Table 2b: Incidence Rate of Elevated Blood Lead Levels Among Children Under Age Six Years
by Blood Lead Level Category and County of Residence;
Three-Year Average, 2005 - 20071
New York State Excluding New York City
Three-Year
Average
Incidence
Rate
per 1,000
Children
Tested
10 - 14 mcg/dL
Three-Year
Average
Incidence
Rate
per 1,000
Children
Tested
15 - 19 mcg/dL
Three-Year
Average Incidence
Rate
per 1,000
Children
Tested
> 20 mcg/dL
Albany
Allegany
Broome
Cattaraugus
Cayuga
Chauttauqua
6.7
11.3
5.4
10.3
6.2
10.1
8.3
2.2
5.3
2.7
2.2
2.7
3.4
3
1.6
3.5
3.4
3.4
1.7
2.2
1.8
Chemung
Chenango
10.7
8.5
2.6
2.2
0.6
0.4
Clinton
Columbia
Cortland
Delaware
Dutchess
Erie
Essex
Franklin
Fulton
Genesee
Greene
Hamilton
Herkimer
Jefferson
Lewis
Livingston
Madison
Monroe
Montgomery
Nassau
Niagara
Oneida
Onondaga
Ontario
Orange
Orleans
Oswego
Otsego
Putnam
Rensselaer
Rockland
Saratoga
Schenectady
Schoharie
Schuyler
Seneca
1.3
16.5
7.3
14
4.7
15.3
7.1
3.6
27.1
7.2
8.5
25
12.6
4.3
12.3
9.9
4.6
12.7
24.7
1.7
7.4
26.4
8.7
5.4
9.3
13.4
6.2
9.3
1.9
10.1
2.4
2.8
7.7
9.9
19.9
2.7
1.6
4.5
0.7
3.5
2
4.2
0.9
3.6
8.7
4.5
2.8
0
4.9
2.1
0.9
2
2.6
3.4
12
0.6
1.6
9.2
3.4
1.7
2.9
8.7
2.1
3.5
0
4
0.8
0.6
2.4
2.2
1.7
0.9
0.9
5.3
1.7
1.8
1.8
3.3
0.9
0
4.4
2.2
3.8
0
2.2
0.3
3.8
1.5
0.3
2.5
4.6
0.4
1.3
5.2
2.5
0.4
3
5.4
1.5
1.9
1
2.5
0.8
0.5
2
1.1
1.7
0.9
County
Statewide
(excluding NYC)
1
Three-Year
Average
Incidence
Rate
per 1,000
Children
Tested
> 10 mcg/dL
10.4
20.2
11.6
15.9
10.7
15.7
13.1
13.9
11.1
3.8
26.3
9.7
19.3
8.6
22.8
8.8
7.2
40.2
13.9
15.1
25.0
19.7
6.7
17.0
13.4
7.5
18.6
41.4
2.7
10.4
40.8
14.6
7.6
15.1
27.5
9.8
14.7
2.9
16.6
4.0
3.9
12.1
13.2
23.2
4.5
Incidence rates are not presented for individual test years. Instead, a three-year average is calculated to control for
instability in rates that may result due to small numbers in an individual test year.
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Table 2b: Incidence Rate of Elevated Blood Lead Levels Among Children Under Age Six Years
by Blood Lead Level Category and County of Residence;
Three-Year Average, 2005 - 20071
New York State Excluding New York City
County
St. Lawrence
Steuben
Suffolk
Sullivan
Tioga
Tompkins
Ulster
Warren
Washington
Wayne
Westchester
Wyoming
Yates
Three-Year
Average
Incidence
Rate
per 1,000
Children
Tested
10 - 14 mcg/dL
6.4
8.6
1.5
5
10.6
1.5
6.7
4.5
11.6
8.5
3.4
6.7
15.4
Three-Year
Average
Incidence
Rate
per 1,000
Children
Tested
15 - 19 mcg/dL
0.8
2.3
0.4
2.6
1.8
0.6
2.4
2
2.6
2.6
1.2
0.7
0
1
Three-Year
Average Incidence
Rate
per 1,000
Children
Tested
> 20 mcg/dL
0.8
1.6
0.2
0.9
0.6
0.3
1.7
0
1.7
1.7
1
3
1.1
Three-Year
Average
Incidence
Rate
per 1,000
Children
Tested
> 10 mcg/dL
8.1
12.6
2.0
8.5
13.0
2.4
10.8
6.6
15.8
12.8
5.7
10.4
16.4
Incidence rates are not presented for individual test years. Instead, a three-year average is calculated to control for
instability in rates that may result due to small numbers in an individual test year.
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