Confirmed and Estimated Lead Poisoning*
Children Less than Six Years of Age
City of Cleveland (2002)

Environmental Health Watch

City of Cleveland Neighborhoods	Children less than 6 years 2000 Census	Number Tested	Percent of Children Tested	Children Confirmed Poisoned	Percent Confirmed Poisoned	Estimated Total Poisoned**
St. Clair-Superior	1,288	651	51%	224	34%	443
Glenville	2,325	1,226	53%	324	26%	614
Fairfax	643	336	52%	80	24%	153
Forest Hills	1,570	830	53%	181	22%	342
North Broadway	1,047	428	41%	89	21%	218
Hough	1,590	821	52%	168	20%	325
Woodland Hills	1,439	611	42%	116	19%	273
Goodrich-Kirtland Park	341	213	62%	38	18%	61
Detroit-Shoreway	1,859	778	42%	134	17%	320
Tremont	790	339	43%	56	17%	131
Union-Miles	1,528	667	44%	107	16%	245
Clark-Fulton	1,498	625	42%	100	16%	240
Brooklyn Centre	947	388	41%	62	16%	151
South Collinwood	1,559	690	44%	104	15%	235
Kinsman	1,040	483	46%	71	15%	153
South Broadway	2,216	748	34%	105	14%	311
Mt. Pleasant	2,210	895	40%	125	14%	309
Ohio City/Near West Side	878	390	44%	54	14%	122
Buckeye-Shaker	1,362	532	39%	71	13%	182
Corlett	1,403	535	38%	68	13%	178
West Boulevard	1,798	594	33%	65	11%	197
Cudell	1,194	439	37%	48	11%	131
Stockyards	999	441	44%	47	11%	106
Central	1,966	782	40%	77	10%	194
North Collinwood	1,756	627	36%	61	10%	171
Edgewater	568	166	29%	15	9%	51
Euclid-Green	587	271	46%	17	6%	37
Old Brooklyn	3,050	630	21%	39	6%	189
Puritas-Longmead	1,354	298	22%	18	6%	82
Riverside	597	161	27%	9	6%	33
Lee-Miles	1,026	407	40%	21	5%	53
Jefferson	1,784	372	21%	14	4%	67
Kamms Corners	1,611	190	12%	5	3%	42
Neighborhoods w/ < 100 tests***	565	173	31%	21	12%	69
Cleveland	46,388	17,737	38%	2,734	15%	6,428 ****

* A blood lead level of 10 mcg/dL or greater (Elevated Blood-Lead Level - EBL) is considered childhood lead poisoning. There is strong evidence of damage well below 10.
** Estimated Total Poisoned assumes the rates of poisoning for tested and non-tested children are the same and applies the Percent Confirmed Poisoned rate (based on children actually tested) to the total population under age 6.
*** Neighborhoods with fewer than 100 tests performed may produce unreliable estimates. (Downtown, Industrial Valley and University)
**** Total of neighborhood estimates (not city average times population).

Source: Data analyzed by Epidemiology and Surveillance Services at The Cuyahoga County Board of Health.
Original data obtained through the Ohio Department of Health's Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program.
Estimates by Environmental Health Watch