High School Students Want to Know: Where is Lyme disease most common?

 Question #9

Where is Lyme disease most common?

 According to the CDC report Surveillance for Lyme Disease — United States, 2008–2015, "The majority of Lyme disease cases occur in the Northeast, mid-Atlantic, and upper Midwest regions."

The report provides the following table of high incidence states during the surveillance period:

 

* Annual incidence rates per 100,000 population were calculated by state using U.S. Census Bureau estimates from July 1 of each year. U.S. Census Bureau Intercensal Estimates (2000–2010) were used to calculate 2008 and 2009 incidence and Vintage 2015 was used to calculate 2010–2015 incidence.

 

Read the whole report here:

Schwartz AM, Hinckley AF, Mead PS, Hook SA, Kugeler KJ. Surveillance for Lyme Disease — United States, 2008–2015. MMWR Surveill Summ 2017;66(No. SS-22):1–12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.ss6622a1

 

Post by C. Fisher