CDC FoodCORE Year Twelve Cumulative Metrics Data – Salmonella, Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), and Listeria (SSL) plus Shigella and Campylobacter
Data Report Period: January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022
Ten state and local health departments participate in FoodCORE. Data are only reported when available from three or more centers; ‘n’ indicates the number of centers reporting each metric.
| Performance Metrics: (See FoodCORE website for complete language and definitions) | Salmonella Mean (Range) |
STEC Mean (Range) |
Listeria Mean (Range) |
Shigella Mean (Range) |
Campylobacter Mean (Range) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a. Total number of isolates and isolate-yielding specimens | 962 (470–1452) n=10 |
273 (62–643) n=10 |
30 (5–113) n=10 |
131 (16–430) n=10 |
373 (5–1160) n=10 |
| 1b. Number of primary isolates and/or primary isolate-yielding specimens submitted to or recovered at the PHL | 846 (362–1452) n=10 |
205 (62–420) n=10 |
19 (4–43) n=10 |
96 (16–271) n=10 |
350 (5–1084) n=10 |
| 2a. Total number of preliminary positive clinical specimens or samples (including, but not limited to CIDT) received at PHL (regardless of if isolate-yielding or not) | 849 (509–1530) n=9 |
436 (178–1173) n=10 |
n/a | 149 (33–429) n=9 |
526 (16–1610) n=9 |
| 2b. Number; Percent isolate-yielding preliminary positive clinical specimens | 764 (463–1452) 90% (82%–96%) n=9 |
215 (62–643) 49% (28%–68%) n=10 |
n/a | 69 (13–210) 46% (20%–63%) n=9 |
354 (13–1160) 66% (38% –97%) n=9 |
| 3. Median days from isolation/isolate-yielding specimen collection to receipt at PHL | 4 (2–9) n=10 |
3 (1–5) n=10 |
5 (2–9) n=10 |
4 (1–6) n=9 |
4 (2–6) n=10 |
| 4. Median days from receipt of isolate-yielding specimens at PHL to recovery of isolate | 2 (1–3) n=6 |
3 (1–4) n=6 |
1 (0–3) n=7 |
3 (1–7) n=6 |
2 (0–4) n=6 |
| 5. Percent of primary isolates with serotype information | 96% (80%–100%) n=10 |
84% (61%–100%) n=10 |
n/a | 98% (78%–100%) n=10 |
85% (0%–100%) n=7 |
| 6. Median days from isolate receipt (or recovery) to serotype result | 5 (1–12) n=10 |
4 (1–9) n=10 |
n/a | 2 (0–4) n=9 |
2 (0–4) n=7 |
| 7. Percent of primary isolates with WGS information | 95% (81%–100%) n=10 |
90% (60%–100%) n=10 |
98% (82%–100%) n=10 |
81% (25%–100%) n=10 |
76% (0%–100%) n=9 |
| 8a. Median days from isolate receipt (or recovery) to WGS sequence being shared | 7 (4–12) n=10 |
8 (4–13) n=10 |
6 (4–13) n=10 |
8 (4–24) n=10 |
9 (5–11) n=8 |
| 8b. Median days from isolate receipt (or recovery) at WGS lab to sequence being shared | 6 (3–12) n=10 |
7 (4–11) n=10 |
6 (3–11) n=10 |
8 (3–22) n=10 |
7 (3–10) n=8 |
| 9a. Number of reported laboratory confirmed cases | 777 (347–1427) n=10 |
182 (50–396) n=10 |
20 (7–44) n=10 |
102 (21–333) n=10 |
529 (235–1095) n=10 |
| 9b. Number of reported probable cases | 154 (47–430) n=10 |
215 (59–472) n=10 |
1 (0–4) n=10 |
174 (25–878) n=10 |
779 (241–2105) n=10 |
| 9c. Number of reported suspect cases | 1 (0–4) n=10 |
3 (0–13) n=10 |
1 (0–2) n=10 |
0 (0–3) n=10 |
n/a |
| 10a.1 Percent of confirmed cases with attempted interview | 99% (97%–100%) n=10 |
99% (95%–100%) n=10 |
99% (89%–100%) n=10 |
85% (14%–100%) n=9 |
79% (3% –100%) n=9 |
| 10a.2 Percent of probable/suspect cases with attempted interview | 98% (93%–100%) n=10 |
90% (23%–100%) n=10 |
58% (0%–100%) n=9 |
84% (1%–100%) n=9 |
80% (6%–100%) n=9 |
| 10b. Median days from confirmed/probable/suspect case report to interview attempt | 1 (0–3) n=10 |
2 (0–4) n=10 |
2 (0–4) n=10 |
3 (0–15) n=9 |
2 (1–3) n=9 |
| 10c. Median days from confirmed/probable/suspect case report to completed interview | 2 (0–5) n=10 |
3 (0–9) n=10 |
5 (1–17) n=10 |
4 (1–9) n=9 |
3 (2–7) n=9 |
| 10d. Percent of confirmed cases with complete demographic data | 93% (81%–99%) n=10 |
94% (84%–99%) n=10 |
97% (91%–100%) n=10 |
86% (61%–100%) n=9 |
86% (49%–99%) n=9 |
| 10e. Percent of confirmed cases with exposure history | 81% (59%–97%) n=10 |
86% (63%–96%) n=10 |
84% (47%–100%) n=10 |
75% (54%–98%) n=9 |
83% (66%–97%) n=9 |
| 10e.1 Percent of confirmed cases with full exposure interview | 84% (70%–100%) n=10 |
86% (74%–96%) n=10 |
75% (47%–100%) n=10 |
86% (59%–100%) n=9 |
80% (48%–100%) n=9 |
| 10f. Percent of confirmed cases with serotype information | 91% (83%–98%) n=10 |
82% (42%–100%) n=10 |
n/a | 74% (42%–100%) n=9 |
n/a |
| 10g. Percent of confirmed cases with WGS information | 91% (82%–98%) n=10 |
89% (52%–100%) n=10 |
87% (44%–100%) n=10 |
62% (19%–98%) n=9 |
42% (0%–94%) n=9 |
| 10g.1 Percent of confirmed cases with WGS with exposure history obtained | 80% (58%–93%) n=10 |
83% (59%–95%) n=10 |
84% (55%–100%) n=10 |
70% (11%–98%) n=9 |
67% (0%–92%) n=9 |
| 10h. Reasons for not interviewing cases | |||||
| 10h.1 Number; Percent Lost to Follow-up/Refused Interview | 163 (56–442) 20% (8%–38%) n=10 |
34 (5–74) 16% (4%–32%) n=10 |
4 (0–17) 18% (0%–47%) n=10 |
n/a | n/a |
| 10h.2 Number; Percent Lag Time Too Long | 5 (0–29) 0% (0%–2%) n=9 |
0 (0–2) 0% (0%–1%) n=9 |
0 (0–1) 0% (0%–3%) n=9 |
n/a | n/a |
| 10h.3 Number; Percent Other | 15 (0–70) 2% (0%–8%) n=9 |
4 (0–28) 2% (0%–15%) n=9 |
1 (0–4) 5% (0%–18%) n=9 |
n/a | n/a |
| 11. Number of investigations | 52 (25–92) n=10 |
12 (1–29) n=10 |
2 (0–7) n=10 |
n/a | n/a |
| 12a. Number; Percent of investigations with routine interview of cases | 50 (25–86) 96% (86%–100%) n=10 |
11 (1–27) 98% (83%–100%) n=10 |
2 (0–7) 63% (0%–100%) n=9 |
n/a | n/a |
| 12b. Number; Percent of investigations with supplemental/targeted interviewing of cases | 11 (1–20) 24% (2%–56%) n=10 |
4 (0–14) 20% (0%–72%) n=10 |
1 (0–2) 31% (0%–100%) n=9 |
n/a | n/a |
| 12c. Number; Percent of investigations where an analytic epidemiologic study conducted | 2 (0–5) 5% (0%–20%) n=10 |
1 (0–6) 11% (0%–29%) n=10 |
1 (0–3) 18% (0%–100%) n=9 |
n/a | n/a |
| 13. Number; Percent of investigations with suspect vehicle/source identified | 5 (0–8) 10% (0%–29%) n=10 |
2 (0–11) 20% (0%–100%) n=10 |
0 (0–2) 11% (0%–100%) n=9 |
n/a | n/a |
| 14. Number; Percent of investigations with confirmed vehicle/source identified | 5 (0–14) 12% (0%–41%) n=10 |
2 (0–10) 11% (0%–43%) n=10 |
0 (0–1) 15% (0%–50%) n=9 |
n/a | n/a |
| 15. Number; Percent of investigations with source identified with: | |||||
| a. Exclusion of ill person(s) | 2 (0–11) 4% (0%–14%) n=10 |
2 (0–9) 11% (0%–50%) n=10 |
0 (0–0) 0% (0%–0%) n=9 |
n/a | n/a |
| b. Remediation or closure | 1 (0–2) 2% (0%–8%) n=10 |
1 (0–6) 9% (0%–43%) n=10 |
0 (0–1) 15% (0%–50%) n=9 |
n/a | n/a |
| c. Educational campaign | 0 (0–2) 1% (0%–6%) n=10 |
1 (0–8) 7% (0%–44%) n=10 |
0 (0–1) 6% (0%–50%) n=9 |
n/a | n/a |
| d. Media/public messaging | 2 (0–11) 7% (0%–32%) n=10 |
1 (0–5) 3% (0%–28%) n=10 |
0 (0–1) 15% (0%–50%) n=9 |
n/a | n/a |
| e. Regulatory action (recall, hold) | 1 (0–7) 4% (0%–28%) n=10 |
1 (0–3) 4% (0%–17%) n=10 |
0 (0–1) 15% (0%–50%) n=9 |
n/a | n/a |
| 16. Number; Percent of investigations linked to a restaurant/food establishment with EHA | 3 (0–6) 28% (0%–100%) n=10 |
1 (0–6) 32% (0%–100%) n=10 |
0 (0–1) 20% (0%–100%) n=9 |
n/a | n/a |
| 17. Number; Percent of investigations with food/environmental sample collected for testing | 4 (0–16) 10% (0%–47%) n=10 |
1 (0–3) 7% (0%–43%) n=10 |
0 (0–1) 15% (0%–50%) n=9 |
n/a | n/a |
| 18. Number; Percent of investigations where environmental health partners were contacted | 7 (0–30) 19% (0%–88%) n=10 |
3 (0–10) 18% (0%–56%) n=10 |
0 (0–1) 15% (0%–50%) n=9 |
n/a | n/a |
All data are cumulative. Core performance metrics that are required for reporting are in bold.