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

Exhibit 5 :
Number of Antibiotic Resistant Blood Isolates by County, 1998
In Descsending Order of Number of Isolates per 100,000 Population

County Num. Isolates Percentage Isolates / 100,000 Population
Middlesex 209 22.31% 29.18
Essex 185 19.74% 24.66
Salem 15 1.60% 23.11
Cumberland 24 2.56% 17.10
Mercer 41 4.38% 12.36
Hudson 65 6.94% 11.67
Union 58 6.19% 11.59
Passaic 52 5.55% 10.71
Burlington 39 4.16% 9.28
Hunterdon - Somerset * 35 3.74% 8.63
Camden - Gloucester * 64 6.83% 8.50
Ocean 36 3.84% 7.35
Atlantic - Cape May * 21 2.24% 6.25
Bergen 50 5.34% 5.82
Morris 21 2.24% 4.57
Monmouth 18 1.92% 2.98
Sussex 4 0.43% 2.80
State Total 937 100.00% 11.55
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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