On 5/07/05 11:27, in article , "Bernard
Higonnet" wrote:

Earl Evleth wrote:

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In France

In France, for 750,000 cases (1,210 per 100,000 inhab.):
70,000 people consulted in the emergency department of an hospital (113
per 100,000 inhab.);
113,000 people were hospitalised (24 per 100,000 inhab.);
400 people died (0.1 per 100,000 inhab.).

It seems to me that the correct number is 1 per 100,000.

400 per 62-63 million would come out about .64 per 100,000
so you are right, if rounded off to 1/100,000

There is an error on page
http://psychcentral.com/psypsych/Foo..._United_States

The line which reads "# 400 people died (0.1 per 100,000 inhab.). " should
be "# 400 people died (1 per 100,000 inhab.). "

If you look at the second table shown by the link, the 300 cases oif
salmonella/year alone are .5 per 100,000.

Bernard Higonnet

Right.

Of course, this all depends on accurate reporting of the numbers but France
is pretty good with their stats. If one compares with the US, which has
about 5 times the population of France, the French death rate would be
equivalent to about 2000 or so in the US. The US deaths were put
at 5000, which is 2.5 not 17 time more than the French rate.

The next question is why the US rate is so high. Is it because the
statistics are more accurately reported in the US, or the number
given is in error or something more basic. Individual experiences
don't really count but in our 70 years of life, half our adult
years in France, our only cases of serious poisoning were in the US.