Table 1

Reported Bordetella pertussis and Legionella pneumophila Prevalence in 2012 by Case-Based Surveillance Systems of High-Income Countries Belonging to the OECD

CountryaBP CasesLP CasesPopulationbBP Rate per 100,000LP Rate per 100,000
Australia24,06938222,918,688105.01.67
Austria4251018,428,9155.01.20
BelgiumND10610,787,788ND0.98
Canada4,54048334,674,70813.11.39
Chile4,237ND17,423,21424.3ND
Czech Republic7075610,565,6786.70.53
Denmark1,1361275,592,73820.32.27
Estonia14931,339,76211.10.22
Finland541105,402,62710.00.19
FranceND1,29863,457,777ND2.05
GermanyND62881,990,837ND0.33
Greece402711,418,8780.350.77
Hungary5339,949,5890.050.24
Iceland362328,29011.00.61
Ireland264154,579,4985.80.33
Italy2621,33260,964,1450.432.18
JapanND903126,434,653ND0.71
Korea, Rep.1262548,588,3260.260.05
Luxembourg115523,3622.10.96
Netherlands12,86830416,714,22877.01.82
New Zealand2,3201524,461,25752.03.41
Norway4,243254,960,48285.50.50
Polandc1,824838,317,0904.80.02
Portugal23014010,699,3332.11.31
Slovak Republic91745,480,33216.70.07
Slovenia153822,040,0577.54.02
Spain1,56597246,771,5963.32.08
Sweden279129,495,3922.90.13
SwitzerlandND917,733,709ND1.18
United Kingdom11,99340162,798,09919.10.64
United States48,2773,688315,791,28415.31.17

  • BP = Bordetella pertussis; LP = Legionella pneumophila; ND = no data; OECD = Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.

  • ↵a No data available for Israel.

  • ↵b Population based on Gapminder 2012.19

  • ↵c Poland used aggregated instead of case-based data.