Table 1: Estimated annual number of domestically acquired foodborne illnesses, hospitalizations and deaths caused by major foodborne pathogens in the USA. Data from [2].

	Estimated mean number of illnesses	Estimated mean number of hospitalizations	Hospitalization rate (%)	Estimated mean number of deaths	Case-fatality rate (%)
Norovirus	5,461,731	14,663	0.27	149	0.003
Salmonella spp. non-typhoidal	1,027,561	19,336	1.88	378	0.037
Clostridium perfringens	965,958	438	0.04	26	0.003
Campylobacter spp	845,024	8,463	1.00	76	0.009
Staphylococcus aureus	241,148	1,064	0.44	6	0.002
E.coli (STEC) 0157 & non-O157	175,905	2,409	1.37	20	0.01
Shigella spp	131,254	1,456	1.11	10	0.008
Yersinia enterocolitica	97,656	533	0.55	29	0.03
Toxoplasma gondii	86,686	4,428	5.11	327	0.38
Listeria monocytogenes	1591	1,455	91.45	255	16.03