Well water quality data are from the Maine Center for Disease Control's Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory.
1999 - 2019
County, Town
The Maine EPHT program receives well water sample data on an ad hoc basis from the Maine Center for Disease Control's Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory (HETL).
Adults with homes on well water and water testing behavior data are from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).
Single years 2012, 2014-2019, 2021; combined years 2016-2019 and 2021
State, Public Health District, County
Near real-time emergency department visits for suspected tick exposure are from the Maine CDC Infectious Disease Program’s syndromic surveillance system.
2024 to date, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019; by week.
State
The Maine EPHT program receives daily counts of emergency department visits for suspected tick exposure from syndromic surveillance data collected by the Infectious Disease Program at the Maine CDC.
The dataset contains the following measure:
Near real-time tickborne disease case incidence data are from the Maine CDC’s Infectious Disease Program’s notifiable diseases surveillance system. Population data used to calculate county-level rates are from the U.S. Census Bureau.
2019 to date
The Maine EPHT program receives daily data on tickborne diseases from the Infectious Disease Program at the Maine CDC.
The dataset contains the following measures, assessed at present (year-to-date):
Tickborne disease data are from the Maine CDC Division of Infectious Disease. Population data are from the U.S. census for state and county level analyses. Population data for town level analyses are from the Maine CDC’s Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics.
2001 - 2022
State, County, Town
Hospitalization data are from the Maine Health Data Organization (MHDO). Population data are from the U.S. Census Bureau.
2001 – 2014, 2016
State, County, Town
Blood lead testing data are from the Maine CDC’s Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory and received directly from healthcare providers in Maine. Population estimates are from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Maine CDC’s Office of Data, Research and Vital Statistics.
2010 – 2024
State, County, High-risk Area, and Town
Blood lead testing data are from the Maine CDC’s Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory (HETL) and received directly from healthcare providers in Maine. Birth data are from the Maine CDC’s Office of Data, Research and Vital Statistics.
2010 – 2021 (by birth year)
State, County, and High-risk Area
Poverty estimates are from the U.S. Census Bureau’s decadal census (2000) or the American Community Survey (2010-2014, 2015-2019, 2020-2024).
2000, 2010-2014, 2015-2019, 2020-2024
State, County, High-risk Area, and Town
Blood lead testing data are from the Maine CDC’s Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory and received directly from healthcare providers in Maine.
2010 - 2024
State, County, High-risk Area, and Town