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Lyme Disease in Dutchess County, NY

The CDC began surveillance for Lyme disease in 1982 and the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) designated Lyme disease as a nationally notifiable disease in January 1991.

 

 11,663 cases reported from 1986 to 2001

Reports of Lyme disease in New York have increased at a much higher rate than any other state in the United States. Dutchess County has the highest number of reported cases in New York.

This data is based on reporting only those cases that meet the CDC's Lyme disease surveillance criteria. The Center for Disease Control estimates the actual number of cases of Lyme disease may be 10 times higher.

 

Source: Dutchess Count Health Dept.

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