Category Archives: Statistics

Bed bug statistics and analysis. Bed bugs are not a reportable pest. Therefore, they are not like crime or unemployment. Nobody owns this problem. There are no good statistics anywhere, just many indicators. There are 28 posts in this category.

NPMA/University of Kentucky global bed bug survey

The NPMA/University of Kentucky global bed bug survey hasn’t been published yet (see the NPMA press release that made the news rounds recently) but I came across an executive summary (PDF) via Pest magazine that has a bit more detail. … Continue reading

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“During the past 12 months, have you had a problem with bed bugs in your home that required an exterminator?”

The NYC Health Department announced at last Wednesday’s press conference that 6.7% (of adult residents) answered yes. Despite the bad news, it is exciting to have this question included in the city’s health survey for the first time. Not that … Continue reading

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FY 2010 NYC stats update

We updated bed bug statistics through FY 2010 (PDF), data courtesy of the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), and for the first time added a table of 311 directory assistance calls. This table is based on data … Continue reading

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#44

Not sure how I missed this but check out the CDC’s internal site search stats for 2009. Bed bugs rank #44 on the list of keywords, behind scabies, above smoking. 25,506 searches. Frustrated searchers to be sure. I’m good for … Continue reading

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Bed bug tracking in Columbus: “a fraction of the actual bed bug infestations”

It’s amazing how much the Central Ohio Bed Bug Task Force has been able to accomplish without any significant funding. The latest example is this presentation from the recent Central Ohio Bed Bug Summit: Bed Bug Distribution through Greater Columbus, … Continue reading

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Lazy hazy days of bed bugs

Caveman Forecaster analyzed google search volume trends for “bed bugs” and found that searches rise in summer months. Caveman’s second graph is a bed bug forecast: Caveman also mentions the top-three cities looking for bed bugs in google. I’ll leave … Continue reading

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Elie Zananiri’s Rats ‘n’ Bedbugs

Rats ‘n’ Bedbugs Screencast from prisonerjohn on Vimeo. This is the project page with links to the application, images and video. In our experience generally people don’t read fact sheets or FAQs, not until they have bed bugs, and often … Continue reading

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311 finally has bed bug category

NYC 311 formalizes category for bed bug complaints — apartments, hotels, subways! Continue reading

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Greater London bed bug infestation study

The Louisa Richards’ (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) study we’d heard so much of, a study of resident bed bug service requests to pest control teams in London from 2000 to 2006, has been published. The study found an average 28.5% yearly increase in calls about bed bugs to seven boroughs in London. Continue reading

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Rats and bed bugs: a mainstreaming idea

“The project would start with a simple animation of an uneasy person with 6 rats on his left and a bunch of bedbugs squirming on his right. The user would then click on one of the two sides…” Continue reading

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