Epidemiology Surveillance System 1995-1997 Report

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

Exhibit 4 :
Number of Antibiotic Resistant Blood Isolates
by County, 1995-1997

	1995			1996			1997
County	# Iso.	Percent	Rate	# Iso.	Percent	Rate	# Iso.	Percent	Rate
Atlantic - Cape May*	21	3.06%	0.063	15	2.05%	0.045	35	4.01%	0.105
Bergen	49	7.14%	0.058	49	6.70%	0.058	46	5.28%	0.054
Burlington	16	2.33%	0.039	13	1.78%	0.031	13	1.49%	0.031
Camden - Gloucester*	43	6.27%	0.057	83	11.35%	0.111	95	10.89%	0.127
Cumberland	2	0.29%	0.014	6	0.82%	0.042	24	2.75%	0.170
Essex	139	20.26%	0.183	147	20.11%	0.195	172	19.72%	0.229
Hudson	61	8.89%	0.111	52	7.11%	0.095	61	7.00%	0.111
Hunterdon - Somerset*	9	1.31%	0.024	4	0.55%	0.010	33	3.78%	0.085
Mercer	16	2.33%	0.049	32	4.38%	0.097	44	5.05%	0.133
Middlesex	96	13.99%	0.138	105	14.36%	0.150	118	13.53%	0.167
Monmouth	45	6.56%	0.077	62	8.48%	0.105	44	5.05%	0.074
Morris	41	5.98%	0.092	14	1.92%	0.031	38	4.36%	0.084
Ocean	20	2.92%	0.043	33	4.51%	0.070	37	4.24%	0.077
Passaic	44	6.41%	0.092	32	4.38%	0.067	29	3.33%	0.060
Salem	11	1.60%	0.169	7	0.96%	0.106	13	1.49%	0.197
Sussex	13	1.90%	0.093	2	0.27%	0.014	1	0.11%	0.007
Union	50	7.29%	0.101	67	9.17%	0.135	57	6.54%	0.114
Warren	10	1.46%	0.104	8	1.09%	0.082	12	1.38%	0.122
State Total	686	100.00%	0.086	731	100.00%	0.091	872	100.00%	0.108
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.