Volume 27, Number 2—February 2021
Research
Use of Commercial Claims Data for Evaluating Trends in Lyme Disease Diagnoses, United States, 2010–2018
Amy M. Schwartz, Kiersten J. Kugeler, Christina A. Nelson, Grace E. Marx, and Alison F. Hinckley
Table 1
Characteristics of Lyme disease diagnoses in MarketScan database versus national surveillance, United States, 2010–2018*
| Category | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall incidence | |||||||||
| MarketScan | 49.1 | 58.2 | 56.2 | 73.0 | 79.0 | 74.7 | 75.2 | 87.9 | 73.3 |
| Surveillance
|
8.4
|
9.3
|
7.9
|
9.2
|
9.7
|
10.9
|
10.4
|
11.8
|
9.2
|
| Incidence among male enrollees/population | |||||||||
| MarketScan | 46.8 | 58.2 | 54.1 | 74.0 | 81.0 | 77.9 | 74.8 | 88.9 | 73.9 |
| Surveillance
|
9.2
|
10.4
|
8.5
|
10.6
|
11.3
|
12.8
|
11.9
|
13.7
|
10.6
|
| Incidence among female enrollees/population | |||||||||
| MarketScan | 51.2 | 58.1 | 58.1 | 72.0 | 77.2 | 71.7 | 75.6 | 86.9 | 72.7 |
| Surveillance
|
7.2
|
7.7
|
6.8
|
7.5
|
7.8
|
8.7
|
8.5
|
9.6
|
7.5
|
| Seasonality, peak month (% of total occurring during May−August) | |||||||||
| MarketScan | June (53.0) | June (55.2) | June (52.0) | July (59.4) | July (60.1) | July (60.5) | June (53.6) | July (57.9) | June (56.9) |
| Surveillance | June (68.8) | June (71.4) | June (64.6) | July (73.7) | July (72.8) | July (74.0) | June (69.2) | July (71.0) | June (66.0) |
*Incidence calculated as diagnoses/100,000 enrollees in MarketScan or cases/100,000 population among each subcategory.
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