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

Exhibit 18 :
Amikacin-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacilli Blood Isolates
by County, 1998
In Descending Order of Number of Isolates per 100,000 Population

County Num. Isolates Percentage Isolates / 100,000 Population
Middlesex 37 31.90% 5.17
Mercer 9 7.76% 2.71
Essex 20 17.24% 2.67
Ocean 11 9.48% 2.25
Cumberland 3 2.59% 2.14
Passaic 8 6.90% 1.65
Morris 7 6.03% 1.52
Sussex 2 1.72% 1.40
Camden - Gloucester * 6 5.17% 0.80
Bergen 6 5.17% 0.70
Atlantic - Cape May * 2 1.72% 0.60
Hunterdon - Somerset * 2 1.72% 0.49
Hudson 2 1.72% 0.36
Union 1 0.86% 0.20
State Total 116 100.00% 1.43
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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