Waterborne Disease Burden Estimate
Estimate of Waterborne Disease Burden in the United States: modeled 2014 estimates for 17 waterborne pathogens/conditions - 7.15M illnesses, 601,000 ED visits, 118,000 hospitalizations, 6,630 deaths, $3.33B in direct healthcare costs. Provides top-5 tables by illnesses, ED visits, hospitalizations, deaths, and costs (leading conditions: otitis externa, norovirus, nontuberculous mycobacterial infection, Legionnaires' disease, Pseudomonas infections).
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| @type | Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessRights | public |
| contactPoint |
[ { "fn": "Surveillance, Information Management ,and Statistics Office, DFWED", "@type": "Kind", "hasEmail": "mailto:SIMSO@cdc.gov" } ] |
| description | Estimate of Waterborne Disease Burden in the United States: modeled 2014 estimates for 17 waterborne pathogens/conditions - 7.15M illnesses, 601,000 ED visits, 118,000 hospitalizations, 6,630 deaths, $3.33B in direct healthcare costs. Provides top-5 tables by illnesses, ED visits, hospitalizations, deaths, and costs (leading conditions: otitis externa, norovirus, nontuberculous mycobacterial infection, Legionnaires' disease, Pseudomonas infections). |
| identifier | https://www.cdc.gov/healthy-water-data/waterborne-disease-in-us/results.html |
| inventoried | 2026-09-27 |
| keyword |
[ "Waterborne disease burden" ] |
| publisher |
{ "name": "National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases (DFWED)", "@type": "Organization", "subOrganizationOf": [ { "name": "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)", "@type": "Organization", "subOrganizationOf": [ { "name": "U.S. Department of Health and Human Services", "@type": "Organization" } ] } ] } |
| title | Waterborne Disease Burden Estimate |
