 I know it's alarming to look at it that way, but we've known for a long time that people in that age category are disproportionately at risk of both tick bites, seemingly, but also of exposure to the various pathogens. Rich says the U.S. CDC reports Lyme case counts could be as much as 10 times what are reported due to underreporting in undiagnosed cases. The federal agency counts 63,000 cases a year, but