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| Foodborne illness |  | Foodborne illness - Statistics - Encyclopedia II | | | There are every year about 76 million foodborne illnesses in the United States (26,000 cases for 100,000 inhabitants), 2 million in the United Kingdom (3,400 cases for 100,000 inhabitants) and 750,000 in France (1,210 cases for 100,000 inhabitants).
Foodborne illness - In the United States.
In the United States, for 76 million foodborne illnesses (26,000 cases for 100,000 inhab.):
325,000 were hospitalized (111 per 100,000 inhab.);
5,000 people died (1.7 per 100,000 inhab.).
Source:
Food safety and foodborne illness, WHO
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There are every year about 76 million foodborne illnesses in the United States (26,000 cases for 100,000 inhabitants), 2 million in the United Kingdom (3,400 cases for 100,000 inhabitants) and 750,000 in France (1,210 cases for 100,000 inhabitants).
Foodborne illness - In the United States
In the United States, for 76 million foodborne illnesses (26,000 cases for 100,000 inhab.):
- 325,000 were hospitalized (111 per 100,000 inhab.);
- 5,000 people died (1.7 per 100,000 inhab.).
Source:
- Food safety and foodborne illness, WHO
Foodborne illness - In France
In France, for 750,000 cases (1,210 per 100,000 inhab.):
- 70,000 people consulted in the emergency department of an hospital (113 per 100,000 inhab.);
- 113,000 people were hospitalized (24 per 100,000 inhab.);
- 400 people died (0.1 per 100,000 inhab.).
The causes of the illness (toxic factor) are:
The causes of death by foodborne illness are:
Source:
- Report of the French sanitary agencies INVS/Afssa (PDF file, 192p, 660 KB, in French)
- Sumup of the report (PDF file, 5p, 60 KB, in French)
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