Lyme Disease Per 100,000 Population
Source: 2007-2009 Bureau of Communicable Disease Control Data as of April, 2011
| Lyme Disease | Population | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region/County | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | Total | 2008 | Rate |
| Reg-1 Western New York | ||||||
| Allegany | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 49,649 | 6.0 |
| Cattaraugus | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 79,688 | 5.4 |
| Chautauqua | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 133,789 | 4.2 |
| Erie | 7 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 909,845 | 1.1 |
| Genesee | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 57,821 | 0.6 |
| Niagara | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 214,464 | 1.6 |
| Orleans | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 42,135 | 1.6 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 41,652 | 2.4 |
| Region Total | 14 | 26 | 44 | 84 | 1,529,043 | 1.8 |
| Reg-2 Finger Lakes | ||||||
| Chemung | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 87,813 | 1.9 |
| Livingston | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 63,154 | 2.1 |
| Monroe | 10 | 12 | 25 | 47 | 732,762 | 2.1 |
| Ontario | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 104,475 | 2.6 |
| Schuyler | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 18,888 | 5.3 |
| Seneca | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 34,086 | 2.9 |
| Steuben | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 96,573 | 2.4 |
| Wayne | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 91,564 | 1.8 |
| Yates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24,652 | 0.0 |
| Region Total | 18 | 24 | 40 | 82 | 1,253,967 | 2.2 |
| Reg-3 Central New York | ||||||
| Cayuga | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 79,823 | 4.6 |
| Cortland | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 48,302 | 6.9 |
| Herkimer | 4 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 62,200 | 16.1 |
| Jefferson | 8 | 37 | 49 | 94 | 118,046 | 26.5 |
| Lewis | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 26,176 | 6.4 |
| Madison | 0 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 69,766 | 8.1 |
| Oneida | 9 | 26 | 14 | 49 | 231,590 | 7.1 |
| Onondaga | 10 | 67 | 37 | 114 | 452,633 | 8.4 |
| Oswego | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 121,395 | 3.8 |
| St Lawrence | 10 | 25 | 47 | 82 | 109,701 | 24.9 |
| Tompkins | 8 | 42 | 49 | 99 | 101,136 | 32.6 |
| Region Total | 57 | 228 | 240 | 525 | 1,420,768 | 12.3 |
| Reg-4 New York-Penn | ||||||
| Broome | 3 | 19 | 24 | 46 | 195,018 | 7.9 |
| Chenango | 7 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 50,898 | 13.8 |
| Tioga | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 50,171 | 7.3 |
| Region Total | 13 | 24 | 41 | 78 | 296,087 | 8.8 |
| Reg-5 Northeastern New York | ||||||
| Albany | 427 | 638 | 638 | 1,703 | 298,130 | 190.4 |
| Clinton | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 81,947 | 5.7 |
| Columbia | 318 | 584 | 572 | 1,474 | 62,006 | 792.4 |
| Delaware | 4 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 46,085 | 15.9 |
| Essex | 6 | 24 | 43 | 73 | 37,826 | 64.3 |
| Franklin | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 50,521 | 7.3 |
| Fulton | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 55,024 | 10.3 |
| Greene | 157 | 313 | 402 | 872 | 48,992 | 593.3 |
| Hamilton | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5,021 | 26.6 |
| Montgomery | 7 | 25 | 21 | 53 | 48,679 | 36.3 |
| Otsego | 8 | 14 | 13 | 35 | 61,962 | 18.8 |
| Rensselaer | 349 | 542 | 440 | 1,331 | 155,261 | 285.8 |
| Saratoga | 126 | 364 | 407 | 897 | 217,191 | 137.7 |
| Schenectady | 34 | 93 | 131 | 258 | 151,427 | 56.8 |
| Schoharie | 11 | 23 | 26 | 60 | 31,910 | 62.7 |
| Warren | 20 | 20 | 94 | 134 | 65,971 | 67.7 |
| Washington | 83 | 183 | 196 | 462 | 62,804 | 245.2 |
| Region Total | 1,556 | 2,850 | 3,014 | 7,420 | 1,480,757 | 167.0 |
| Reg-6 Hudson Valley | ||||||
| Dutchess | 551 | 1,141 | 979 | 2,671 | 292,878 | 304.0 |
| Orange | 510 | 991 | 1,088 | 2,589 | 379,647 | 227.3 |
| Putnam | 140 | 202 | 381 | 723 | 99,244 | 242.8 |
| Rockland | 200 | 353 | 328 | 881 | 298,545 | 98.4 |
| Sullivan | 69 | 118 | 114 | 301 | 76,189 | 131.7 |
| Ulster | 361 | 778 | 582 | 1,721 | 181,670 | 315.8 |
| Westchester | 360 | 1,026 | 659 | 2,045 | 953,943 | 71.5 |
| Region Total | 2,191 | 4,609 | 4,131 | 10,931 | 2,282,116 | 159.7 |
| Reg-7 New York City *** | ||||||
| Bronx | 33 | 73 | 74 | 180 | 1,391,903 | 4.3 |
| Kings | 82 | 178 | 255 | 515 | 2,556,598 | 6.7 |
| New York | 221 | 403 | 528 | 1,152 | 1,634,795 | 23.5 |
| Queens | 52 | 104 | 136 | 292 | 2,293,007 | 4.2 |
| Richmond | 29 | 50 | 60 | 139 | 487,407 | 9.5 |
| Region Total | 417 | 808 | 1,053 | 2,278 | 8,363,710 | 9.1 |
| Reg-8 Nassau-Suffolk | ||||||
| Nassau | 104 | 41 | 218 | 363 | 1,351,625 | 9.0 |
| Suffolk | 234 | 542 | 498 | 1,274 | 1,512,224 | 28.1 |
| Region Total | 338 | 583 | 716 | 1,637 | 2,863,849 | 19.1 |
| New York State Total | 4,604 | 9,152 | 9,279 | 23,035 | 19,490,297 | 39.4 |
*** In 2007 Orange, Suffolk, and Westchester counties investigated a sample of positive laboratory results;
in 2008 Orange and Westchester counties investigated a sample, and in 2009 12 counties investigated a sample.
The numbers of cases was extrapolated to generated estimates of the total number of cases.
The number of reported cases for NYS excluding NYC was 3748 in 2007, 6987 in 2008, and 4764 in 2009.
Since 2008 the case definition was changed to include probable cases.
