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Table 1 Comparison of risk of Salmonella infection in Swedish travellers to national reported incidence and estimated incidence of salmonellosis.

From: The comparative burden of salmonellosis in the European Union member states, associated and candidate countries

Country

Risk per 100,000 travellers (95% CI)

Percent S. Enteritidis among Swedish travellers

Percent S. Typhimurium among Swedish travellers

Reported incidence per 100,000 inhabitant

Under-detection index

Estimated incidence per 100,000 inhabitant

Norway

0.2 (0.11–0.38)

30

40

3.77

1.0 (ref.)

4

Finland

0.4 (0.28–0.58)

29

39

13.1

0.6

8

Iceland

2.2 (0.79–6.1)

25

75

129

0.4

47

Estonia1

2.6 (0.94–7.2)

85

2

40.6

1.3

54

Ireland

3.2 (1.8–3.8)

33

25

16.0

4.3

69

Denmark

3.8 (3.4–4.3

67

15

44.4

1.8

81

Netherlands2

4.6 (3.2–6.6)

71

29

12.6

7.7

98

United Kingdom

5.6 (4.8–6.5)

83

7

27.9

4.3

119

France

8.4 (7.2–9.7)

59

13

21.5

8.3

178

Germany

8.3 (7.4–9.3)

79

13

96.1

1.8

177

Austria

12.0 (9.7–14.9)

83

2

85.6

3.0

255

Italy

12.8 (11.2–14.6)

54

18

20.6

13.1

271

Belgium

13.5 (10.0–18.2)

86

10

153

1.9

286

Lithuania1

15.3 (4.5–52.5)

94

0

32.5

10.0

325

Latvia1

23.9 (12.4–46.5)

98

1

43.4

11.7

507

Greece

39.2 (36.4–42.2)

70

8

8.5

97.7

833

Croatia

40.1 (32.7–49.1)

85

8

27.9

30.6

852

Slovenia

40.1 (32.7–49.1)

50

20

85.1

10.0

852

Hungary

41.8 (33.7–51.8)

71

34

163

5.5

888

Czech Republic

54.8 (45.5–66.1)

77

5

391

3.0

1161

Slovakia

54.8 (45.5–66.1)

94

0

336

3.5

1165

Cyprus

66.0 (56.2–77.6)

37

15

19.7

71.2

1403

Romania

68.6 (39.5–119)

40

31

4.4

332

1457

Spain3

72.0 (68.5–75.7)

79

7

14.9

103

1531

Poland

76.5 (65.5–89.4)

77

3

100

16.2

1626

Portugal

79.9 (68.0–93.9)

82

7

4.49

378

1697

Malta

101 (69.1–147)

60

13

23.1

92.6

2141

Turkey

110 (97.2–125)

48

4

39.2

59.8

2344

Bulgaria

129 (103–162)

68

17

10.1

271

2741

  1. 1 Risk per 100,000 travellers calculated on figures from 2002–2003
  2. 2 Incidence calculated on 63% of inhabitants since reported number of cases is from laboratories with a catchments area of 63% of inhabitants