Text Equivalent - Healthcare-Associated Infections—Due Diligence - The Chief Public Health Officer’s Report on the State of Public Health in Canada, 2013
Figure 1 Healthcare-associated MRSA rates per 1,000 patient admissions from 1995 to 2009, Canada
| Surveillance Year |
Infection rate |
Colonization rate |
Overall |
| 1995 |
0.17 |
0.15 |
0.32 |
| 1996 |
0.27 |
0.48 |
0.75 |
| 1997 |
0.42 |
0.62 |
1.05 |
| 1998 |
0.65 |
1.18 |
1.84 |
| 1999 |
0.71 |
2.13 |
2.88 |
| 2000 |
0.98 |
2.49 |
3.51 |
| 2001 |
0.71 |
1.93 |
2.66 |
| 2002 |
0.85 |
2.25 |
3.12 |
| 2003 |
1.02 |
2.56 |
3.58 |
| 2004 |
1.19 |
2.96 |
4.16 |
| 2005 |
1.64 |
3.33 |
5.09 |
| 2006 |
1.81 |
4.06 |
5.87 |
| 2007 |
1.67 |
4.09 |
5.76 |
| 2008 |
1.93 |
4.27 |
6.21 |
| 2009 |
1.96 |
4.21 |
6.17 |
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