Table 8.
Number of people with chronic Lyme disease in 2050 in the USA.
| Number of Lyme disease infections in the USA between 2008 to 2050 given an assumed 2% annual growth rate of infection | 55 715 494 | |
| USA's population in 2050 given an annual population growth of 1% | 461 712 128 | |
| % of the population in the USA that has been infected with Lyme disease between 2008 and 2050 | 12.07 | |
| People that are infected with Lyme disease that develop chronic Lyme disease | 0.63 | |
| People that are infected with Lyme disease that develop an acute infection | 0.37 | |
| Number of people that has had acute Lyme disease between 2008 and 2050 in the USA | 20 614 733 | |
| % of population in 2050 that has had acute Lyme disease between 2008 and 2050 in the USA | 4.46 | |
| Assumed cure rate | Number of people with chronic Lyme disease in 2050 in the USA | % of USA's population with chronic Lyme disease in 2050 |
| 0% cure rate | 35 100 762 | 8 |
| 25% cure rate | 26 325 571 | 6 |
| 50% cure rate | 17 550 381 | 4 |
| 75% cure rate | 8 775 190 | 2 |
| 100% cure rate | 0 | 0 |