Epidemiology Surveillance System: 1995-1997 Report

Division of Epidemiology, Environmental and Occupational Health
Epidemiology Surveillance System
1995-1997 Report

Exhibit 11 :
Penicillin Resistant Streptococci / Enterococci Blood Isolates
by County, 1995-1997

		1995			1996			1997
County	# Iso.	Percent	Rate	# Iso.	Percent	Rate	# Iso.	Percent	Rate
Atlantic - Cape May*	8	2.56%	0.024	2	0.56%	0.006	18	4.55%	0.054
Bergen	18	5.75%	0.021	26	7.26%	0.031	29	7.32%	0.034
Burlington	4	1.28%	0.010	3	0.84%	0.007	4	1.01%	0.010
Camden - Gloucester*	21	6.71%	0.028	39	10.89%	0.052	44	11.11%	0.059
Cumberland	1	0.32%	0.007	4	1.12%	0.028	21	5.30%	0.149
Essex	86	27.48%	0.113	107	29.89%	0.142	95	23.99%	0.127
Hudson	27	8.63%	0.049	24	6.70%	0.044	28	7.07%	0.051
Hunterdon - Somerset*	8	2.56%	0.021	2	0.56%	0.005	22	5.56%	0.055
Mercer	9	2.88%	0.027	5	1.40%	0.015	22	5.56%	0.067
Middlesex	19	6.07%	0.027	32	8.94%	0.046	21	5.30%	0.030
Monmouth	28	8.95%	0.048	39	10.89%	0.066	23	5.81%	0.039
Morris	20	6.39%	0.045	4	1.12%	0.009	11	2.78%	0.024
Ocean	13	4.15%	0.028	26	7.26%	0.055	24	6.06%	0.050
Passaic	24	7.67%	0.050	20	5.59%	0.042	10	2.53%	0.021
Salem	8	2.56%	0.123	6	1.68%	0.091	10	2.53%	0.151
Sussex	8	2.56%	0.057	1	0.28%	0.007	1	0.25%	0.007
Union	11	3.51%	0.022	18	5.03%	0.036	10	2.53%	0.020
Warren	0	0.00%	0.000	0	0.00%	0.000	3	0.76%	0.031
StateTotal	313	100.00%	0.039	358	100.00%	0.045	396	100.00%	0.049
Rate = Number of isolates per 1000 resident population in each county.
* Data for these two neighboring counties were aggregated according to guidelines of confidentiality disclosure.