Table 1

Sampling information for the 10 provinces of which final results of one or more drug resistance surveys are available in 2008

Province
Year
Population (*million)
No. of counties/districts
No. of reported SS+ cases in year of survey
No. of survey sites
New cases
Previously treated cases






n
(%)
n
(%)

Henan
1996
91.0
157
11,822
30
646
(47)
726
(53)
Shandong
1997
86.5
141
18,488
30
1009
(82)
220
(18)
Zhejiang
1998
43.9
89
6,278
30
809
(85)
145
(15)
Guangdong
1998
69.0
113
26,200
40
1482
(90)
166
(10)
Hubei
1999
57.9
88
23,633
30
859
(78)
238
(22)
Liaoning
1999
40.9
100
8,002
30
818
(90)
86
(10)
Henan
2001
95.6
157
14,680
30
1222
(82)
265
(18)
Inner Mongolia
2001
23.8
101
3,564
30
876
(69)
386
(31)
Beijing
2004
14.2
18
730
All
1043
(87)
154
(13)
Shanghai
2004
13.3
19
2,958
All
764
(79)
200
(21)
Heilongjiang
2004
38.1
87
21,560
30
1574
(79)
421
(21)

He et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2008 8:166   doi:10.1186/1471-2334-8-166