Number of Lyme disease cases in the U.S. from 2001 to 2019, by age and gender
Between 2001 and 2019, there were around 25,300 cases of Lyme disease among males aged 5 to 9 years. Lyme disease is a bacterial infection transmitted by ticks to humans. It is the most commonly reported vector-borne illness in the United States. This statistic displays the number of confirmed cases of Lyme disease in the U.S. from 2001 to 2019, by age and gender.