Epidemiology Surveillance System: 1995-1997 Report

Division of Epidemiology, Environmental and Occupational Health
Epidemiology Surveillance System
1995-1997 Report

Exhibit 7 :
Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci Blood Isolates
by County, 1995-1997

		1995			1996			1997
County	# Iso.	Percent	Rate	# Iso.	Percent	Rate	# Iso.	Percent	Rate
Atlantic - Cape May*	16	4.75%	0.048	14	3.47%	0.042	18	3.80%	0.054
Bergen	23	6.82%	0.027	26	6.44%	0.031	21	4.43%	0.025
Burlington	7	2.08%	0.017	2	0.50%	0.005	10	2.11%	0.024
Camden - Gloucester*	21	6.23%	0.028	52	12.87%	0.069	59	12.45%	0.079
Cumberland	1	0.30%	0.007	4	0.99%	0.028	24	5.06%	0.170
Essex	75	22.26%	0.099	93	23.02%	0.123	95	20.04%	0.127
Hudson	25	7.42%	0.046	19	4.70%	0.035	32	6.75%	0.058
Hunterdon - Somerset*	1	0.30%	0.004	1	0.25%	0.003	19	4.01%	0.048
Mercer	6	1.78%	0.018	9	2.23%	0.027	27	5.70%	0.082
Middlesex	49	14.54%	0.070	56	13.86%	0.080	62	13.08%	0.088
Monmouth	25	7.42%	0.043	38	9.41%	0.064	23	4.85%	0.039
Morris	18	5.34%	0.041	5	1.24%	0.011	12	2.53%	0.026
Ocean	10	2.97%	0.021	16	3.96%	0.034	11	2.32%	0.023
Passaic	25	7.42%	0.052	22	5.45%	0.046	12	2.53%	0.025
Salem	4	1.19%	0.061	7	1.73%	0.106	10	2.11%	0.151
Sussex	3	0.89%	0.021	0	0.00%	0.000	0	0.00%	0.000
Union	28	8.31%	0.057	40	9.90%	0.081	37	7.81%	0.074
Warren	0	0.00%	0.000	0	0.00%	0.000	2	0.42%	0.020
State Total	337	100.00%	0.042	404	100.00%	0.050	474	100.00%	0.059
Rate = Number of isolates per 1000 resident population in each county.
* Data for these two neighboring counties were aggregated according to guidelines of confidentiality disclosure.