Division of Epidemiology, Environmental and Occupational Health
Epidemiology Surveillance System
1998 Report

Exhibit 12 :
Penicillin-Resistant Enterococci / Streptococci Blood Isolates
by County, 1998
In Descending Order of Number of Isolates
per 100,000 Population


County Num. Isolates Percentage Isolates / 100,000 Population
Salem 11 2.93% 16.95
Essex 94 25.00% 12.53
Passaic 56 14.89% 11.53
Cumberland 14 3.72% 9.98
Hunterdon - Somerset* 23 6.12% 5.67
Camden - Gloucester* 37 9.84% 4.91
Mercer 16 4.26% 4.82
Hudson 26 6.91% 4.67
Union 20 5.32% 4.00
Bergen 26 6.91% 3.03
Ocean 14 3.72% 2.86
Burlington 9 2.39% 2.14
Middlesex 15 3.99% 2.09
Monmouth 9 2.39% 1.49
Sussex 2 0.53% 1.40
Morris 4 1.06% 0.87
State Total 376 100.00% 4.63
Rate = Number of isolates per 100,000 resident population in each county.   
* Data for these two neighboring counties were aggregated according to guidelines of confidentiality   disclosure.

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