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I was disappointed over the lack of links in a web(!) article, so I did some research over this comment: Poland notes that since then, Lyme has become more wide

I was disappointed over the lack of links in a web(!) article, so I did some research over this comment: Poland notes that since then, Lyme has become more widespread and is now the most common tick-borne disease in the country. Dr. Gregory Poland works in Mayo Clinic which is based in Minnesota. Here are statistics for Lyme disease in that country: http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/diseases/lyme/statistics.html http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/diseases/lyme/stati... http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/diseases/lyme/casesyear.pdf http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/diseases/lyme/cases... And for the entire United States: http://www.cdc.gov/lyme/stats/chartstables/casesbyyear.html http://www.cdc.gov/lyme/stats/chartstables/casesbyyear.html Looks like the number of cases is slowly growing. Charts don't seem to be normalized. The increase in cases could be due to increase in population.

JonathonW 11y ago
Here are the nationwide statistics for Lyme disease in the US: http://www.cdc.gov/lyme/stats/index.html http://www.cdc.gov/lyme/stats/index.html And some links to the CDC sites about other tick-borne diseases prevalent in the US: http://www.cdc.gov/ticks/diseases/ http://www.cdc.gov/ticks/diseases/ (most of these also include statistics on incidence and geographic distribution)
- Tiksi 11y ago
  I was curious to see the rate of spread so I made this gif from the images in your first link: http://paste.click/DyTMLM http://paste.click/DyTMLM
TheBeardKing 11y ago
Minnesota is a state.
- Practicality 11y ago
  A lot of people get confused because the term state can refer to either a federated state (like in the U.S.) or a sovereign state (hence the term, "head of state" for the leader of a country). Also, it's even more confusing because the states used to be considered different nations, united. Hence why they used to be called "these united states." Just an FYI.
  - moron4hire 11y ago
    Given that "States" is in our country's name, as well as the fact that they are "United", I think people should reasonably expect that its subdivisions are not called "countries".

JonathonW 11y ago

Here are the nationwide statistics for Lyme disease in the US: http://www.cdc.gov/lyme/stats/index.html http://www.cdc.gov/lyme/stats/index.html And some links to the CDC sites about other tick-borne diseases prevalent in the US: http://www.cdc.gov/ticks/diseases/ http://www.cdc.gov/ticks/diseases/ (most of these also include statistics on incidence and geographic distribution)

Tiksi 11y ago
I was curious to see the rate of spread so I made this gif from the images in your first link: http://paste.click/DyTMLM http://paste.click/DyTMLM

TheBeardKing 11y ago

Minnesota is a state.

Practicality 11y ago
A lot of people get confused because the term state can refer to either a federated state (like in the U.S.) or a sovereign state (hence the term, "head of state" for the leader of a country). Also, it's even more confusing because the states used to be considered different nations, united. Hence why they used to be called "these united states." Just an FYI.
- moron4hire 11y ago
  Given that "States" is in our country's name, as well as the fact that they are "United", I think people should reasonably expect that its subdivisions are not called "countries".