Epidemiology of Lyme Disease Diagnoses among Older Adults, United States, 2016–2019

Abstract

We used Medicare data to identify >88,000 adults >65 years of age diagnosed and treated for Lyme disease during 2016–2019 in the United States. Most diagnoses occurred among residents of high-incidence states, in summer, and among men. Incidence of diagnoses was substantially higher than that reported through public health surveillance.

Keywords

• Lyme disease
• Medicare
• incidence
• elderly
• United States
• tickborne diseases