Rate of tick bite visits to ED by region U.S. 2019

In 2019, the Northeast reported the highest rates of tick bite visits to the emergency department (ED) with around 112 tick bite visits to the ED per 100,000 ED visits. This statistic shows the incidence rate of ED visits for tick bites in the United States from 2017 to 2019, by region.

Incidence of emergency department (ED) visits for tick bites in the United States from 2017 to 2019, by region (per 100,000 ED visits)

Characteristic	2017	2018	2019
Northeast	128	89	112
Midwest	39	33	35
Southeast	25	26	27
South Central	15	11	9
West	12	14	14

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Release date

April 2021

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United States

Survey time period

January 2017 to December 2019

Supplementary notes

"HHS Region = U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) geographic regions."
"The Northeast region includes HHS Region 1 (Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont), HHS Region 2 (New Jersey and New York), and HHS Region 3 (District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia); the Southeast region includes HHS Region 4 (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee); the South Central region includes HHS Region 6 (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Texas); the Midwest region includes HHS Region 5 (Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin) and HHS Region 7 (Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska); the West region includes HHS Region 8 (Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, and Utah), HHS Region 9 (Arizona, California, and Nevada), and HHS Region 10 (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington)."

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