People treated for Lyme disease each year, US (insurance claims estimate)
476,000
people per year, US
“An estimate using insurance claims suggests 476,000 people are treated for Lyme disease each year.”
CDC, Lyme disease data and statistics, 2026-11-06
- Kind of source
- Registry or statistics office
- Read on
- 2026-11-06
- Daily check
- Quote found at the source on 2026-11-06
- What to know
- US only. CDC warns it 'may be an overestimate because billing codes do not always reflect a confirmed Lyme disease diagnosis'. Page has no stated date, so the read date is used.
- About
- Lyme disease
Used in
Kept as evidence; no figure on the platform is computed from it yet.