Number of reported cases of BSE worldwide*
(excluding the United Kingdom)

	Belgium	Den- mark	France	Germany	Ireland(a)	Italy	Liechten-stein	Luxem-bourg	Nether-lands	Portugal	Spain	Switzerland
1989	0	0	0	0	15(b)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	0	0	0	0	14(b)	0	0	0	0	1(c)	0	2
1991	0	0	5	0	17(b)	0	0	0	0	1(c)	0	8
1992	0	1(c)	0	1(c)	18(b)	0	0	0	0	1(c)	0	15
1993	0	0	1	0	16	0	0	0	0	3(c)	0	29
1994	0	0	4	3(c)	19(b)	1(c)	0	0	0	12	0	64
1995	0	0	3	0	16(b)	0	0	0	0	14	0	68
1996	0	0	12	0	73	0	0	0	0	29	0	45
1997	1	0	6	2(c)	80	0	0	1	2	30	0	38
1998	6	0	18	0	83	0	2(d)	0	2	106	0	14
1999	3	0	31(b)	0	91	0		0	2	170	0	50
2000	9(d)	1	138(d)	7	57(d)	0		0	2	136	2	33(d)
2001		1(d)		9(d)		1(d)			1(d)		3(d)

* Cases are shown by year of confirmation.

(a)	No cases were confirmed in Ireland before 1989. All the cases reported by Ireland to the OIE have been in female animals, apart from one imported 5-year old bull which was confirmed positive in 1989. There have been no cases reported to date in young male animals, i.e. steers or bulls.

(b)	France: includes 1 imported case (confirmed on 13 August 1999). Ireland: includes imported cases: 5 in 1989, 1 in 1990, 2 in 1991 and 1992, 1 in 1994 and 1995.
(c)	Imported case(s).

(d)

Belgium - data as of 30 November 2000; Denmark - data as of 15 January 2001; France - data as of 19 January 2001 - Clinical cases=87; cases detected within the framework of the research programme launched on 8 June 2000=51; Germany - data as of 19 January 2001; Ireland - data as of 15 August 2000; Italy - case confirmed on 16 January 2001; Liechtenstein - date of the last confirmation of a case: 30 September 1998; Netherlands - data as of 19 January 2001; Spain - data as of 9 January 2001; Switzerland - data as of 22 December 2000 - Clinical cases=17; cases detected within the framework of the investigation programme=16 (new surveillance system since 1 March 1999).

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