Reported Cases* of Tickborne Diseases by Year, Alabama (1988-2016)

*Include cases reported to Public Health that met  CDC’s case definitions.

Case counts are based on residence and do not necessarily show where disease was acquired.
Condition
Anaplasmosis Babesiosis Ehrlichiosis Undetermined Lyme Disease Spotted Fever Tularemia
Ehrlichiosis/ Rickettsiosis
Anaplasmosis

1988 10 0 Ehrlichio Lyme Spotted

1989 6 0 1999 1 20 17
1990 11 0 2000 2 6 14
1991 13 14 1 2001 0 11 20
1992 10 3 0 2002 2 11 17
1993 4 4 1 2003 2 8 21
1994 17 2 0 2004 3 7 54
1995 12 3 0 2005 1 3 72
1996 9 15 1 2006 2 11 94
1997 11 9 2 2007 12 21 95
1998 24 11 0 2008 9 9 93
1999 0 1 20 17 0 2009 8 3 68
2000 0 2 6 14 0 2010 12 2 83
2001 0 0 0 11 20 1 2011 5 25 79
2002 1 2 0 11 17 1 2012 10 25 167
2003 1 2 0 8 21 1 2013 11 24 255
2004 2 3 0 7 54 3 2014 10 17 214
2005 2 1 0 3 72 1 2015 9 25 288
2006 2 2 0 11 94 0 2016 12 38 453
2007 3 12 0 21 95 0
2008 0 9 0 9 93 0
2009 2 8 0 3 68 0
2010 7 12 1 2 83 0 Number of Reported Cases of Ehrlichiosis and Lyme Disease, Number of Reported Cases of Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis,
2011 4 1 5 0 25 79 0 ADPH, 1999-2016 ADPH, 1999-2016
2012 11 0 10 5 25 167 0 40 500
2013 3 0 11 1 24 255 0
2014 7 1 10 2 17 214 0
2015 7 2 9 2 25 288 0 35
2016 6 0 12 3 38 453 1 400

30

300 y = 18.706x - 60.817

25 y = 1.0836x + 4.4837 R² = 0.7217
R² = 0.3329

Reported Cases
Reported Cases
20 200

15
y = 0.6987x - 0.4706 100
R² = 0.6825
10

0
5

0 -100

Ehrlichiosis Lyme Disease Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis

Linear (Ehrlichiosis) Linear (Lyme Disease) Linear (Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis)