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Interactive Map: New Jersey's Flu Misery Index
By Colleen O'Dea, January 18, 2013 in Healthcare |Post a Comment
A Misery Index for New Jersey counties. The index, created by NJ Spotlight, represents the sum of the percentage of people in long-term care facilities and seen in hospital emergency rooms with flu-like illnesses and the school absentee rate last week. It most likely does not count all instances of flu-like illnesses in the counties as not all facilities report data to the state Department of Health. To see specific data for the counties for the last two weeks and for last year, click on a county.
Source: NJ Spotlight analysis of NJ Department of Health's Respiratory Virus Surveillance Report for the Week Ending 1/12/13
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By Colleen O'Dea, January 18, 2013 in Healthcare |Post a Comment
A Misery Index for New Jersey counties. The index, created by NJ Spotlight, represents the sum of the percentage of people in long-term care facilities and seen in hospital emergency rooms with flu-like illnesses and the school absentee rate last week. It most likely does not count all instances of flu-like illnesses in the counties as not all facilities report data to the state Department of Health. To see specific data for the counties for the last two weeks and for last year, click on a county.
Source: NJ Spotlight analysis of NJ Department of Health's Respiratory Virus Surveillance Report for the Week Ending 1/12/13
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