Lyme Disease Data Tables: Most Recent Year

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Number of reported cases of Lyme disease and rates per 100,000 population, by age group—United States, 2017

Number of reported cases of Lyme disease and rates per 100,000 population, by age group—United States, 2017
<1 yr 1-4 yrs  5-14 yrs  15-24 yrs  25-39 yrs 40-64 yrs  ≥65 yrs Age not stated Total
No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate
Lyme disease, total 24 0.61 1,580 9.92 6,489 15.86 3,801 8.82 5,570 8.4 15,005 14.49 9,396 18.57 878 42,743
Confirmed 21 0.54 1,309 8.22 4,816 11.77 2,500 5.8 3,724 5.62 10,463 10.1 6,034 11.92 646 29,513
Probable 3 0.08 271 1.7 1,673 4.09 1,301 3.02 1,846 2.79 4,542 4.39 3,362 6.64 232 13,230

Data from most recent NNDSS Annual Tables.

Number of reported cases of Lyme disease and rates per 100,000 population, by race—United States, 2017

Number of reported cases of Lyme disease and rates per 100,000 population, by race—United States, 2017
American Indian or Alaska Native Asian or Pacific Islander Black White Other race Race not stated Total
No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate
Lyme disease, total 109 2.33 361 1.78 390 0.85 23,641 9.33 961  17,281 42,743
Confirmed 66 1.41 238 1.17 256 0.56 16,153 6.37 741 12,059 29,513
Probable 43 0.92 123 0.61 134 0.29 7,488 2.95 220  5,222 13,230

Data from most recent NNDSS Annual Tables.

Number of reported cases of Lyme disease and rates per 100,000 population, by ethnicity—United States, 2017

Number of reported cases of Lyme disease and rates per 100,000 population, by ethnicity—United States, 2017
Hispanic Non-Hispanic Ethnicity not stated Total
No. Rate No. Rate
Lyme disease, total 667 1.13 17,247 6.5 24,829 42,743
Confirmed 443 0.75 11,570 4.36 17,500 29,513
Probable 224 0.38 5,677 2.14 7,329  13,230

Data from most recent NNDSS Annual Tables.

Reported Lyme disease cases, by region and reporting area – United States, 2017

Reported Lyme disease cases, by region and reporting area – United States, 2017
 Area Total Confirmed  Probable
United States 42,743 29,513 13,230
New England 7,916 5,323 2,593
Connecticut 2,051 1,381 670
Maine 1,850 1,424 426
Massachusetts 410 321 89
New Hampshire 1,381 956 425
Rhode Island 1,132 595 537
Vermont 1,092 646 446
Middle Atlantic 22,147 16,381 5,766
New Jersey 5,092 3,629 1,463
New York (excluding New York City) 4,072 2,906 1,166
New York City 1,083 596 487
Pennsylvania 11,900 9,250 2,650
East North Central 3,976 2,533 1,443
Illinois 273 218 55
Indiana 142 92 50
Michigan 291 196 95
Ohio 270 233 37
Wisconsin 3,000 1,794 1,206
West North Central 2,707 1,557 1,150
Iowa 255 112 143
Kansas 40 13 27
Minnesota 2,318 1,408 910
Missouri 12 2 10
Nebraska 14 6 8
North Dakota 56 12 44
South Dakota 12 4 8
South Atlantic 5,422 3,436 1,986
Delaware 608 421 187
District of Columbia 84 62 22
Florida 210 124 86
Georgia 8 8 —
Maryland 1,891 1,194 697
North Carolina 295 70 225
South Carolina 21 13 8
Virginia 1,657 1,041 616
West Virginia 648 503 145
East South Central 109 47 62
Alabama 41 25 16
Kentucky 20 6 14
Mississippi 1 1 —
Tennessee 47 15 32
West South Central 77 41 36
Arkansas 6 2 4
Louisiana 12 8 4
Oklahoma 1 — 1
Texas 58 31 27
Mountain 113 64 49
Arizona 28 18 10
Colorado 4 4 —
Idaho 20 15 5
Montana 12 4 8
Nevada 17 7 10
New Mexico 3 3 —
Utah 25 10 15
Wyoming 4 3 1
Pacific 276 131 145
Alaska 10 8 2
California 145 84 61
Hawaii N N N
Oregon 84 13 71
Washington 37 26 11
Territories — — —
American Samoa N N N
Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands — — —
Guam — — —
Puerto Rico N N N
U.S. Virgin Islands — — —

Data from most recent NNDSS Annual Tables.

Page last reviewed: December 21, 2018
Content source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division of Vector-Borne Diseases (DVBD)