| TABLE
C5. AIDS INCIDENCE BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE |
| CASES
DIAGNOSED IN 1998 AND REPORTED THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1999 |
| NEW
JERSEY |
| COUNTY |
NUMBER
OF CASES |
RATE |
| ATLANTIC |
67 |
28.1 |
| BERGEN |
43 |
5.0 |
| BURLINGTON |
20 |
4.8 |
| CAMDEN |
62 |
12.3 |
| CAPE
MAY |
13 |
** |
| CUMBERLAND |
33 |
23.5 |
| ESSEX |
545 |
72.6 |
| GLOUCESTER |
13 |
** |
| HUDSON |
180 |
32.3 |
| HUNTERDON |
* |
** |
| MERCER |
54 |
16.3 |
| MIDDLESEX |
84 |
11.7 |
| MONMOUTH |
86 |
14.3 |
| MORRIS |
23 |
5.0 |
| OCEAN |
16 |
** |
| PASSAIC |
137 |
28.2 |
| SALEM |
15 |
** |
| SOMERSET |
24 |
8.5 |
| SUSSEX |
6 |
** |
| UNION |
121 |
24.2 |
| WARREN |
* |
** |
| INCARCERATED |
78 |
N/A |
| TOTAL |
1,626 |
20.0 |
| Source:
New Jersey Department of Health |
|
Division of AIDS Prevention and Control |
| Rates
are computed per 100,000 population. |
| *
Values less than five. |
| **
Number is too small to calculate a reliable rate. |
