The CDC today released its preliminary 2006 food-borne illness data from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Tennessee. A total of 17,252 confirmed cases of food-borne illness were reported in those states in 2006, according to the CDC.
The most commonly reported illnesses were:
- Salmonella: 6,655 cases
- Campylobacter: 5,712 cases
- Shigella: 2,736 cases
- Cryptosporidium: 859 cases
- E. coli O157: 590 cases
- E. coli non-O157: 209 cases
- Yersinia: 158 cases
- Vibrio: 154 cases
- Listeria: 138 cases
- Cyclospora: 41 cases
Because many victims do not go to the hospital for treatment, actual cases may be anywhere between 20 and 30 times the confirmed cases.