ARCHIVED - Canadian Integrated Surveillance Report: Salmonella, Campylobacter, verotoxigenic E. coli and Shigella, from 2000 to 2004

 

Tables

Figure 1: Rates of salmonellosis (per 100,000 population) as reported to the National Notifiable Disease Summary program (NDRS) and the National Enteric Surveillance Program (NESP) by province/territory, 2000 to 2004*
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 Province/Territory NESP
Rate (per 100 000 population)
  NDRS
Rate (per 100 000 population)
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
BC 17.95 18.63 18.95 16.51 17.77 17.63 18.07 18.69 15.06 17.11
AB 34.58 34.68 29.52 24.1 21.61 26.79 30.16 27.05 22.74 20.42
SK 14.88 19.5 14.76 12.57 13.37 16.37 19.5 16.17 12.37 13.27
MB 17.17 15.46 16.96 16.18 14.44 16.73 15.37 17.31 13.94 12.13
ON 22.17 24.32 23.32 18.81 19.2 20.15 21.44 20.22 16.16 16.98
QC 10.96 11.87 13.95 13.29 12.6 14.68 14.68 16.29 15.01 13.79
NB 11.06 18.94 14.93 18.5 18.35 13.72 17.2 15.19 17.04 18.48
NS 18.31 20.81 16.8 15.27 11.73 18.42 20.16 15.3 14.2 11.51
PEI 24.18 13.17 10.22 18.2 12.33 24.18 13.17 9.49 18.2 12.33
NL 10.23 9.96 8.09 5.02 6.19 8.52 10.54 9.63 5.4 6.38
NT 24.69 24.5 16.87 18.94 7.01 19.75 29.4 19.28 18.94 7.01
NU 3.64 0 59.15 24 0 65.45 7.11 90.47 34.29 13.5
YT 0 6.64 9.95 0 3.24 13.15 0 13.27 9.81 9.71

* Note the different scale used for Nunavut.

Figure 2: Reported rates of non-typhoid Salmonella cases Rate (per 100,000 population), 1995 to 2004*
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  Rate (per 100 000 population)
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
NML/NESP 24.75 25.46 24.09 23.52 19.5 18.81 20.23 19.58 16.68 16.41
NDRS 21.49 21.7 19.7 23.04 18.61 18.55 19.57 19.1 16.01 15.96
*NML/NESP data includes totals from the NML (1995-1997) and NESP (1998-2004).

Figure 3: Reported rates of S. Typhimurium, S. Heidelberg, S. Thompson, S. Enteritidis and S. Hadar infections Rate (per 100,000 population), 1995 to 2004*
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  Rate (per 100 000 population)
SEROVAR 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
S. Typhimurium 4.72 6.01 5.3 5.23 4.61 4.13 4.22 3.98 3.49 3.46
S. Enteritidis 3.32 4.43 4.17 5.28 2.7 3.88 3.99 3.19 2.16 3.1
S. Heidelberg 2.34 2.31 2.99 3.44 2.7 2.41 2.68 3.46 3.44 2.94
S. Hadar 2.04 1.18 1.31 1.44 0.8 0.95 0.8 0.82 0.61 0.47
S. Thompson 0.98 0.8 1.27 0.66 0.63 0.83 0.73 0.71 0.45 0.48
*NML/NESP data includes totals from the NML (1995-1997) and NESP (1998-2004).

Figure 4: Reported rates of S. Agona, S. Saintpaul, S. ssp I 4,[5],12:i:-, S. Newport and S. Infantis infections Rate (per 100,000 population) by year, 1995 to 2004*
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  Rate (per 100 000 population)
SEROVAR 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
S. Agona 0.57 0.59 0.55 0.49 0.5 0.36 0.38 0.33 0.44 0.36
S. Newport 0.43 1 0.37 0.28 0.54 0.33 0.44 0.63 0.56 0.47
S. Infantis 0.39 0.28 0.42 0.42 0.63 0.29 0.38 0.31 0.38 0.32
S. Saintpaul 0.36 0.26 0.2 0.27 0.16 0.23 0.31 0.25 0.35 0.28
S. spp I 4,[5],12:i:- 0.02 0.02 0.06 0.13 0.42 0.45 0.58 0.34 0.27 0.29
* NML/NESP data includes totals from the NML (1995-1997) and NESP (1998-2004).

Figure 5: Reported cases of non-typhoid Salmonella by month, 2000 to 2004, NDRS and NESP
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  Number of reported cases by year
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
MONTH NDRS NESP NDRS NESP NDRS NESP NDRS NESP NDRS NESP
Jan 337 289 439 470 535 646 387 342 368 362
Feb 403 430 464 449 389 381 325 357 335 315
Mar 519 444 472 444 487 399 403 344 405 453
Apr 428 396 506 470 476 579 352 445 413 391
May 504 521 479 569 433 412 379 335 427 376
Jun 495 486 474 409 451 411 449 388 469 530
Jul 563 537 619 666 667 713 547 628 537 505
Aug 757 795 683 629 717 620 669 577 656 707
Sept 602 670 554 659 634 632 633 805 493 513
Oct 406 521 586 685 495 655 363 349 380 389
Nov 338 322 439 483 380 344 251 256 320 354
Dec 340 303 357 304 327 365 314 334 301 270

  Salmonella Typhimurium - NESP Salmonella Enteritidis - NESP
MONTH 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Jan 64 96 78 47 57 48 124 91 67 74
Feb 64 71 73 56 60 133 179 71 67 80
Mar 91 70 63 60 76 151 148 139 52 124
Apr 76 101 98 98 84 107 148 177 58 92
May 96 110 83 52 104 103 115 66 35 82
Jun 94 83 94 79 126 59 62 44 47 87
Jul 123 140 147 105 97 97 94 77 62 60
Aug 228 138 193 159 167 142 93 62 62 120
Sept 179 151 161 222 125 119 73 74 111 82
Oct 115 183 158 88 92 92 79 81 33 67
Nov 81 97 55 64 71 69 87 62 28 72
Dec 56 69 61 60 48 72 35 67 52 51

  Salmonella Heidelberg - NESP Salmonella Hadar - NESP
MONTH 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Jan 52 58 106 82 67 15 25 32 17 23
Feb 62 42 62 69 59 16 10 12 18 8
Mar 62 48 59 89 80 11 12 11 17 9
Apr 45 43 85 114 60 8 14 7 7 17
May 66 77 70 75 58 22 25 23 8 10
Jun 47 35 99 97 101 34 15 27 16 14
Jul 70 90 129 128 111 49 26 38 27 19
Aug 111 108 101 102 122 29 22 24 30 17
Sept 91 92 100 129 89 35 21 39 27 9
Oct 63 108 134 74 83 43 28 27 8 8
Nov 42 74 70 37 64 13 34 8 5 8
Dec 30 55 92 74 48 17 15 11 13 7

Figure 6: Average reported rate of non-typhoid Salmonella cases (per 100,000 population per season*), by province/territory, 2000 to 2004, NDRS
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  Rate (per 100 000 population)
  Province /Territory
SEASON BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS PEI NL NU NT YT
Winter 3.81 5.69 3.78 3.25 3.57 2.97 3.04 2.5 3.36 1.35 3.48 4.34 3.98
Spring 4.15 6.39 4.06 3.67 4.29 3.57 4.34 4.32 5.4 2.31 16.01 3.37 1.99
Summer 5.24 7.75 4.38 4.24 6.27 4.7 4.69 3.45 4.67 2.39 10.44 3.86 1.33
Fall 4.13 5.47 3.37 3.95 4.77 3.66 4.26 5.65 2.04 2.08 11.83 7.23 1.99
*Winter includes December, January and February; Spring inludes March, April and May; Summer include June, July and August; Fall includes September, October and November

Figure 7: Reported rate of S. Typhimurium infections Rate (per 100,000 population) by province/territory, 2000 to 2004, NESP
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  Rate (per 100 000 population) by year
Province /Territory 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
BC 2.82 3.33 3.86 3.01 3.26
AB 7.55 7.43 7.03 6.83 4.61
SK 2.78 5.8 3.31 2.21 1.61
MB 4.18 4.34 4.33 3.96 3.25
ON 4.95 4.4 4.28 3.66 4.03
QC 2.42 2.92 3.1 2.58 2.77
NB 0.8 1.33 0.67 2.4 4.92
NS 6.96 7.94 1.93 1.82 1.07
PEI 2.2 2.2 1.46 2.91 1.45
NL 3.79 2.3 1.35 1.16 1.55
NU 0 0 24.36 24 0
NT 0 0 2.41 2.37 2.34
YT 0 0 0 0 3.24

Figure 8: Reported rate of S. Enteritidis infections Rate (per 100,000 population) by province/territory, 2000 to 2004, NESP
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  Rate (per 100 000 population) by year
Province /Territory 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
BC 5.15 2.87 2.19 2.31 3.5
AB 4.99 5.66 4.24 3.7 5.08
SK 2.28 2.3 2.01 1.51 2.91
MB 3.83 1.65 1.82 1.03 1.79
ON 4.44 5.6 4.23 2.41 3.45
QC 2.53 2.11 2.01 1.69 1.95
NB 0.53 1.73 0.8 0.93 1.86
NS 4.93 6.76 6.21 1.17 3.62
PEI 1.47 0.73 2.92 2.18 2.18
NL 1.89 0.96 0.96 0.19 0.97
NU 0 0 3.48 0 0
NT 0 0 2.41 0 0
YT 0 3.32 0 0 0

Figure 9: Reported rate of S. Heidelberg infections Rate (per 100,000 population) by province/territory, 2000 to 2004, NESP
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  Rate (per 100 000 population) by year
Province /Territory 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
BC 1.49 1.99 2.09 2.48 2.5
AB 3.46 3.53 4.14 4.59 3.84
SK 2.38 2.9 1.31 2.01 2.71
MB 2.79 3.13 3.46 3.61 5.04
ON 2.83 3.08 3.62 3.16 2.73
QC 1.98 2.08 4.46 4.2 3.17
NB 0.93 1.47 0.27 6.66 2.93
NS 2.68 1.93 3.42 1.39 1.39
PEI 2.2 1.46 1.46 0.73 2.9
NL 1.33 3.26 1.35 2.31 1.93
NU 0 0 10.44 0 0
NT 2.47 19.6 2.41 4.74 2.34
YT 0 0 3.32 0 0
           

Figure 10: Reported rate of S. Hadar infections Rate (per 100,000 population) by province/territory, 2000 to 2004, NESP
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  Rate (per 100 000 population) by year
Province /Territory 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
BC 1.04 1.03 1.12 0.72 0.74
AB 3.33 2.03 1.6 0.98 1
SK 1.39 1.1 0.8 1.51 1.11
MB 0.44 1.22 0.61 0.17 0
ON 0.95 0.72 1 0.56 0.47
QC 0.2 0.37 0.3 0.55 0.19
NB 0 0.13 0 0.4 0.13
NS 0.43 0.21 0.11 0.21 0
PEI 0 0 0 0 0
NL 0.19 0.38 0.19 0.19 0.19
NU 0 0 3.48 0 0
NT 0 0 2.41 0 2.34
YT 0 0 0 0 0

Figure 11: Reported rate of Salmonella cases and hospitalizations (per 100,000 population) by age group, 2000 to 2004 combined, NDRS and CIHI
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  Rate (per 100 000 population) by age group
0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-39 40-59 60+
NDRS 58.54 25.62 14.73 15.41 20.35 20.17 14.51 13.16 14.5
CIHI 9.03 3.63 2.18 2.16 1.81 1.46 1.26 1.49 4.02

Figure 12: Reported rates of S. Typhi cases (per 100,000 population), 1995 to 2004*
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  Rate per 100 000 population by year
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
NLEP/NESP 0.41 0.31 0.4 0.31 0.25 0.28 0.35 0.36 0.4 0.4
NDRS 0.23 0.29 0.24 0.22 0.33 0.29 0.34 0.34 0.37 0.35
*NML/NESP data includes totals from the NML (1995-1997) and NESP (1998-2004).

Figure 13: Reported cases of S. Typhi by month, 2000 to 2004, NDRS and NESP
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  Number of reported cases by year
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
MONTH NDRS NESP NDRS NESP NDRS NESP NDRS NESP NDRS NESP
Jan 6 4 5 4 14 12 6 8 4 7
Feb 3 6 6 10 5 6 6 9 11 9
Mar 8 10 8 11 21 12 18 14 9 12
Apr 8 3 7 6 10 14 16 19 14 9
May 9 13 19 17 2 10 8 12 11 14
Jun 14 7 12 10 5 5 10 10 11 11
Jul 9 12 9 10 5 5 5 6 10 12
Aug 11 12 12 11 8 9 9 8 11 16
Sept 9 8 10 11 9 15 12 19 9 15
Oct 4 2 8 13 9 8 5 6 11 12
Nov 3 3 3 3 8 7 8 6 4 10
Dec 4 6 6 2 5 11 10 9 7 2

Figure 14: Reported rate of S. Typhi infections (per 100,000 population) by province/territory, 2000 to 2004, NESP
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  Rate (per 100 000 population) by year
Province /Territory 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
BC 0.3 0.44 0.46 0.94 0.79
AB 0.3 0.1 0.29 0.44 0.25
SK 0.1 0 0 0 0
MB 0.17 0.26 0.09 0.09 0
ON 0.39 0.65 0.55 0.45 0.63
QC 0.18 0.09 0.21 0.24 0.13
NB 0.13 0 0.27 0.13 0
NS 0.21 0 0 0 0
PEI 0 0 0.73 0 0
NL 0 0 0 0 0
NU 0 0 0 0 0
NT 0 0 0 0 0
YT 0 0 0 0 0

Figure 15: Reported rate of S. Paratyphi infections (per 100,000 population) by province/territory, 2000 to 2004, NESP
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  Rate (per 100 000 population) by year
Province /Territory 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
BC 0.54 0.76 0.8 0.79 0.81
AB 0.23 0.39 0.64 0.19 0.19
SK 0.2 0.5 0.5 0 0.3
MB 0 0.09 0 0.17 0.17
ON 0.27 0.29 0.45 0.38 0.56
QC 0.14 0.27 0.26 0.43 0.3
NB 0.27 0.27 0.13 0.27 0
NS 0.11 0.11 0.11 0 0.11
PEI 0 0 0.73 0.73 0.73
NL 0 0.19 0.19 0.19 0
NU 0 0 0 0 0
NT 0 0 0 0 0
YT 0 0 0 0 0

Figure 16: Proportion of the top S. Typhimurium phage types from human isolates, 2000 to 2004, NML
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  Proportion (%) by year
Phage type 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
104 32.3 28.5 17.8 23.8 16.2
124 var. 7.2 1.7 1.8 4.1 1.6
208 var. 5.6 9.8 7.1 5.1 2.5
104b 4.6 3 2.2 2.3 5.7
108 3.5 0.5 0.3 2.7 7.7
46 0.9 8.4 1.1 4.6 3.7

Figure 17: Proportion of the top S. Enteritidis phage types from human isolates, 2000 to 2004, NML
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  Proportion (%) by year
Phage type 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
4 43.6 27.8 16.2 30.3 30
8 21.8 8.7 1.6 13.1 13.6
13a 5.9 5.3 2.5 3.3 1.2
1 5.3 9.2 5.7 11.6 10.6
13 0.7 3.8 7.7 9.9 17.4
6a 2.8 2 3.7 1.4 2.5

Figure 18: Proportion of the top S. Heidelberg phage types from human isolates, 2000 to 2004, NML
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  Proportion (%) by year
Phage type 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
19 55.7 39.1 35.7 37.3 35.8
29 8.7 12.3 9.4 11.2 24
32 1.3 4.1 5.5 5.3 5.5
11 0.8 3.9 3.5 7 4.6
26 0.8 3.5 4.4 10.3 3.3

Figure 19: Proportion of the top S. Hadar phage types from human isolates, 2000 to 2004, NML
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  Proportion (%) by year
Phage type 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
2 33.3 14.3 7.7 30.5 30
47 30.6 44.2 35.4 14.4 4.5
11 11 6.5 21.5 10.2 12.7
10 8.3 6.5 7.7 0.8 8.2
5 0 0 0 24.6 12.7

Figure 20: S. Typhimurium isolates from non-human sources, 2000 to 2004
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  Number of Isolates
SOURCE Chicken Turkey Bovine Porcine  Other
Animal 34 4 268 250 188
Enviro 145 3 1 3 74
Feed 0 0 0 0 17
Food 1 0 0 4 10
Other 9 6 9 15 26
Note: Non-human sources included animal, environmental, animal feed, retail food and other (i.e. where “source” was not indicated or did not correspond to one of the listed categories).

Figure 21: S. Hadar isolates from non-human sources, 2000 to 2004
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  Number of Isolates
SOURCE Chicken Turkey Bovine Porcine  Other
Animal 39 8 5 3 10
Enviro 98 4 0 0 9
Feed 0 0 0 0 2
Food 7 0 1 0 2
Other 1 4 0 0 4

Figure 22: S. Heidelberg isolates from non-human sources, 2000 to 2004
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  Number of Isolates
SOURCE Chicken Turkey Bovine Porcine  Other
Animal 266 76 26 33 86
Enviro 1150 223 0 0 87
Feed 0 0 0 0 14
Food 77 1 0 0 12
Other 123 263 0 0 21

Figure 23: S. Enteritidis isolates from non-human sources, 2000 to 2004
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  Number of Isolates
SOURCE Chicken Turkey Bovine Porcine  Other
Animal 17 0 4 8 9
Enviro 61 4 0 0 13
Feed 0 0 0 0 5
Food 4 0 0 1 2
Other 5 1 0 0 30

Figure 24: Rates of campylobacteriosis (per 100,000 population) as reported to the National Notifiable Disease Summary program (NDRS) and the National Enteric Surveillance Program (NESP) by province/territory, 2000 to 2004
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  NESP
Rate (per 100 000 population)
  NDRS
Rate (per 100 000 population)
Province / Territory 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
BC 5.47 3.29 2.89 2.19 1.9 63.95 53.75 49.86 40.89 34.95
AB 12.65 12.69 14.76 10.82 9.42 44.43 40.37 44.83 35.02 28.22
SK 28.38 25 25.3 21.92 19.9 29.67 24.8 25.5 21.51 23.62
MB 12.03 11.2 8.83 6.63 9.83 23.18 19.37 18.09 14.46 18.2
ON 3.98 2.26 3.16 2.49 1.81 42.5 42.08 37.82 32.99 31.77
QC 1.48 1.76 1.73 1.87 1.21 36.09 32.69 34.13 31.32 32.42
NB 26.12 31.47 25.72 27.69 19.55 29.31 33.6 27.72 27.16 19.41
NS 6.75 5.15 7.7 6.19 6.18 19.7 18.34 21.51 14.95 15.99
PEI 32.24 27.8 37.24 22.57 18.86 32.24 29.27 32.86 22.57 18.86
NL 14.96 16.28 6.74 9.26 10.05 14.01 16.67 8.66 10.8 11.02
NT 24.69 24.5 19.28 16.58 4.67 29.63 24.5 24.1 16.58 11.68
NU 0 3.56 3.48 0 0 0 7.11 3.48 20.57 0
YT 9.86 0 6.64 13.08 29.13 9.86 6.64 9.95 9.81 16.18

Figure 25: Rates of Campylobacter cases (per 100,000 population), 1995 to 2004, NDRS and NESP
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  Rate (per 100 000 population) by year
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
NESP - - - 6.07 5.07 6.5 5.54 5.76 4.83 4.08
NDRS 45.73 42.67 44.65 46.62 38.47 41.19 38.32 36.79 31.65 30.02

Figure 26: Reported cases of Campylobacter by month, 2000 to 2004, NDRS
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  Number of reported cases of by year
MONTH 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Jan 682 658 775 602 722
Feb 690 621 644 553 609
Mar 726 669 647 597 642
Apr 698 702 758 582 633
May 1161 945 981 727 684
Jun 1509 1255 1261 924 900
Jul 1772 1498 1557 1288 1273
Aug 1610 1643 1332 1279 1148
Sept 1346 1236 1200 1219 965
Oct 1029 1080 971 980 815
Nov 755 897 798 661 713
Dec 663 682 619 615 499

Figure 27: Average reported rate of Campylobacter cases (per 100,000 population per season*) by province/territory, 2000 to 2004, NDRS
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  Rate (per 100 000 population)
SEASON BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS PEI NL NU NT YT
Winter 10.54 6.26 3.80 2.77 5.74 6.00 5.33 2.95 4.09 2.27 0.70 0.96 3.98
Spring  10.31 8.47 4.96 3.89 6.81 7.12 5.12 3.64 3.65 2.46 0.70 4.34 1.33
Summer  16.02 15.02 10.52 6.37 14.28 11.29 8.77 7.28 8.91 4.39 4.18 10.12 2.65
Fall  11.70 8.61 5.82 5.64 10.41 8.92 8.24 4.24 10.52 3.16 0.70 5.78 2.65
*Winter includes December, January and February; Spring inludes March, April and May; Summer include June, July and August; Fall includes September, October and November.

Figure 28: Reported rate of Campylobacter cases (per 100,000 population) by age group, 2000 to 2004 combined, NDRS
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  Rate (per 100 000 population) by age group
0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-39 40-59 60+
NNDS 66.46 34.11 22.35 32.93 49.05 48.97 35.62 30.88 28.81

Figure 29: Rates of verotoxigenic E. coli infections (per 100,000 population) as reported to the National Notifiable Disease Summary program (NDRS) and the National Enteric Surveillance Program (NESP) by province/territory, 2000 to 2004*
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  NESP
Rate (per 100 000 population)
  NDRS
Rate (per 100 000 population)
Province / Territory 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
BC 4.53 3.78 3.91 3.75 4.92 4.06 3.33 3.4 2.96 4.59
AB 10.58 8.54 7.77 5.76 9.01 10.85 9.42 8.41 5.92 8.95
SK 3.77 5.5 4.92 5.23 5.33 4.27 6.2 4.42 5.63 5.33
MB 8.54 5.56 5.8 6.45 5.3 7.58 5.21 6.4 7.06 4.87
ON 5.66 3.35 3.59 3.31 2.68 14.65 3 3.23 3.69 2.49
QC 5.64 3.8 3.13 1.49 2.08 7.35 4.54 3.51 1.79 2.19
NB 4.66 4.8 2.27 2.26 2.13 4.53 4.93 1.07 2.4 1.86
NS 2.78 0.86 1.39 1.17 0.32 5.03 3.11 2.46 1.82 1.28
PEI 6.59 13.9 19.72 8.74 4.35 6.59 12.44 20.45 6.55 4.35
NL 0.57 0.96 1.35 1.35 0.19 0.57 0.96 1.73 0.77 0.39
NT 17.28 12.25 9.64 2.37 7.01 14.82 14.7 4.82 2.37 9.35
NU 36.36 0 0 0 0 134.55 3.56 3.48 0 0
YT 3.29 0 0 0 0 6.57 0 0 0 0

Figure 30: Reported rates of verotoxigenic E. coli infections (per 100,000 population), 1995 to 2004, NDRS and NML/NESP*
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  Rate (per 100 000 population) by year
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
NML/NESP 4.38 4.17 4.35 3.88 4.07 5.88 4.15 4 3.25 3.53
NDRS 5.06 4.15 4.09 4.86 4.97 9.81 4.3 3.96 3.42 3.44
*NML/NESP data includes totals from the NML (1995-1997) and NESP (1998-2004).

Figure 31: Reported cases of verotoxigenic E. coli by month, 2000 to 2004, NDRS and NESP
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  Number of reported cases by year
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
MONTH NDRS NESP NDRS NESP NDRS NESP NDRS NESP NDRS NESP
Jan 53 47 43 43 29 42 116 48 28 29
Feb 43 44 77 59 25 23 36 60 25 28
Mar 55 37 100 67 39 25 67 39 21 21
Apr 89 73 62 73 45 47 63 80 45 44
May 1335 256 85 75 155 139 62 56 62 38
Jun 346 261 173 94 153 117 156 71 122 137
Jul 343 311 228 257 218 254 152 207 215 182
Aug 323 355 232 236 194 199 157 137 211 259
Sept 210 210 118 148 175 160 115 145 189 197
Oct 99 124 91 114 87 133 63 70 94 100
Nov 70 58 61 50 79 68 45 50 50 56
Dec 45 28 64 70 44 62 51 53 40 39

Figure 32: Average reported rate of verotoxigenic E. coli infections (per 100,000 population per season*) by province/territory, 2000 to 2004, NDRS
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  Rate (per 100 000 population)
SEASON BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS PEI NL NU NT YT
Winter 0.46 0.71 0.58 0.62 0.42 0.41 0.29 0.17 1.31 0.08 0.7 0.96 0.66
Spring  0.56 1.30 0.90 1.32 2.47 0.81 0.29 0.56 1.02 0.08 1.39 1.45 0.00
Summer  1.64 4.73 2.47 2.82 1.62 1.85 1.76 1.22 2.92 0.50 18.79 4.82 0.66
Fall  1.02 1.92 1.23 1.47 0.81 0.80 0.61 0.79 4.82 0.23 6.26 1.93 0.00

Figure 33: Reported rate of verotoxigenic E. coli infections and hospitalizations (per 100,000 population) by age group, 2000 to 2004 combined, NDRS and CIHI
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  Rate (per 100 000 population) by age group
0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-39 40-59 60+
NDRS 16.97 9.07 6.28 6.53 4.49 3.17 2.71 2.98 4.56
CIHI 3.96 2.41 1.69 1.24 0.79 0.49 0.45 0.75 1.8

Figure 34: Rates of shigellosis (per 100,000 population) as reported to the National Notifiable Disease Summary program (NDRS) and the National Enteric Surveillance Program (NESP) by province/territory, 2000 to 2004
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  NESP
Rate (per 100 000 population)
  NDRS
Rate (per 100 000 population)
Province / Territory 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
BC 5.1 5.93 4.33 5.15 3.57 5.32 6.25 4.25 5.49 3.81
AB 3.53 3.89 3.56 3.45 2.99 3.99 4.15 3.43 3.67 3.09
SK 1.89 1.3 0.4 1.01 0.8 1.59 1.7 0.6 1.01 0.6
MB 1.48 0.87 1.04 0.95 1.03 2.09 0.96 1.38 1.46 0.94
ON 2.36 1.54 6 2.41 2.27 2.41 1.92 6.85 2.26 2.25
QC 2.96 1.49 1.29 1.88 1.14 6.51 3.89 2.57 3.06 1.96
NB 0.93 0.4 1.47 3.19 0.8 0.93 0.53 1.2 2.26 0.93
NS 0.43 0.86 1.61 0.85 0.75 1.07 0.86 1.61 0.75 0.85
PEI 1.47 0 0.73 0.73 0 2.2 0.73 0 0.73 0
NL 0 0.38 0.19 0.77 0.39 0 0.38 0.19 0.58 0.39
NT 0 2.45 7.23 2.37 0 0 2.45 7.23 2.37 0
NU 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.56 0 0 27
YT 0 3.32 3.32 0 0 0 3.32 9.95 0 0

Figure 35: Reported rate of Shigella cases (per 100,000 population), 1995 to 2004, NDRS and NML/NESP
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  Rate (per 100 000 population) by year
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
NML/NESP 4.27 3.54 4.46 4.42 2.88 2.79 2.23 3.69 2.59 2.03
NDRS 4.32 3.63 4.99 5.24 3.52 3.77 3.05 4.32 2.86 2.25
*NML/NESP data includes totals from the NML (1995-1997) and NESP (1998-2004).

Figure 36: Reported cases of Shigella by month, 2000 to 2004, NDRS and NESP
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  Number of reported cases by year
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
MONTH NDRS NESP NDRS NESP NDRS NESP NDRS NESP NDRS NESP
Jan 68 40 90 65 62 58 70 66 87 72
Feb 73 67 69 56 64 60 69 47 54 54
Mar 107 72 82 42 48 27 98 82 75 68
Apr 86 85 76 48 77 63 67 94 71 66
May 112 86 122 88 590 494 89 60 49 53
Jun 92 59 117 105 91 99 67 61 46 45
Jul 96 89 66 54 73 68 97 77 48 37
Aug 92 64 81 51 84 62 93 81 72 65
Sept 103 62 57 41 84 73 72 84 58 51
Oct 108 114 59 52 59 57 59 46 49 45
Nov 121 65 66 50 69 54 62 58 54 50
Dec 98 52 60 40 54 49 63 58 57 43

Figure 37: Average reported rate of Shigella infections (per 100,000 population per season*) by province/territory, 2000 to 2004, NDRS
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  Rate (per 100 000 population)
SEASON BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS PEI NL NU NT YT
Winter 1.10 0.74 0.34 0.40 0.56 0.78 0.16 0.30 0.29 0.12 0.00 0.48 0.66
Spring  1.49 1.12 0.28 0.31 1.45 0.84 0.35 0.45 0.15 0.19 0.70 0.96 1.33
Summer  1.48 0.94 0.28 0.38 0.60 0.93 0.19 0.09 0.29 0.19 0.00 0.48 0.66
Fall  0.95 0.85 0.20 0.28 0.52 1.03 0.48 0.19 0.00 0.12 0.00 0.48 0.00
*Winter includes December, January and February; Spring inludes March, April and May; Summer include June, July and August; Fall includes September, October and November.

Figure 38: Reported rate of Shigella cases and hospitalizations (per 100,000 population) by age group, 2000 to 2004 combined, NDRS and CIHI
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  Rate (per 100 000 population) by agegroup
0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-39 40-59 60+
NNDS 13.53 8.39 3.71 4.32 7.52 10.19 20.52 25.18 6.75
CIHI 29.75 12.25 4.5 3.25 4.75 6.25 8.5 18.25 12.5


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