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Table 2.24: Ventilator-associated pneumonia among adult ICU patients, United States, 1998-2002
| Population group |
Infections per 1,000 days use |
|---|
| 2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
1998 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
5.9 |
9.1 |
9.4 |
9.7 |
10.1 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System.
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