Cases in England and Wales by region, 1990 - 2010

Listeria monocytogenes
Human cases in England and Wales by region*, reported to the HPA Centre for Infections 1990 - 2010

Year	East Midlands	East	London	North East	North West	South East	South West	West Midlands	Yorkshire & Humber	Wales
1990	8	13	23	5	13	16	6	10	9	12
1991	9	11	25	8	26	18	3	12	10	6
1992	5	7	26	7	18	11	4	15	7	7
1993	3	2	15	4	12	11	15	21	13	6
1994	6	11	13	3	16	16	15	5	13	13
1995	3	8	11	4	16	12	11	3	12	10
1996	9	14	18	4	12	13	16	11	12	7
1997	17	9	15	7	22	20	11	6	8	9
1998	6	10	14	5	20	14	11	9	10	8
1999	11	12	20	12	12	5	7	10	10	7
2000	11	9	19	4	10	17	11	5	8	7
2001	8	13	17	11	21	24	12	8	17	15
2002	11	17	21	9	17	19	9	15	14	7
2003	10	17	24	20	26	32	23	19	50	12
2004	18	15	33	15	24	29	10	20	29	18
2005	15	21	30	8	44	21	11	17	12	10
2006	13	20	36	9	29	22	13	13	20	10
2007	14	18	38	18	42	27	18	19	18	15
2008	10	8	33	14	33	20	16	16	23	9
2009	20	11	29	19	34	27	19	22	26	7
2010**	16	13	23	12	17	25	11	10	22	7

* Region based on patient postcode or reporting laboratory, as available.
** Provisional data.

Data source: HPA listeria surveillance database. This database is dynamic and figures are liable to change.

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Last reviewed: 9 March 2011