Table 2 Annual suspect CJD cases by way of capture by the Belgian CJD surveillance system, 1999-2010
From: Overview and evaluation of 15 years of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease surveillance in Belgium, 1998-2012
Year | Number of suspect CJD cases in hospital discharge data | Number of autopsies performed on suspect CJD cases (% of total suspect cases) | Number of suspect CJD cases captured by surveillance system (autopsy or probable) (% of total suspect cases) | Number of suspect CJD cases not captured by the surveillance system (% of total suspect cases) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1999 | 15 | 9 (60) | 10 (67) | 5 (33) |
2000 | 14 | 7 (50) | 7 (50) | 7 (50) |
2001 | 19 | 10 (53) | 14 (74) | 5 (26) |
2002 | 20 | 13 (65) | 16 (80) | 4 (20) |
2003 | 24 | 14 (58) | 17 (71) | 7 (29) |
2004 | 24 | 10 (42) | 15 (63) | 9 (37) |
2005 | 17 | 8 (47) | 10 (59) | 7 (41) |
2006 | 20 | 9 (45) | 13 (65) | 7 (35) |
2007 | 25 | 15 (60) | 15 (60) | 10 (40) |
2008 | 15 | 6 (40) | 6 (40) | 9 (60) |
2009 | 17 | 10 (59) | 10 (59) | 7 (41) |
2010 | 31 | 11 (35) | 11 (35) | 20 (65) |
Total | 241 | 122 (51) | 144 (60) | 97 (40) |