So if Australia has a population of 20 million, that gives approx 60 cases of listerosis per year in Australia.Listeriosis is an uncommon disease in humans. In Australia in 2003 the rate was three infections per million population for non-pregnancy Listeriosis cases and 4.6 infections per 100 000 births per year for maternal-foetal infections.
There are approx 250,000 births per year in Australia. Therefore, 4.6 x 2.5 = 11.5 maternal-foetal listerosis infections/year
There are approx 1500 fatalities from road accidents each year in Australia.
So, statistically you are 100 times more likely to die in a car accident than by infected by listeria during pregnancy.
* i admit that the calculations are crude




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