Map methods

A transparent path from CDC records to each county shape.

The explorer is intentionally narrow: two reporting years, counts rather than rates, and no attempt to fill suppressed or missing records.

01 · Source

CDC public-use data

Lyme disease records are aggregated by year, state and county FIPS code from the CDC data portal. The explorer refreshes its cached data daily.

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02 · Inclusion

Valid county records only

Only 2022 and 2023 rows with a five-digit county FIPS code are mapped. Suppressed and unknown geography is not reassigned.

03 · Display

Fixed count ranges

Colors show 1–4, 5–19, 20–99, 100–499 and 500+ reported cases. A patterned fill means there is no published county value.

04 · Access

Map and table together

The table is the precise, keyboard-friendly alternative. Search works with county names and state abbreviations.

Independent reference

Compare our rendering with CDC’s own case map.