Number of outbreaks and associated cases and deaths for England and Wales 2001–2016
| Pathogen | Number of: | Number of outbreaks | % Res | |||
| Cases | Deaths | Residential/Nursing homes | Other locations | Total | ||
| Bacteria | ||||||
| Campylobacter | 2950 | 2 | 11 | 136 | 147 | 7.5 |
| Clostridium perfringens | 3098 | 5 | 25 | 71 | 96 | 26.0 |
| Escherichia coli O157 | 2343 | 11 | 7 | 152 | 159 | 4.4 |
| Listeria monocytogenes | 125 | 24 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Salmonella | 10 248 | 63 | 32 | 322 | 354 | 9.0 |
| Shigella | 268 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 7.7 |
| Protozoa | ||||||
| Cryptosporidium | 2516 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 158 | 0.0 |
| Giardia | 310 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Viruses | ||||||
| Adenovirus | 69 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Norovirus | 45 546 | 92 | 834 | 712 | 1546 | 53.9 |
| Rotavirus | 1924 | 1 | 38 | 66 | 104 | 36.5 |
Source: Public Health England. Before 2008, it was not possible to distinguish between nursing homes and other residential categories, so these were all included under nursing homes.