Division of Communicable Diseases
The Infectious & Zoonotic Disease Program
Lyme Disease Rate by County in New Jersey
| County |
1999 |
2000 |
| Cases |
Rate |
Cases |
Rate |
| Atlantic |
63 |
26.29 |
90 |
35.64 |
| Bergen |
17 |
1.98 |
104 |
11.76 |
| Burlington |
55 |
12.96 |
22 |
5.20 |
| Camden |
10 |
1.99 |
11 |
2.16 |
| Cape May |
14 |
14.28 |
15 |
14.66 |
| Cumberland |
15 |
10.71 |
32 |
21.85 |
| Essex |
19 |
2.54 |
58 |
7.31 |
| Gloucester |
62 |
24.75 |
101 |
39.66 |
| Hudson |
4 |
0.72 |
14 |
2.30 |
| Hunterdon |
618 |
496.17 |
538 |
441.02 |
| Mercer |
75 |
22.46 |
83 |
23.66 |
| Middlesex |
58 |
8.08 |
116 |
15.46 |
| Monmouth |
60 |
9.81 |
191 |
31.04 |
| Morris |
267 |
57.60 |
461 |
98.04 |
| Ocean |
96 |
19.30 |
92 |
18.01 |
| Passaic |
5 |
1.03 |
30 |
6.13 |
| Salem |
42 |
65.08 |
41 |
63.78 |
| Somerset |
99 |
34.36 |
152 |
51.09 |
| Sussex |
28 |
19.35 |
140 |
97.11 |
| Union |
9 |
1.80 |
19 |
3.64 |
| Warren |
103 |
102.68 |
149 |
145.46 |
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| TOTAL |
1,719 |
21.11 |
2,459 |
29.22 |
Lyme Disease Rate Archive
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