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Legionnaires' disease in Residents of England and Wales - Nosocomial, Travel or Community Acquired Cases, 1980 - 2009

Year
Nosocomial
Travel
Community Acquired
Total Confirmed Cases
Def.
Prob.
Pos.
Abroad
UK
1980
19 (14)
0
2
80 (39)
3
79 (4)
183
1981
7 (2)
1
0
62 (22)
7
62 (5)
139
1982
4
0
1
57 (11)
10 (2)
66
138
1983
7 (3)
2 (1)
1
50
6
93 (10)
159
1984
2
0
3
55 (11)
29 (25)
62 (6)
151
1985
78 (74)
1
1
54 (6)
4
69 (12)
207
1986
5 (1)
1
1
88 (17)
7 (1)
88 (14)
190
1987
12 (8)
3 (1)
3
108 (31)
16 (3)
68 (3)
210
1988
7 (5)
5 (3)
1
84 (24)
4 (1)
179 (109)
280
1989
16 (12)
1
3
89 (16)
12 (1)
123 (41)
244
1990
3 (2)
3
1
89 (13)
12
77 (10)
185
1991
4 (2)
8 (3)
2
56 (8)
5
36 (6)
111
1992
1 (1)
5 (3)
3
65 (8)
2
73 (16)
149
1993
3 (1)
3 (3)
0
61 (17)
7 (1)
55 (5)
129
1994
5
1
0
76 (8)
13 (6)
66 (21)
161
1995
3
0
1
90 (23)
4
66 (15)
164
1996
2
0
0
96 (23)
5
101 (36)
204
1997
4 (2)
0
2
108 (26)
6
106 (20)
226
1998
1
0
2
106 (25)
9 (1)
109 (35)
227
1999
3 (1)
0
2
80 (9)
11 (5)
104 (13)
200
2000
9 (4)
2
2
84 (6)
17 (11)
66 (4)
180
2001
3
0
0
92 (9)
8 (2)
79 (10)
182
2002
4 (2)
2 (2)
1
134 (20)
20 (13)
226 (155)
387
2003
6 (5)
0
6 (1)
141 (29)
33 (25)
128 (30)
314
2004
7 (5)
1
1
149 (36)
24 (8)
136 (19)
318
2005
3 (2)
2 (2)
2
149 (36)
30 (6)
169 (24)
355
2006
2
0
2 (1)
160 (31)
53 (7)
334 (20)
551
2007
8 (4)
1 (1)
3
166 (47)
33 (2)
231 (38)
442
2008
 5 (2) 0 4 (1) 126 (21) 26 (3) 203 (27) 364
2009 6 (3) 6 (3) 6 (2) 126 (19) 37 (2) 164 (22) 345
TOTAL
239 (155)
42 (22)
57 (5)

2881(672)
453 (125)
3418 (730)
7095
Total mean
1980-2009
8.0
1.6
1.9
96.0
15.1
113.9
236.5

 

Figures in brackets represent the number of cases associated with outbreaks

NB: All figures exclude cases of non-pneumonic legionellosis (i.e. Pontiac fever)
Sub divisions for classifying nosocomial legionellosis

Source: National Surveillance Scheme for Legionnaires' disease

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Last reviewed: 18 January 2011