Discrepancies in data reporting of zoonotic infectious diseases across the Nordic countries – a call for action in the era of climate change

Figures & data

Table 1. Comparison of registered data regarding nine communicable diseases across Sweden, Finland, Norway, Iceland and Greenland. Data were obtained from the Public Health Agency of Sweden, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, the National Institute for Health and Welfare in Finland, the Directorate of Health in Iceland and the Greenlandic Board of Health in Greenland

		Disease
		Anthrax	Borreliosis	Brucellosis	Cryptosporidiosis	Leptospirosis	Nephropathia epidemica	Q-fever	Tick-borne encephalitis	Tularaemia
Data obtained from year	Sweden	1965^b	n/a^a	2010	2004	2008	1997	2007	2004	1997
	Finland	1995^b	1995	1995	1995	1995	1995	1995	1995	1995
	Norway	1967	1990^e	2004	2012	n/a^a	1991	2016	1998	1985
	Iceland	1979^b	n/a^a	2005	2013	2014	1997	2005	n/a^a	2005
	Greenland	1996^b	n/a^b, f	n/a^a	n/a^a	n/a^b	n/a^a	n/a^a	n/a^a	n/a^a
Disease notifiable from year	Sweden	n/a^a	n/a^a	2004	2004	2004	1985	2004	2004	1969
	Finland	1995	1995	1995	1995	1995	1995	1995	1995	1995
	Norway	1991	1991	1977	2012	n/a^a	1991	2012	1975	1977
	Iceland	n/a^a	n/a^a	2005	2013	2014	1997	2005	n/a^a	2005
	Greenland	1996^e	1996^e	n/a^a	n/a^a	1996	n/a^a	n/a^a	n/a^a	n/a^a
Information regarding sex and age/age group from year	Sweden	n/a^b	n/a^a	n/a^c	2004	n/a^c	1997	n/a^c	2004	1997
	Finland	n/a^b	1995	1995	1995	1995	1995	1995	1995	1995
	Norway	n/a^b	1990^d	2004	2012	n/a^a	1991	n/a^d	1998	1985
	Iceland	n/a^b	n/a^a	n/a^b	n/a^c	n/a^b	n/a^b	n/a^b	n/a^a	n/a^b
	Greenland	n/a^b	n/a^e	n/a^a	n/a^a	n/a^a	n/a^a	n/a^a	n/a^a	n/a^a

^a Not notifiable, sometimes voluntarily reported.

^b No cases reported.

^c Information was not given due to the possibility to retrace individual cases and violate patient integrity.

^d Between 1983 and 1990, borreliosis was sporadically reported in Norway.

^e In Greenland, only neuroborreliosis is notifiable.