Spatially Explicit Nonlinear Models for Explaining the Occurrence of Infectious Zoonotic Diseases

Table 2

Regional summary of disease distribution (Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever) for the 2000–09 study period within Tennessee according to medically diagnosed claims data.

	Lyme disease; N (%)	Rocky Mountain; spotted fever N (%)	Total (%)
Nashville	343 (38%)	296 (45%)	639 (41%)
Knoxville	271 (30%)	149 (23%)	420 (27%)
Chattanooga	96 (11%)	87 (13%)	183 (12%)
Jackson	80 (9%)	80 (12%)	160 (10%)
Memphis	69 (8%)	26 (4%)	95 (6%)
Johnson City	44 (5%)	23 (3%)	67 (4%)
Totals	903	661	1,564