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Division of Communicable Diseases
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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
         
TOTAL 1,719 21.11 2,459 29.22

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