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Reports of Lyme Disease in Sonoma County, California

178

Confirmed cases of Lyme disease in Sonoma County (2000 to 2020).

Ranked #1 of 58 counties in California. That's 8% of California's 2,219 confirmed cases.

Yearly Breakdown of Lyme Cases in Sonoma County

Confirmed cases reported to the CDC each year.
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Confirmed Lyme disease cases in Sonoma County by year
Year Confirmed cases
2000 8
2001 6
2002 4
2003 9
2004 2
2005 9
2006 8
2007 9
2008 9
2009 10
2010 9
2011 3
2012 12
2013 7
2014 10
2015 12
2016 14
2017 16
2018 11
2019 10
2020 0
2000–2020
Confirmed cases
    Sonoma County

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    Lyme Stats for Other California Counties

    Confirmed Lyme disease cases by county in California, 2000 to 2020
    County Confirmed cases Share of state
    Sonoma County 178 8.0%
    Santa Cruz County 133 6.0%
    Los Angeles County 130 5.9%
    Santa Clara County 130 5.9%
    San Diego County 129 5.8%
    Humboldt County 115 5.2%
    San Francisco County 114 5.1%
    Alameda County 104 4.7%
    Mendocino County 92 4.1%
    Contra Costa County 72 3.2%
    San Mateo County 69 3.1%
    Marin County 64 2.9%
    Santa Barbara County 56 2.5%
    Riverside County 53 2.4%
    Nevada County 52 2.3%
    Ventura County 43 1.9%
    Sacramento County 35 1.6%
    Placer County 29 1.3%
    El Dorado County 27 1.2%
    Orange County 27 1.2%
    Butte County 26 1.2%
    Napa County 24 1.1%
    Tulare County 23 1.0%
    Kern County 22 1.0%
    San Luis Obispo County 22 1.0%
    Monterey County 20 0.9%
    Stanislaus County 20 0.9%
    Fresno County 17 0.8%
    San Bernardino County 17 0.8%
    Shasta County 17 0.8%
    Yolo County 17 0.8%
    Trinity County 15 0.7%
    Solano County 14 0.6%
    Lake County 11 0.5%
    Tuolumne County 10 0.5%
    Amador County 9 0.4%
    Kings County 9 0.4%
    San Joaquin County 9 0.4%
    Siskiyou County 9 0.4%
    Mariposa County 7 0.3%
    Mono County 6 0.3%
    Tehama County 6 0.3%
    Yuba County 6 0.3%
    Glenn County 5 0.2%
    Calaveras County 4 0.2%
    Del Norte County 4 0.2%
    San Benito County 4 0.2%
    Madera County 3 0.1%
    Merced County 3 0.1%
    Sierra County 3 0.1%
    Inyo County 2 0.1%
    Plumas County 2 0.1%
    Sutter County 2 0.1%
    Imperial County 1 0.0%
    Lassen County 1 0.0%
    Alpine County 0 0.0%
    Colusa County 0 0.0%
    Modoc County 0 0.0%
    Unknown County 197 8.9%

    "Unknown County" counts cases the CDC confirmed in California without a county of residence. They are included in the state total but not on the map.

    Data Sources

    All Lyme disease prevalence data sourced from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's surveillance data. Cases are counted by the patient's county of residence, which may not be where the tick bite occurred.

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