Figure 1Total numbers of food- and water-borne disease outbreaks and illnesses by location and year during 2007–2012.
Table 1Total numbers of food- and water-borne disease outbreaks (FBDOs) and illnesses by causal vehicle, location, and year during 2007–2012
Causal pathogens |
Total No. of FBDOs by year (total patients)
|
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
Total FBDOs |
Norovirus |
72 (1704) |
64 (2465) |
28 (553) |
28 (1918) |
26 (1300) |
50 (1784) |
Pathogenic Escherichia coli other than EHEC |
64 (2615) |
27 (1911) |
34 (2460) |
22 (1857) |
32 (2088) |
34 (4390) |
Vibrio parahaemolyticus
|
27 (542) |
28 (377) |
9 (88) |
17 (297) |
8 (130) |
12 (195) |
Salmonella species |
38 (1213) |
21 (376) |
17 (455) |
26 (669) |
23 (937) |
10 (157) |
Others |
51 (1553) |
63 (1753) |
32 (1947) |
65 (1558) |
50 (1509) |
47 (1672) |
Public restaurants |
Norovirus |
28 (316) |
33 (532) |
5 (33) |
6 (159) |
2 (17) |
8 (139) |
Pathogenic E. coli other than EHEC |
29 (996) |
13 (539) |
4 (88) |
8 (321) |
10 (315) |
3 (32) |
V. parahaemolyticus
|
21 (485) |
19 (288) |
7 (77) |
9 (186) |
6 (112) |
12 (195) |
Salmonella species |
20 (708) |
10 (219) |
8 (279) |
20 (510) |
18 (910) |
7 (102) |
Others |
23 (333) |
35 (675) |
8 (447) |
24 (278) |
19 (463) |
15 (189) |
Schools |
Norovirus |
15 (475) |
18 (1120) |
9 (388) |
8 (1280) |
12 (970) |
27 (1366) |
Pathogenic E coli other than EHEC |
16 (1222) |
6 (1030) |
18 (2130) |
9 (1369) |
10 (933) |
25 (4182) |
V. parahaemolitycus
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Salmonella species |
4 (164) |
0 |
2 (28) |
0 |
1 (2) |
0 |
Others |
9 (865) |
9 (604) |
7 (856) |
9 (569) |
10 (564) |
11 (862) |
Table 2Total numbers of food- and water-borne disease outbreaks (FBDOs) and illnesses by location and year during 2007–2012
Causal vehicles |
Total numbers of FBDOs by year (total patients)
|
2007–2008 |
2009–2010 |
2011–2012 |
Public restaurants |
476 (6708) |
174 (2961) |
213 (3397) |
Pickled vegetables |
2 (222) |
0 |
0 |
Fresh vegetables |
6 (141) |
3 (136) |
2 (17) |
Seafood |
54 (814) |
17 (211) |
15 (337) |
Water |
9 (131) |
1 (54) |
2 (66) |
Meat |
11 (480) |
11 (516) |
14 (512) |
Others |
32 (494) |
21 (838) |
17 (826) |
Unknown |
362 (4426) |
121 (1206) |
163 (1639) |
Schools |
103 (6685) |
77 (7213) |
113 (9435) |
Pickled vegetables |
0 |
4 (216) |
21 (4300) |
Fresh vegetables |
1 (467) |
3 (572) |
3 (122) |
Seafood |
3 (498) |
4 (232) |
4 (174) |
Water |
8 (1135) |
2 (759) |
6 (261) |
Meat |
1 (84) |
4 (497) |
2 (445) |
Others |
6 (368) |
7 (663) |
4 (277) |
Unknown |
84 (4133) |
53 (4274) |
73 (3856) |