Cases: England and Wales, by region, as rates, 1990 - 2010

Listeria monocytogenes
Human cases in England and Wales by region*, reported to the HPA Centre for Infections 1990 - 2010 (rates per 1,000,000 population)

Year	East Midlands	East	London	North East	North West	South East	South West	West Midlands	Yorkshire & Humber	Wales
1990	2.0	2.6	3.4	1.9	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.9	1.8	4.2
1991	2.2	2.1	3.7	3.1	3.8	2.4	0.6	2.3	2.0	2.1
1992	1.2	1.4	3.8	2.7	2.6	1.4	0.8	2.9	1.4	2.4
1993	0.7	0.4	2.2	1.5	1.8	1.4	3.2	4.0	2.6	2.1
1994	1.5	2.1	1.9	1.2	2.3	2.1	3.2	1.0	2.6	4.5
1995	0.7	1.5	1.6	1.5	2.3	1.5	2.3	0.6	2.4	3.5
1996	2.2	2.7	2.6	1.6	1.8	1.7	3.3	2.1	2.4	2.4
1997	4.1	1.7	2.1	2.7	3.2	2.5	2.3	1.1	1.6	3.1
1998	1.5	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.9	1.8	2.3	1.7	2.0	2.8
1999	2.6	2.2	2.8	4.7	1.8	0.6	1.4	1.9	2.0	2.4
2000	2.6	1.7	2.6	1.6	1.5	2.1	2.2	0.9	1.6	2.4
2001	1.9	2.4	2.3	4.3	3.1	3.0	2.4	1.5	3.4	5.2
2002	2.6	3.1	2.9	3.5	2.5	2.4	1.8	2.8	2.8	2.4
2003	2.4	3.1	3.3	7.9	3.8	4.0	4.6	3.6	9.9	4.1
2004	4.2	2.7	4.5	5.9	3.5	3.6	2.0	3.8	5.7	6.1
2005	3.5	3.8	4.0	3.1	6.4	2.6	2.2	3.2	2.3	3.4
2006	3.0	3.6	4.8	3.5	4.2	2.7	2.6	2.4	3.9	3.4
2007	3.2	3.2	5.0	7.1	6.1	3.3	3.5	3.5	3.5	5.1
2008	2.3	1.4	4.3	5.5	4.8	2.4	3.1	3.0	4.4	3.0
2009	4.5	1.9	3.8	7.4	4.9	3.2	3.6	4.1	5.0	2.3
2010**	3.6	2.3	3.0	4.7	2.5	3.0	2.1	1.8	4.2	2.3

* Region based on patient postcode or reporting laboratory, as available.
** Provisional data (rates calculated using 2009 denominator data)

Source data: HPA listeria surveillance database. This database is dynamic and figures are liable to change.

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Last reviewed: 10 March 2011