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Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevalence

• New - Lead Rates in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County at or above 10 and 5ug/dl (2004)

Cleveland, Ohio

Tables:

• New - Lead Poisoning and Testing Rates in Cleveland Neighborhoods at or above 5ug/dl (2004)
• Lead Poisoning and Testing Rates in Cleveland Neighborhoods at or above 10ug/dl (2003)
• Lead Poisoning and Testing Rates in Cleveland Neighborhoods at or above 10ug/dl by Census Tracts (2003)
• Lead Poisoning and Testing Rates in Cleveland Neighborhoods at or above 10ug/dl (2002)
• Lead Poisoning and Testing Rates in Cleveland Neighborhoods at or above 10ug/dl (2001)
• Lead Poisoning and Testing Rates in Cleveland Neighborhoods at or above 10ug/dl (2000)
• Lead Poisoning and Testing Rates in Cleveland Neighborhoods at or above 15ug/dl (1998)

Maps:

• Cleveland Neighborhoods (Statistical Planning Areas)
• Percent of Children who had a Confirmed Blood Lead Test - Cleveland, by Census Tract (1998)
• Percent of Children who had a Confirmed Blood Lead Test - Cleveland, by Census Tract (1995)
• Percent of Children Tested for Lead Poisoning who had Confirmed Blood Lead Levels at or above 15ug/dl - Cleveland, by Census Tract (1998)
• Percent of Children Tested for Lead Poisoning who had Confirmed Blood Lead Levels at or above 15ug/dl - Cleveland, by Census Tract (1995)
• Cleveland Census Tracts in which 25% or More of Children Tested had Confirmed Blood Lead Levels at or above 15ug/dl (1995 and 1998)

Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Tables:

• New - Lead Poisoning and Testing Rates in Cuyahoga County Cities at or above 5ug/dl (2004)
• Lead Poisoning Rates for Cuyahoga County Cities (2003)
• Lead Poisoning Rates for Cuyahoga County Cities (2002)
• Lead Poisoning Rates for Cuyahoga County Cities (2001)
• Lead Poisoning Rates in Cuyahoga County at or above 10ug/dl (2000)

Maps:

• Cuyahoga County Cities with at least 100 Confirmed Blood Lead Test Results (2000)
• Percent of Children who had a Confirmed Blood Lead Test - Cuyahoga County, by Census Tract (2000)
• Cuyahoga County Census Tracts in which at Least One Third of Children Tested had Confirmed Blood Lead Levels at or above 10ug/dl (2000)
• Percent of Children Tested for Lead Poisoning who had Confirmed Blood Lead Levels at or above 25ug/dl - Cuyahoga County, by Census Tract (2000)

Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevalence - Ohio

• In 2004, 3.7% of the Ohio children under six who were tested had lead poisoning (102,247 tested, 3,737 poisoned) according to the Ohio Department of Health, which has state and county data from 1999 to 2004 online [Ohio Department of Health]. This probaby understates the number of lead poisoned children based on anaysis by the Environmental Working Group.

Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevalence - U.S.

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collects National surveillance data (1997-2004).
• The CDC estimated that 2.2% of children in the U.S. had lead poisoning in 2000, according to the report Surveillance for Elevated Blood Lead Levels Among Children - US, 1997-2001 [CDC].
• Rates of Lead Poisoning for the Ten Cities with the Highest Number of Lead Poisoning Cases (2001)
• Top Ten Cities by Total Number of Cases (2001)
• Blood Lead Levels in Young Children - US and Selected States, 1996-1999 [CDC Report]
• Update: Blood Lead Levels - United States, 1991-1994 [CDC Report]

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