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. 2013 Aug 29;8(8):e73096. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073096

Table 2. Incidence of bacteraemia episodes in the Netherlands in 2009.

Type of S. aureus Episode counts from ISIS-AR Extrapolation to the Netherlandsa Incidence per 100,000 inhabitantsb
All S. aureus 1,512 3,177.5 19.3
MRSA 14 29.4 0.18
LA-MRSA 3 6.3 0.04

a Extrapolation performed by multiplying the ISIS-AR counts by the proportion of ISIS-admissions to the total number of clinical admissions (1,899,000/903,623).

b Incidence per 100,000 inhabitants calculated by dividing the total number for the Netherlands by the total number of inhabitants*100,000 (16,485,787*100,000).