Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevalence - Cleveland, Ohio - 2001
Children Under Six Years Old with CONFIRMED Blood Lead Levels
at or Above 10 Micrograms of Lead per Deciliter of Blood*

Created by Environmental Health Watch with Data from the Cuyahoga County Board of Health

 

Percent of Children Tested who Were Lead-Poisoned:

Cleveland Neighborhoods at 20% or Above, 2001

 

 

 

 

 

Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevalence - Cleveland, Ohio - 2001
Children Under Six Years Old with CONFIRMED Blood Lead Levels

at or Above 10 Micrograms of Lead per Deciliter of Blood

and Percent of Children Tested*

City of Cleveland

Number of Children
<72 Months

Total

Percent
of Children

Total

Percent

 

2000 Census

Tested

Tested

EBLs

EBLs

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cleveland

46,388

17,255

37%

3,220

19%

Neighborhoods
with >= 100 Tests

St. Clair-Superior

1,288

647

50%

231

36%

Glenville

2,325

1,156

50%

351

30%

Fairfax

643

330

51%

98

30%

Forest Hills

1,570

721

46%

193

27%

University

315

112

36%

29

26%

Tremont

790

371

47%

89

24%

Woodland Hills

1,439

605

42%

140

23%

North Broadway

1,047

383

37%

88

23%

Hough

1,590

813

51%

186

23%

Union-Miles

1,528

661

43%

150

23%

Detroit-Shoreway/Near West Side

1,859

782

42%

163

21%

Buckeye-Shaker

1,362

532

39%

109

20%

Mt. Pleasant

2,210

871

39%

174

20%

Goodrich-Kirtland Park

341

198

58%

38

19%

Ohio City/Near West Side

878

368

42%

70

19%

Corlett

1,403

558

40%

106

19%

South Collinwood

1,559

594

38%

112

19%

Clark-Fulton

1,498

613

41%

114

19%

Kinsman

1,040

469

45%

78

17%

Stockyards

999

406

41%

67

17%

South Broadway

2,216

701

32%

113

16%

Cudell

1,194

442

37%

67

15%

Brooklyn Centre

947

330

35%

50

15%

North Collinwood

1,756

508

29%

67

13%

West Boulevard

1,798

599

33%

77

13%

Edgewater

568

171

30%

20

12%

Central

1,966

885

45%

101

11%

Euclid-Green

587

231

39%

24

10%

Lee-Miles

1,026

397

39%

24

6%

Old Brooklyn

3,050

643

21%

35

5%

Puritas-Longmead

1,354

305

23%

16

5%

Jefferson

1,784

400

22%

16

4%

Kamms Corners

1,611

211

13%

7

3%

Riverside

597

163

27%

5

3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Neighborhoods with < 100 Tests*

 

 

 

 

 

Downtown and Industrial
Valley

250

79

32%

12

15%

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Neighborhoods with < 100 tests may produce unreliable estimates.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevalence - Cleveland, Ohio - 2001
Children Under Six Years Old with CONFIRMED Blood Lead Levels

at or Above 10 Micrograms of Lead per Deciliter of Blood, with

Breakdown by Different Blood Lead Levels*

 

Total

Blood Level (ug/dl)

Total

Percent

City of Cleveland

Tested

0-9

10-14

15-19

20-24

25-34

35-44

45-69

70+

EBLs

EBLs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cleveland

17,255

14,035

1,858

742

342

186

58

30

4

3,220

19%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Neighborhoods with >= 100 Tests

St. Clair-Superior

647

416

112

57

36

26

0

0

0

231

36%

Glenville

1,156

805

185

85

55

18

6

2

0

351

30%

Fairfax

330

232

55

26

12

4

1

0

0

98

30%

Forest Hills

721

528

116

50

12

7

5

3

0

193

27%

University

112

83

14

8

7

0

0

0

0

29

26%

Tremont

371

282

52

16

12

6

3

0

0

89

24%

Woodland Hills

605

465

72

37

17

9

4

0

1

140

23%

North Broadway

383

295

59

18

7

3

0

1

0

88

23%

Hough

813

627

98

50

24

10

1

3

0

186

23%

Union-Miles

661

511

84

38

12

9

7

0

0

150

23%

Detroit-Shoreway/Near West Side

782

619

98

40

10

12

2

1

0

163

21%

Buckeye-Shaker

532

423

68

19

11

6

2

3

0

109

20%

Mt. Pleasant

871

697

80

49

28

13

0

3

1

174

20%

Goodrich-Kirtland Park

198

160

21

8

5

4

0

0

0

38

19%

Ohio City/Near West Side

368

298

44

19

6

0

1

0

0

70

19%

Corlett

558

452

73

19

8

3

1

2

0

106

19%

South Collinwood

594

482

73

24

6

4

2

3

0

112

19%

Clark-Fulton

613

499

68

22

12

8

3

1

0

114

19%

Kinsman

469

391

43

16

11

6

2

0

0

78

17%

Stockyards

406

339

44

13

3

3

1

2

1

67

17%

South Broadway

701

588

67

25

13

6

2

0

0

113

16%

Cudell

442

375

40

13

5

4

1

3

1

67

15%

Brooklyn Centre

330

280

33

8

2

5

2

0

0

50

15%

North Collinwood

508

441

41

15

5

3

3

0

0

67

13%

West Boulevard

599

522

48

18

4

4

2

1

0

77

13%

Edgewater

171

151

13

1

3

1

2

0

0

20

12%

Central

885

784

68

20

8

3

1

1

0

101

11%

Euclid-Green

231

207

17

5

0

2

0

0

0

24

10%

Lee-Miles

397

373

10

7

2

4

1

0

0

24

6%

Old Brooklyn

643

608

24

6

1

2

2

0

0

35

5%

Puritas-Longmead

305

289

12

3

1

0

0

0

0

16

5%

Jefferson

400

384

10

3

2

0

1

0

0

16

4%

Kamms Corners

211

204

5

2

0

0

0

0

0

7

3%

Riverside

163

158

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

5

3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Neighborhoods with < 100 Tests*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Downtown

65

55

6

1

1

1

0

1

0

10

15%

Industrial Valley

14

12

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

2

14%

* Neighborhoods with < 100 tests performed may produce unreliable estimates.