Table 1. Cases of reported, confirmed cases of invasive meningococcal disease: number and rate per 100 000 population, EU/EEA, 2010–2014 Country 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Cases Rate National data Report type Reported cases Confirmed cases ASR Austria 85 1.0 49 0.6 56 0.7 Y C 37 35 0.4 Belgium 96 0.9 111 123 1.1 134 1.2 87 0.8 Bulgaria 8 0.1 13 0.2 12 A 15 Croatia . 41 26 33 Cyprus 1 6 2 4 0.5 Czech Republic 60 63 59 42 Denmark 66 72 1.3 55 45 Estonia 7 3 Finland 34 20 21 France 511 563 550 575 426 420 Germany 386 369 354 345 275 273 0.3 Greece 52 Hungary 67 51 47 Iceland Ireland 98 2.2 89 1.9 77 1.7 78 76 Italy 150 152 135 162 156 Latvia 5 9 Liechtenstein Lithuania 48 1.5 1.4 53 1.8 2.6 71 Luxembourg Malta 2.8 19 3.1 Netherlands 143 106 110 108 83 Norway 39 24 27 18 Poland 228 282 238 250 188 187 Portugal 79 69 61 Romania 68 70 Slovakia 31 29 23 Slovenia 11 Spain 404 431 335 262 198 146 Sweden 103 74 United Kingdom 1008 1.6 1036 862 852 758 750 EU/EEA 3713 3835 3513 3448 2873 2760 Source: Country reports. Legend: Y = yes, N = no, C = case based, · = no report, ASR: age-standardised rate Suggested citation: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Annual epidemiological report 2015. Invasive meningococcal disease. Stockholm: ECDC; 2016. © European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, 2016. Reproduction is authorised, provided the source is acknowledged
Figure 1. Reported, confirmed cases of invasive meningococcal disease, EU/EEA, 2014 Source: Country reports from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom. Suggested citation: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Annual epidemiological report 2015. Invasive meningococcal disease. Stockholm: ECDC; 2016. © European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, 2016. Reproduction is authorised, provided the source is acknowledged
Figure 2. Number of cases of reported, confirmed invasive meningococcal disease per 100 000 population, EU/EEA, 2014 Source: Country reports from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom. Suggested citation: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Annual epidemiological report 2015. Invasive meningococcal disease. Stockholm: ECDC; 2016. © European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, 2016. Reproduction is authorised, provided the source is acknowledged
Figure 3. Cases of reported, confirmed invasive meningococcal disease, by age and gender, EU/EEA, 2014 Source: Country reports from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom. Suggested citation: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Annual epidemiological report 2015. Invasive meningococcal disease. Stockholm: ECDC; 2016. © European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, 2016. Reproduction is authorised, provided the source is acknowledged
Figure 4. Seasonal distribution of cases of reported, confirmed invasive meningococcal disease, EU/EEA, 2014 compared with 2010−2013 Source: Country reports from Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom. Suggested citation: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Annual epidemiological report 2015. Invasive meningococcal disease. Stockholm: ECDC; 2016. © European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, 2016. Reproduction is authorised, provided the source is acknowledged
Figure 5. Trend and number of cases of reported, confirmed invasive meningococcal disease, EU/EEA, 2010−2014 Source: Country reports from Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom. Suggested citation: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Annual epidemiological report 2015. Invasive meningococcal disease. Stockholm: ECDC; 2016. © European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, 2016. Reproduction is authorised, provided the source is acknowledged
Figure 6. Trend of confirmed cases of invasive meningococcal disease by serogroup, EU/EEA, 2010−2014 Source: Country reports from Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom. Suggested citation: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Annual epidemiological report 2015. Invasive meningococcal disease. Stockholm: ECDC; 2016. © European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, 2016. Reproduction is authorised, provided the source is acknowledged
Figure 7. Serogroup distribution of confirmed cases of invasive meningococcal disease by age group, EU/EEA, 2014 Source: Country reports from Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom. Suggested citation: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Annual epidemiological report 2015. Invasive meningococcal disease. Stockholm: ECDC; 2016. © European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, 2016. Reproduction is authorised, provided the source is acknowledged
Figure 8. Trend and number of cases of reported, confirmed invasive meningococcal disease, EU/EEA, 2010−2014 Contributing countries without MCC vaccination policy: Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden. Contributing countries with MCC vaccination policy: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom. Suggested citation: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Annual epidemiological report 2015. Invasive meningococcal disease. Stockholm: ECDC; 2016. © European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, 2016. Reproduction is authorised, provided the source is acknowledged
Table. Invasive meningococcal disease, surveillance systems overview, 2014 Surveillance Data reported by Case definition used characteristics Country Data source L P H O Austria AT-Epidemiegesetz Cp Co C Y EU-2008 Belgium BE-REFLAB V Se A N Not specified/unknown Bulgaria BG-NATIONAL_SURVEILLANCE Croatia HR-CNIPH EU-2012 Cyprus CY-NOTIFIED_DISEASES Czech Republic CZ-MENI-NRL Denmark DK-LAB Estonia EE-NAKIS Finland FI-NIDR Other France FR-MANDATORY_INFECTIOUS_DISEASES Germany DE-SURVNET@RKI-7.1/6 Greece EL-NOTIFIABLE_DISEASES Hungary HU-EFRIR Iceland IS-SUBJECT_TO_REGISTRATION Ireland IE-CIDR Italy IT-MENINGITIS Latvia LV-BSN Lithuania LT-COMMUNICABLE_DISEASES Luxembourg LU-SYSTEM1 EU-2002 Malta MT-DISEASE_SURVEILLANCE Netherlands NL-NRBM Norway NO-MSIS_A Poland PL-NATIONAL_SURVEILLANCE Portugal PT-MENINGOCOCAL Romania RO-RNSSy Slovakia SK-EPIS Slovenia SI-SURVIVAL Spain ES-STATUTORY_DISEASES Sweden SE-SMINET United Kingdom UK-MENINGOCOCCAL Surveillance characteristics: compulsory (Cp), comprehensive (co), voluntary (V), other (O), active (A), passive (P), case-based (C), aggregated (A) Data reported by: laboratories (L), physicians (P), hospitals (H), other (O) Suggested citation: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Annual epidemiological report 2016. Invasive meningococcal disease. Stockholm: ECDC; 2016. © European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, 2016. Reproduction is authorised, provided the source is acknowledged