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

Listeria monocytogenes

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

Year 0-9 yrs 10-19 20-29  30-39  40-49  50-59  60-69 70-79  80+ 
1990 0.0 0.3 1.4 2.0 0.9 2.4 4.3 6.1 8.6
1991 0.6 0.6 1.4 2.0 1.3 2.8 2.8 4.9 10.5
1992 0.0 0.2 1.1 1.4 1.5 3.0 2.2 3.7 8.2
1993 0.1 0.2 1.0 1.5 0.7 1.9 3.5 7.2 7.0
1994 0.0 0.3 1.6 1.3 0.9 1.3 3.7 7.2 9.3
1995 0.7 0.2 0.0 1.2 0.7 2.5 2.3 6.4 8.6
1996 0.0 0.6 0.8 1.5 1.1 2.6 3.3 8.7 8.6
1997 0.3 0.3 0.7 1.5 0.7 2.5 4.0 7.9 12.0
1998 0.5 0.3 1.0 1.1 1.5 1.9 2.5 5.4 11.7
1999 0.2 0.6 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.6 5.2 5.9 8.8
2000 0.3 0.2 1.0 0.6 0.3 2.2 3.7 7.0 10.4
2001 0.6 0.5 1.2 1.2 1.4 2.3 5.4 9.1 14.5
2002 0.3 0.4 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.9 4.5 11.3 13.2
2003 1.1 1.0 2.1 2.5 2.2 3.9 8.9 15.3 16.4
2004 1.3 0.4 2.0 1.5 1.5 2.1 10.5 14.8 14.5
2005 1.6 0.6 0.9 2.2 1.4 2.2 7.8 12.7 15.1
2006 2.1 0.1 0.9 1.8 0.8 2.5 8.6 11.3 16.1
2007 2.4 0.4 1.0 1.6 1.6 3.9 9.3 13.8 19.0
2008 2.1 0.1 1.0 0.5 0.7 4.0 8.1 11.6 13.6
2009 2.3 0.1 1.2 2.6 1.6 3.9 7.1 10.7 18.8
2010*  2.3 0.3 0.5 1.8 0.6 2.4 4.1 11.5 12.6

* Provisional data. Rates calculated using 2009 denominator data.

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


Last reviewed: 23 March 2011