28,000–34,000)
60 (53–63)
Nongastrointestinal illness
Hepatitis A B15.9 20 (6–50) 0 (0–2)
Listeriosis A32 150 (100–250) 15 (9–20)
Toxoplasmosis B58 30 (10–60) 1 (0–2)
Ciguatera T61.0 25 (10–40) 0
Scombrotoxicosis
T61.1
8 (5–10)
0
Total 240 (180–350) 16 (10–21)

*All estimates based on an empirical distribution of the Australian population in the June quarter of 2006–2010 for hospitalizations and 2001–2010 for death; see online Technical Appendix 3 (http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/EID/article/2011/13-1315-Techapp3.pdf) for the methods used to determine these estimates. CrI, credible interval; ICD-10-AM, Australian modification of the 10th International Classification of Diseases; NA, not applicable. E. coli, Escherichia coli; STEC, Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli

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