Confirmed and Estimated Lead Poisoning*  
Children Less than Six Years of Age
Cuyahoga County Municipalities (2003)

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
Poisoned

Percent
Confirmed
Poisoned

Estimated
Total

Poisoned**

East Cleveland

2,440

876

36%

151

17%

421

Cleveland City

46,388

16,513

36%

2,025

12%

5,229****

Garfield Hts

2,350

399

17%

20

5%

118

Cleveland Hts

3,695

928

25%

39

4%

155

Lakewood

3,946

890

23%

37

4%

164

Shaker Hts.

2,246

394

18%

13

3%

74

Bedford Hts

728

158

22%

5

3%

23

Euclid

3,991

750

19%

15

2%

80

University Hts

1,190

212

18%

4

2%

22

Strongsville

2,469

109

4%

2

2%

45

Warrensville Hts

1,197

303

25%

5

2%

20

North Olmsted

2,273

188

8%

3

2%

36

Maple Hts.

2,031

385

19%

6

2%

32

Bedford

996

141

14%

2

1%

14

South Euclid

1,855

258

14%

3

1%

22

Parma

5,980

630

11%

6

1%

57

Parma Hts.

1,422

158

11%

1

1%

9

Fairview Park

1,240

102

8%

0

0%

0

Rocky River

1,362

107

8%

0

0%

0

Westlake

938

101

11%

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