Epidemiology Surveillance System: 1995-1997 Report

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

Exhibit 20 :
Imipenem 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	1	1.09%	0.0043	2	1.68%	0.0085
Bergen	8	7.34%	0.0095	7	7.61%	0.0083	7	5.88%	0.0082
Camden - Gloucester*	3	2.75%	0.0040	9	9.78%	0.0120	6	5.04%	0.0080
Cumberland	1	0.92%	0.0071	1	1.09%	0.0071	0	0.00%	0.0000
Essex	26	23.85%	0.0343	16	17.39%	0.0212	32	26.89%	0.0426
Hudson	8	7.34%	0.0146	6	6.52%	0.0109	10	8.40%	0.0181
Hunterdon - Somerset*	2	1.83%	0.0053	0	0.00%	0.0000	2	1.68%	0.0050
Mercer	1	0.92%	0.0030	3	3.26%	0.0091	2	1.68%	0.0061
Middlesex	10	9.17%	0.0144	17	18.48%	0.0242	21	17.65%	0.0297
Monmouth	7	6.42%	0.0120	6	6.52%	0.0102	5	4.20%	0.0084
Morris	10	9.17%	0.0226	5	5.43%	0.0111	7	5.88%	0.0154
Ocean	2	1.83%	0.0043	4	4.35%	0.0084	3	2.52%	0.0062
Passaic	13	11.93%	0.0272	5	5.43%	0.0104	8	6.72%	0.0165
Salem	2	1.83%	0.0307	0	0.00%	0.0000	2	1.68%	0.0303
Sussex	1	0.92%	0.0072	0	0.00%	0.0000	0	0.00%	0.0000
Union	6	5.50%	0.0121	8	8.70%	0.0161	5	4.20%	0.0100
Warren	9	8.26%	0.0934	4	4.35%	0.0410	7	5.88%	0.0712
StateTotal	109	100.00%	0.0137	92	100.00%	0.0115	119	100.00%	0.0148
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.