Did the ban on serving raw beef liver in restaurants decrease Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli infection in Japan?: an interrupted time-series analysis

Table 1 EHEC infections in Japan. 2008–2017

Year	Asymptomatic infections	Cases/million	Symptomatic infections	Cases/million	HUS	Cases/million	Death	Death/million
2008	3679	28.7	2403	18.8	71	0.55	2	0.016
2009	2725	21.3	1816	14.2	54	0.42	0	0
2010	3391	26.5	2336	18.2	75	0.59	1	0.008
2011	2965	23.2	2004	15.7	60	0.47	3	0.023
2012	3290	25.8	2016	15.8	76	0.60	6	0.047
2013	3353	26.3	2181	17.1	69	0.54	1	0.008
2014	3320	26.1	2290	18.0	84	0.66	2	0.016
2015	2897	22.8	1957	15.4	62	0.49	1	0.008
2016	3143	24.8	1959	15.4	72	0.57	6	0.047
2017	3416	27.0	2288	18.1	94	0.74	4	0.032
Total	32,179		21,150		717		26

Abbreviations: EHEC Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli, HUS Hemolytic uremic syndrome

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