Healthiest Cruise Lines
Relating to the 'Best' or 'Healthiest' Cruise Lines, select a name from the list below. These cruise line rankings are relative performance rankings, that is, cruise lines are compared to each other during the same calendar year.
Cruise Lines at the top of this list are the 'healthiest' cruise lines.
Cruising Healthy Cruise Line Rankings for GI Illness
Disease Strategies developed the Cruising Healthy Cruise Line Rankings for GI Illness under the direction of Frank McAllan, MPH. Disease Strategies is an independent company, not affiliated with the CDC Vessel Sanitation Program, and the CDC neither approves nor sets the criteria for the Cruising Healthy Cruise Line Rankings. However, all gastrointestinal illness data and ship information is provided by the VSP to Disease Strategies on a periodic basis.
Cruise Data Excluded from these Studies
- Voyage that terminate (disembark) in non-U.S. ports
- Same day voyages (those without an overnight stay).
- Voyages lasting more than 21 days if the CDC does not report them in their database.
Reporting Period Detail
Complete Data Period: 2001-0101 to 2009-0218
Outbreak Data Period: 2001-0101 to 2008-1231
