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Reports of Lyme Disease in Lexington County, South Carolina

35

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

Ranked #6 of 46 counties in South Carolina. That's 4.6% of South Carolina's 766 confirmed cases.

Yearly Breakdown of Lyme Cases in Lexington County

Confirmed cases reported to the CDC each year.
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Confirmed Lyme disease cases in Lexington County by year
Year Confirmed cases
2000 0
2001 0
2002 0
2003 0
2004 4
2005 2
2006 2
2007 1
2008 0
2009 0
2010 2
2011 0
2012 2
2013 2
2014 1
2015 3
2016 5
2017 4
2018 5
2019 2
2020 0
2000–2020
Confirmed cases
    Lexington County

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    Lyme Stats for Other South Carolina Counties

    Confirmed Lyme disease cases by county in South Carolina, 2000 to 2020
    County Confirmed cases Share of state
    Horry County 93 12.1%
    York County 63 8.2%
    Richland County 51 6.7%
    Charleston County 43 5.6%
    Beaufort County 40 5.2%
    Lexington County 35 4.6%
    Greenville County 29 3.8%
    Anderson County 25 3.3%
    Lancaster County 25 3.3%
    Oconee County 19 2.5%
    Florence County 16 2.1%
    Dorchester County 15 2.0%
    Sumter County 15 2.0%
    Aiken County 14 1.8%
    Spartanburg County 14 1.8%
    Orangeburg County 10 1.3%
    Berkeley County 9 1.2%
    Chester County 9 1.2%
    Georgetown County 9 1.2%
    Kershaw County 8 1.0%
    Pickens County 8 1.0%
    Barnwell County 7 0.9%
    Greenwood County 7 0.9%
    Williamsburg County 7 0.9%
    Clarendon County 6 0.8%
    Jasper County 6 0.8%
    Abbeville County 4 0.5%
    Colleton County 4 0.5%
    Darlington County 4 0.5%
    Dillon County 4 0.5%
    Fairfield County 4 0.5%
    Hampton County 4 0.5%
    McCormick County 4 0.5%
    Edgefield County 3 0.4%
    Laurens County 3 0.4%
    Newberry County 3 0.4%
    Bamberg County 2 0.3%
    Cherokee County 2 0.3%
    Chesterfield County 2 0.3%
    Lee County 2 0.3%
    Marion County 2 0.3%
    Marlboro County 2 0.3%
    Calhoun County 1 0.1%
    Allendale County 0 0.0%
    Saluda County 0 0.0%
    Union County 0 0.0%
    Unknown County 133 17.4%

    "Unknown County" counts cases the CDC confirmed in South Carolina 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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