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| Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevalence - Cleveland, Ohio - 2000 | |||||
| Children Under Six Years Old with CONFIRMED Blood Lead Levels | |||||
| at or Above 10 Micrograms of Lead per Deciliter of Blood* | |||||
| Data Provided by the Cuyahoga County Board of Health | |||||
| Prepared by Environmental Health Watch | |||||
| Statistical Planning Area (SPA) | Number of Children <72months 2000 Census | Number of Children Tested (<72months) | Percentage of Children Tested | Number of Children >=10mcg/dL | Percentage of Children >=10mcg/dL |
| Archwood Denison | 947 | 393 | 41% | 63 | 16% |
| Buckeye Shaker | 1,362 | 476 | 35% | 105 | 22% |
| Central | 1,966 | 856 | 44% | 113 | 13% |
| Clark Fulton | 1,498 | 603 | 40% | 112 | 19% |
| Corlett | 1,403 | 562 | 40% | 101 | 18% |
| Cudell | 1,194 | 428 | 36% | 77 | 18% |
| Detroit Shoreway | 1,859 | 836 | 45% | 210 | 25% |
| Edgewater | 568 | 163 | 29% | 22 | 13% |
| Euclid Green | 587 | 209 | 36% | 20 | 10% |
| Fairfax | 643 | 320 | 50% | 100 | 31% |
| Forest Hills | 1,570 | 760 | 48% | 208 | 27% |
| Glenville | 2,325 | 1,222 | 53% | 391 | 32% |
| Goodrich Kirtland | 341 | 184 | 54% | 42 | 23% |
| Hough | 1,590 | 724 | 46% | 194 | 27% |
| Jefferson | 1,784 | 371 | 21% | 28 | 8% |
| Kamms Corner | 1,611 | 178 | 11% | 5 | 3% |
| Kinsman | 1,040 | 480 | 46% | 97 | 20% |
| Lee Miles | 1,026 | 344 | 34% | 22 | 6% |
| Mt. Pleasant | 2,210 | 904 | 41% | 208 | 23% |
| North Broadway | 1,047 | 373 | 36% | 102 | 27% |
| North Collinwood | 1,756 | 517 | 29% | 78 | 15% |
| Ohio City | 878 | 383 | 44% | 80 | 21% |
| Old Brooklyn | 3,050 | 537 | 18% | 30 | 6% |
| Puritas Longmead | 1,354 | 331 | 24% | 17 | 5% |
| Riverside | 597 | 146 | 24% | 7 | 5% |
| South Broadway | 2,216 | 615 | 28% | 102 | 17% |
| South Collinwood | 1,559 | 631 | 40% | 136 | 22% |
| St. Clair Superior | 1,288 | 671 | 52% | 253 | 38% |
| Stockyards | 999 | 395 | 40% | 51 | 13% |
| Tremont | 790 | 367 | 46% | 85 | 23% |
| Union Miles | 1,528 | 679 | 44% | 160 | 24% |
| University | 315 | 121 | 38% | 20 | 17% |
| West Boulevard | 1,798 | 602 | 33% | 70 | 12% |
| Woodland Hills | 1,439 | 612 | 43% | 139 | 23% |
| SPAs w/ <100 tests~ | 250 | 85 | 34% | 13 | 15% |
| Total | 46,388 | 17,078 | 37% | 3,461 | 20% |
| * A blood lead level of 10mcg/dL or greater is generally considered childhood lead poisoning. There is strong evidence | |||||
| of damage well below 10. | |||||
| ~ Statistical Planning Areas with fewer than 100 children tested are Downtown and Industrial Valley. | |||||