Confirmed and Estimated Lead Poisoning*
Children Less than Six Years of Age
City of Cleveland (2003)

Environmental Health Watch

City of Cleveland Neighborhoods	Children less than 6 yrs 2000 Census	Number Tested	Percent of Children Tested	Children Confirmed Poisoned	Percent Confirmed Poisoned	Estimated Total Poisoned**
St. Clair-Superior	1,288	536	42%	142	26%	341
Glenville	2,325	1,114	48%	237	21%	495
Fairfax	643	308	48%	62	20%	129
North Broadway	1,047	379	36%	70	18%	193
Forest Hills	1,570	668	43%	118	18%	277
South Collinwood	1,559	527	34%	83	16%	246
Detroit-Shoreway	1,859	768	41%	119	15%	288
Woodland Hills	1,439	587	41%	88	15%	216
Hough	1,590	665	42%	97	15%	232
Stockyards	999	431	43%	61	14%	141
Union-Miles	1,528	616	40%	84	14%	208
Clark-Fulton	1,498	653	44%	85	13%	195
Buckeye-Shaker	1,362	478	35%	62	13%	177
Goodrich-Kirtland Park	341	186	55%	24	13%	44
South Broadway	2,216	725	33%	92	13%	281
Ohio City/Near West Side	878	327	37%	39	12%	105
Mt. Pleasant	2,210	818	37%	97	12%	262
North Collinwood	1,756	495	28%	50	10%	177
Brooklyn Centre	947	363	38%	35	10%	91
Corlett	1,403	490	35%	47	10%	135
West Boulevard	1,798	594	33%	56	9%	170
Kinsman	1,040	465	45%	43	9%	96
Edgewater	568	153	27%	14	9%	52
Cudell	1,194	422	35%	38	9%	108
Tremont	790	349	44%	28	8%	63
Central	1,966	803	41%	52	6%	127
Lee-Miles	1,026	347	34%	19	5%	56
Euclid-Green	587	238	41%	11	5%	27
Jefferson	1,784	437	24%	16	4%	65
Puritas-Longmead	1,354	355	26%	11	3%	42
Old Brooklyn	3,050	630	21%	18	3%	87
Kamms Corners	1,611	223	14%	4	2%	29
Riverside	597	184	31%	3	2%	10
Neighborhoods w/ < 100 tests***	565	179	32%	20	11%	63
Cleveland	46,388	16,513	36%	2,025	12%	5,229 ****

* 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