Statistics about E-coli food poisoning
Prevalence and incidence statistics for E-coli food poisoning:
See also prevalence and incidence page for E-coli food poisoning
Incidence (annual) of E-coli food poisoning: 25,000 cases per year estimated
Incidence Rate: approx 1 in 10,879 or 0.01% or 25,000 people in USA [about data]
Incidence extrapolations for USA for E-coli food poisoning:
25,000 per year,
2,083 per month,
480 per week,
68 per day,
2 per hour,
0 per minute,
0 per second.
Note: this extrapolation calculation uses the incidence statistic: 25,000 cases per year estimated
About statistics:
This page presents a variety of statistics about E-coli food poisoning.
The term 'prevalence' of E-coli food poisoning usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing E-coli food poisoning at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of E-coli food poisoning refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of E-coli food poisoning diagnosed each year.
Hence, these two statistics types can differ:
a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence,
but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence.
For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.
