The MaineTracking Network just published new data dashboards about carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning cases, events, deaths, and detectors. This is the first time MaineTracking has published data about the seasonality of CO exposure and sources of CO exposure. Having these data together makes it easy to recognize factors that may cause a higher risk of CO poisoning. Explore the data.
Maine tracks emergency department visits, reported cases, exposure events, and deaths related to carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning.
Join us for the ninth annual Tracking Awareness Week, themed “Be a Data Explorer!” This theme highlights unique data and tools on the MaineTracking Network that power public health action.
Keeping your home clean and addressing issues that arise with water quality, lead paint, radon, or carbon monoxide are essential for maintaining a healthy home. Being aware of and preventing issues like lead or carbon monoxide poisoning may not be top of mind for some Maine homeowners, but these issues pose health threats that should be taken seriously.
May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month. To help Mainers prepare for tick season and prevent the spread of tickborne diseases, the MaineTracking Network has released updated tickborne disease data through the year 2022. In Maine, 2,652 cases of Lyme disease were reported in 2022, an increase of 1,142 cases from 2021. See these data at the town, county, and state levels, for the years 2001-2022.
Odorles
If you spend any time outdoors in Maine you can encounter an eight-legged cuddle bug that you don’t want to get cozy with: a tick. Mainer’s can meet up with ticks while raking leaves, walking on a road shoulder, cutting trees, hiking or mountain biking, or playing at a park. Ticks in Maine may carry and transmit Lyme disease and other tickborne diseases.
Maine has some of the highest rates of asthma in the country. About one out of every nine Mainers currently has asthma, compared to one in twelve nationally. Maine is one of the few states where asthma affects more adults than children.
