TABLE C8. TUBERCULOSIS INCIDENCE BY COUNTY
NEW JERSEY, 1998
COUNTY	VERIFIED CASES		TOTAL CASES
	NUMBER	RATE	NUMBER	RATE
ATLANTIC	15	**	17	**
BERGEN	52	6.1	55	6.4
BURLINGTON	15	**	16	**
CAMDEN	26	5.1	49	9.7
CAPE MAY	0	**	0	**
CUMBERLAND	2	**	3	**
ESSEX	136	18.1	191	25.5
GLOUCESTER	10	**	10	**
HUDSON	87	15.6	177	31.8
HUNTERDON	5	**	5	**
MERCER	15	**	18	**
MIDDLESEX	73	10.2	115	16.1
MONMOUTH	24	4.0	25	4.1
MORRIS	15	**	15	**
OCEAN	14	**	16	**
PASSAIC	63	13.0	90	18.5
SALEM	3	**	3	**
SOMERSET	13	**	15	**
SUSSEX	1	**	2	**
UNION	43	8.6	50	10.0
WARREN	1	**	2	**
TRANSIENT	10	N/A	14	N/A
INSTITUTIONS	17	N/A	32	N/A
TOTAL	640	7.9	920	11.3
Rates are computed per 100,000 population.
** Number is too small to calculate a reliable rate.
Source: New Jersey Department of Health
Communicable Disease Service