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Table 1 Lyme disease cases and public tick submissions with exposure within and outside the public health unit of residence

From: Spatiotemporal trends and socioecological factors associated with Lyme disease in eastern Ontario, Canada from 2010–2017

 

Exposure within PHU

Exposure outside PHU

P value

Lyme disease cases, n (%)

  EOH

62 (86.1)

10 (13.9)

 < .0001

  OTT

115 (34.8)

215 (65.2)

 < .0001

  LGL

416 (98.1)

8 (1.9)

 < .0001

  KFL

382 (96.0)

16 (4.0)

 < .0001

Tick submissions, n (%)

  EOH

567 (88.9)

71 (11.1)

 < .0001

  OTT

1105 (73.2)

404 (26.8)

 < .0001

  LGL

2580 (91.9)

226 (8.1)

 < .0001

  KFL

1416 (80.8)

337 (19.2)

 < .0001

  1. PHU Public health unit, EOH Eastern Ontario Health Unit, OTT City of Ottawa Health Unit, LGL Leeds, Grenville, and Lanark Health Unit, KFL Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington Health Unit