An epidemiological study of rates of illness in passengers and crew at a busy Caribbean cruise port

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Barbados Port Health Activity, 2009 to 2013

		2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2009–13
Total passenger visits
	Number	772593	742137	682123	607986	619485	3424324
	% in low season^a	30.6	31.1	28.5	27.5	32.3	30.0
Total crew visits
	Number	341346	301541	276706	252818	262947	1435358
Individual vessels with at least 1 case of illness		42	44	35	28	26	96
Number of cases illness by last Port of Call
	OECS^b	184	267	86	100	46	683
	Other Caribbean	13	73	65	53	23	227
	USA^c	10	5	12	10	2	39
	Other	19	35	9	9	8	80
	Not recorded	0	1	0	0	1	2
Total		226	381	172	172	80	1031

^a1^st May to November 30^th, ^bOrganisation of Eastern Caribbean States, ^cIncludes Puerto Rico

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