Table 2. Highest babesiosis rates among elderly Medicare beneficiaries, by state, United States, 2006–2008*.
| State or district | No. beneficiaries with babesiosis (rate/100,000†) |
Total no. enrolled beneficiaries |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | ||
| US total | 985 (4) | 851 (3) | 1,223 (5) | 27,278,865 | 26,381,435 | 25,908,122 | |
| Connecticut | 166 (42) | 168 (44) | 183 (50) | 394,431 | 381,453 | 364,449 | |
| Rhode Island | 34 (45) | 13 (18) | 30 (41) | 74,951 | 73,387 | 72,430 | |
| New York | 395 (24) | 268 (17) | 379 (25) | 1,621,816 | 1,559,031 | 1,508,401 | |
| Massachusetts | 76 (13) | 128 (22) | 185 (32) | 596,349 | 590,318 | 586,278 | |
| Maryland | 43 (8) | 34 (7) | 61 (12) | 508,445 | 510,573 | 512,902 | |
| New Jersey | 80 (9) | 59 (7) | 98 (11) | 887,588 | 884,107 | 885,544 | |
| District of Columbia | 3 (7) | 1 (2) | 3 (7) | 44,419 | 43,843 | 42,986 | |
| Virginia | 25 (3) | 29 (4) | 59 (8) | 749,256 | 723,406 | 718,145 | |
| Maine | 7 (4) | 4 (2) | 10 (6) | 180,030 | 179,797 | 176,233 | |
| New Hampshire | 3 (2) | 4 (3) | 9 (6) | 149,654 | 151,120 | 150,567 | |
| Delaware | 2 (2) | 1 (1) | 7 (7) | 102,197 | 103,937 | 105,359 | |
*States include District of Columbia. States are shown in descending order of average babesiosis rate during the 3-year period. †Babesiosis rates were rounded to the nearest whole number.