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

Exhibit 14 :
Penicillin-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Blood Isolates
by County, 1998
In Descending Order of Number of Isolates
per 100,000 Population


County Num. Isolates Percentage Isolates / 100,000 Population
Union 10 13.89% 2.00
Salem 1 1.39% 1.54
Middlesex 11 15.28% 1.54
Mercer 5 6.94% 1.51
Ocean 7 9.72% 1.43
Sussex 2 2.78% 1.40
Essex 9 12.50% 1.20
Camden 5 6.94% 0.99
Bergen 8 11.11% 0.93
Morris 3 4.17% 0.65
Passaic 3 4.17% 0.62
Monmouth 3 4.17% 0.50
Hunterdon - Somerset * 2 2.78% 0.49
Burlington 2 2.78% 0.48
Hudson 1 1.39% 0.18
State Total 72 100.00% 0.89
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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