Confirmed and
Estimated Lead Poisoning*
Children Less than Six Years of Age
Cuyahoga County Municipalities (2002)
Environmental Health Watch
|
Cuyahoga County Municipalities
(with 100 or more tests) |
Children less than 6 years 2000
Census |
Number Tested |
Percent of Children Tested |
Children Confirmed |
Percent |
Estimated Poisoned** |
|
|
2,440 |
1,033 |
42% |
202 |
20% |
477 |
|
|
46,388 |
17,737 |
38% |
2,734 |
15% |
6,428**** |
|
|
3,695 |
878 |
24% |
66 |
8% |
278 |
|
|
3,946 |
804 |
20% |
49 |
6% |
240 |
|
|
996 |
117 |
12% |
7 |
6% |
60 |
|
|
2,246 |
398 |
18% |
20 |
5% |
113 |
|
|
2,469 |
123 |
5% |
6 |
5% |
120 |
|
|
1,197 |
295 |
25% |
14 |
5% |
57 |
|
|
2,350 |
395 |
17% |
18 |
5% |
107 |
|
|
3,991 |
751 |
19% |
32 |
4% |
170 |
|
|
2,031 |
383 |
19% |
15 |
4% |
80 |
|
|
728 |
157 |
22% |
5 |
3% |
23 |
|
|
2,273 |
194 |
9% |
5 |
3% |
59 |
|
|
1,362 |
118 |
9% |
3 |
3% |
35 |
|
|
5,980 |
570 |
10% |
13 |
2% |
136 |
|
|
1,190 |
176 |
15% |
4 |
2% |
27 |
|
|
1,855 |
273 |
15% |
6 |
2% |
41 |
|
|
1,240 |
109 |
9% |
2 |
2% |
23 |
|
|
1,422 |
141 |
10% |
2 |
1% |
20 |
|
Brookpark |
1,036 |
100 |
10% |
0 |
0% |
0 |
* 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.
*** Municipalities with fewer than 100 tests performed may produce unreliable
estimates.
**** 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