The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.Letter from Karen Dunnell:"As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many deaths were caused by food poisoning by (a) salmonella, (b)campylobacter, (c) E. coli and (d) other food borne pathogens in each of the last five years. (261500)""The table attached provides the number of deaths with an underlying cause of (a) salmonella infection, (b) Campylobacter infection, (c) Escherichia coli infection and (d) other food poisoning causes, from 2003 to 2007 (the latest year available). No information is available on whether the infection that caused these deaths was specifically acquired through food, water or any other source." Table 1: Number of deaths with an underlying cause of salmonella, campylobacter and Escherichia coli infections, and other food poisoning causes, England and Wales, 2003-07¹,²,³ Deaths (persons) Cause 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Salmonella 18 14 16 13 16 Campylobacter 3 3 4 4 1 Escherichia Coli 1 2 2 2 3 Other food poisoning 37 29 25 39 45 Total 59 48 47 58 65 ¹ Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10). The specific causes of death, and their corresponding ICD-10 codes, are shown in the box below. ² Figures include deaths of non-residents. ³ Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. Box 1: Causes of death related to food poisoning—International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) ICD-10 code(s) Cause of death A02 Other salmonella infections (excluding typhoid and paratyphoid fevers) A04.5 Campylobacter enteritis A04.0 Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli infection A04.1 Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli infection A04.2 Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli infection A04.3 Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli infection A04.4 Other intestinal Escherichia coli infection A00-A01 Cholera, typhoid and paratyphoid fevers A05 Other bacterial food-bome intoxications A07 Other protozoal intestinal diseases A32 Listeriosis B66.1 Clonorchiasis B66.3 Fascioliasis B66.4 Paragonimiasis B68-B70 Taeniasis, cysticercosis, diphyllobothriasis and sparganosis B75 Trichinellosis B81.0 Anisakiasis T62 Toxic effect of other noxious substances eaten as food T64 Toxic effect of aflatoxin and other mycotoxin food contaminants X49 Accidental poisoning by and exposure to other and unspecified chemicals and noxious substances