Epidemiology Surveillance System: 1995-1997 Report

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

Exhibit 17:
Amikacin Resistant Gram Negative Bacilli Blood Isolates
by County, 1995-1997

		1995			1996			1997
County	# Iso.	Percent	Rate	# Iso.	Percent	Rate	# Iso.	Percent	Rate
Atlantic	0	0.00%	0.0000	0	0.00%	0.0000	2	1.89%	0.0085
Bergen	2	2.38%	0.0024	7	8.64%	0.0083	6	5.66%	0.0070
Camden - Gloucester*	6	7.14%	0.0080	11	13.58%	0.0147	5	4.72%	0.0067
Cumberland	1	1.19%	0.0071	1	1.23%	0.0071	0	0.00%	0.0000
Essex	23	27.38%	0.0303	14	17.28%	0.0186	31	29.25%	0.0413
Hudson	5	5.95%	0.0091	5	6.17%	0.0091	1	0.94%	0.0018
Hunterdon - Somerset*	0	0.00%	0.0000	1	1.23%	0.0026	5	4.72%	0.0126
Mercer	0	0.00%	0.0000	2	2.47%	0.0061	0	0.00%	0.0000
Middlesex	4	4.76%	0.0057	15	18.52%	0.0214	14	13.21%	0.0198
Monmouth	7	8.33%	0.0120	7	8.64%	0.0119	6	5.66%	0.0101
Morris	5	5.95%	0.0113	2	2.47%	0.0045	12	11.32%	0.0264
Ocean	3	3.57%	0.0064	2	2.47%	0.0042	8	7.55%	0.0166
Passaic	10	11.90%	0.0209	4	4.94%	0.0083	4	3.77%	0.0083
Salem	2	2.38%	0.0307	0	0.00%	0.0000	1	0.94%	0.0151
Sussex	2	2.38%	0.0143	0	0.00%	0.0000	0	0.00%	0.0000
Union	8	9.52%	0.0161	7	8.64%	0.0141	7	6.60%	0.0141
Warren	6	7.14%	0.0622	3	3.70%	0.0307	4	3.77%	0.0407
State Total	84	100.00%	0.0106	81	100.00%	0.0101	106	100.00%	0.0132
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.