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Table 2 Estimated number of Swedish travellers, respondents in the Travel and Tourist database – TDB (controls) and notified Swedish cases with travel associated campylobacteriosis 1997–2003, with an unadjusted risk estimate (per 100,000) and multivariate odds ratios from a logistic regression model adjusted for the risk factors age, sex month of travel and travel destination.

From: Regional risks and seasonality in travel-associated campylobacteriosis

Age/Sex/Regiona

Estimated no, of travellers

Controls (TDB)

Notified, cases

Risk per 100,000

95% CI

Multivariable odds ratio

95% CI

Total

67,870,000

16,255

28,704

42.3

41.5–43.1

-

-

0 to 6 years

3,300,000

524

1,234

37.4

33.8–41.4

2.34

1.99–2.76

7 to 18 years

8,150,000

1,599

1,957

24.0

22.5–25.7

1.33

1.17–1.51

19 to 45 years

30,520,000

6,708

16,207

53.1

51.6–54.6

2.52

2.27–2.80

46 to 65 years

21,850,000

5,990

8,200

37.5

36.3–38.8

1.50

1.35–1.66

65+ years

4,050,000

1,434

1,106

27.3

25.2–29.5

Reference

Men

36,020,000

8,145

14,694

40.8

39.7–41.9

1.17

1.11–1.23

Women

31,850,000

8,110

14,007

44.0

42.8–45.2

Reference

Nordic countries

22,730,000

5,350

606

2.67

2.45–2.90

Reference

Western Europe

14,800,000

3,584

2,238

15.1

14.3–15.9

5.58

5.05–6.17

Southern Europe

12,070,000

2,931

6,730

55.8

53.4–58.2

22.2

20.1–24.4

Eastern Europe (incl. Baltic Republics)

3,320,000

818

1,414

42.6

39.1–46.4

14.9

13.2–16.8

Eastern Mediterranean

7,740,000

1,817

3,260

42.1

39.8–44.6

14.5

13.0–16.0

Russia and former USSR

260,000

59

96

36.9

26.7–51.1

14.3

10.2–20.1

Arab countries and Iran

220,000

44

433

197

144–268

92.0

66–128

Indian Subcontinent

120,000

31

1,503

1,253

878–1787

532

369–769

East Asia

2,050,000

517

7,910

386

353–422

173

152–197

Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific

450,000

116

75

16.7

12.5–22.3

6.64

48.9–9.02

North Africa

770,000

196

2,788

362

313–418

164

138–195

West Africa

80,000

22

61

76.3

47–124

28.8

17.4–47.6

East Africa

90,000

18

452

502

314–804

243

151–394

Central Africa

30,000

8

15

50.0

21–118

17.4

7.2–41.8

Southern Africa

170,000

42

150

88.2

63–124

37.2

26.0–53.2

North America

2,170,000

503

77

3.5

2.8–4.5

1.39

1.08–1.80

Central America

170,000

43

148

87.1

62–122

35.0

24.6–49.9

Caribbean

380,000

95

299

78.7

62.5–99.1

33.0

25.7–42.4

South America

250,000

61

449

180

138–235

76.0

57–101

  1. a Nordic countries = Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway; Western Europe = Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom; Southern Europe = Italy, Malta, Monaco, Portugal, Spain; Eastern Europe = Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia; Eastern Mediterranean = Albania, Cyprus, Former Yugoslavia, Greece, Israel, Turkey; Russia and former USSR = Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan; Arab countries and Iran = Bahrain, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen; Indian Subcontinent = Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka; East Asia = Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, North Korea, Philippines, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Viet Nam; Australia, New Zeeland, and the Pacific = American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna; North Africa = Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia; West Africa = Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, Togo; East Africa = Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda; Central Africa = Cameron, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, São Tomé et Principe; Southern Africa = Angola; Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe; North America = Canada, USA; Central America = Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama; Caribbean = Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Haiti, Martinique, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, S:t Christopher and Nevis, S:t Lucia / S:t Vincent, Saint Kitts-Nevis, The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Virgin islands; South America = Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela.