Lyme Disease
(asked on 2nd January 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people each year are diagnosed with Lyme disease.
This question was answered on 9th January 2015
The total number of people diagnosed with Lyme disease in England and Wales for the last nine years is listed in the table below:
Total reported cases | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
Lyme disease in England and Wales | 500 | 595 | 768 | 797 | 813 | 863 | 905 | 959 | 1,040 |
Since 2010 hospital laboratories are required to report positive diagnoses of Lyme disease to public health authorities. These laboratory data are collated by Public Health England and published regularly.