Frequency and Distribution of Tickborne Diseases in the U.S.

Percentage of Diseases from In 2019, the most

0.81%
Confirmed Cases in 2019 common
6.34% 0.38%
confirmed cases

16.8%
Rickettsiosis Lyme Disease
of tickborne
diseases in the
U.S. were Lyme
~70%
of cases of tickborne
Babesiosis Anaplasmosis
6.13% Disease. disease in the US in
69.54%
Anaplasmosis 2019 were Lyme
Ehrlichiosis Tularemia
was the second Disease.
most common.

14000 Total Cases per Year

Case Frequency of 65,000

NUMBER OF CASES
12000
Tickborne Diseases 60,000
55,000

10000 vary by Region. 50,000

Confirmed Cases in 2019

45,000

8000 40,000
35,000
2016 2017 2018 2019
6000
YEAR

4000

2000
There was a major increase
in cases of tickborne
0
New
England
Middle
Atlantic
East North
Central
West North
Central
South
Atlantic
East South
Central
West South
Central
Mountain Pacific disease between 2016 and
U.S. Region 2017, and cases are on the
Rickettsiosis Lyme Disease Babesiosis Anaplasmosis Ehrlichiosis Tularemia rise again.

Blacklegged Tick
Lyme disease Babesiosis Not all species of ticks
Anaplasmosis Tularemia carry the same diseases.
Rickettsiosis Ehrlichiosis
Brown Dog Tick Lone Star Tick

Rickettsiosis Staying informed on Ehrlichiosis Tularemia

regional tick species and

Gulf Coast Tick American Dog Tick
which diseases they carry
Rickettsiosis
can better help reduce Rickettsiosis Tularemia

chances of infection.
Rocky Mountain Western
Wood Tick Blacklegged Tick

Rickettsiosis Tularemia Anaplasmosis Lyme disease