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Table 2 Reported Foodborne Diseases at the Ridge Hospital: 2009–2013

From: Trends of reported foodborne diseases at the Ridge Hospital, Accra, Ghana: a retrospective review of routine data from 2009-2013

Type of FBDs reported

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Total

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

%

Typhoid Fever

11

(9.3)

10

(45.5)

37

(6.1)

68

(13.7)

137

(39.7)

263

(16.5)

Dysentery

3

(2.5)

4

(18.2)

0

(0)

10

(2.0)

24

(7.0)

41

(2.6)

Cholera

99

(83.9)

0

(0)

526

(86.5)

322

(80.3)

5

(1.4)

952

(59.8)

Viral Hepatitis

0

(0)

3

(13.6)

8

(1.3)

1

(0.2)

13

(3.8)

25

(1.6)

Gastroenteritis a

5

(4.2)

5

(22.7)

37

(6.1)

94

(18.9)

165

(47.8)

306

(19.2)

Others

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

3

(0.6)

1

(0.3)

4

(0.3)

Total

118

(100)

22

(100)

608

(100)

498

(100)

345

100

1591

(100)

  1. aabout 71 % could be attributed to etiologic agents of FBD [19]