Tick Talk - New Tickborne Content
May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month. To help Mainers prepare for tick season and prevent the spread of tickborne diseases, the Maine Tracking Network has released updated Lyme disease data through the year 2017. In Maine, 1,844 cases of Lyme disease were reported in 2017, an increase of 347 cases from 2016.
Asthma Awareness Month: Tips for Controlling Your Asthma
In Maine, almost 150,000 people live with asthma. Maine is one of the few states where asthma affects more adults than children. Approximately 1 in 9 adults in Maine has asthma compared to
1 in 12 nationally.
Private Well Water Metadata: Well Water Quality (Testing) Data
Origin:
Well water quality data are from the Maine Center for Disease Control's Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory.
Dates Available:
1999 - 2019
Geographic Resolution:
County, Town
Abstract:
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).
Private Well Water Metadata: Homes on Well Water and Testing Behavior
Origin:
Adults with homes on well water and water testing behavior data are from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).
Dates Available:
Single years 2012, 2014-2019, 2021; combined years 2016-2019 and 2021
Geographic Resolution:
State, Public Health District, County
Tickborne Disease Metadata: Near Real-Time Emergency Department Visits for Suspected Tick Exposure
Origin:
Near real-time emergency department visits for suspected tick exposure are from the Maine CDC Infectious Disease Program’s syndromic surveillance system.
Dates Available:
2024 to date, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019; by week.
Geographic Resolution:
State
Abstract:
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:
Tickborne Disease Metadata: Near Real-Time Incidence
Origin:
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.
Dates Available:
2019 to date
Abstract:
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 Metadata: Incidence
Origin:
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.
Dates Available:
2001 - 2022
Geographic Resolution:
State, County, Town
Acute Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack) Metadata: Hospitalizations
Origin:
Hospitalization data are from the Maine Health Data Organization (MHDO). Population data are from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Dates Available:
2001 – 2014, 2016
Geographic Resolution:
State, County, Town
Childhood Lead Screening Metadata: Calendar Year
Origin:
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.
Dates Available:
2004 – 2022
Geographic Resolution:
State, County, High-risk Area, and Town