TABLE 1.

Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates tested for erythromycin susceptibility and percentage of resistant isolates in different central hospital districts in Finland

Central hospital district	Isolates by yr
	1997		1998		1999		2000		2001		2002
	No.	% R	No.	% R	No.	% R	No.	% R	No.	% R	No.	% R
Uusimaa	1,770	6.2	1,346	7.9	1,482	9.9	2,054	11.3	1,400	15.3	1,189	17.7
Southwest Finland	354	4.8	519	6.6	426	11.3	479	13.4	377	14.9	293	16.7
Satakunta	211	5.7	223	7.2	140	8.6	111	12.6	117	23.1	126	34.1
Kanta-Häme			117	2.6	72	5.6	95	12.6	79	11.4	91	11.0
Tampere region	423	5.0	356	4.5	350	8.6	380	9.2	320	10.0	290	12.4
Päijät-Häme	79	3.8			82	2.4	159	2.5	183	4.4	108	6.5
Kymenlaakso	186	5.4	139	7.2	159	7.5
South Karelia	151	3.3							88	14.8	98	18.4
Southern Savo	256	2.0	140	4.3	207	5.3	118	10.2	116	4.3	92	15.2
Eastern Savo							70	1.4	55	3.6	40	15.0
North Karelia			216	8.3	199	7.5	181	12.7	167	16.2	103	23.3
Northern Savo	375	5.9					346	9.8	340	10.3	281	13.5
Central Finland											176	11.4
Vaasa							90	1.1	132	3.0	141	5.7
Northern Ostrobothnia					508	15.9	789	15.0	1,032	16.0	755	13.0
Lapland	222	3.6