Figure 1: Percent of Children Tested for Lead At or Around Age One Year and At or
Around Age Two Years; 1998 - 2004 Birth Cohorts (1998 to 2007 Blood Lead Test Data)1,2
New York State Excluding New York City
Percent of Children in the Birth Year Cohort Screened for Lead
100
80
54.7
54.2
52.8
49.4
38.6
39.8
41.3
2
51.6
47.2
40.2
20
0
1998
1999
2000
2001
Birth Year Cohort
One Year Old
1
53.1
45.3
40
60.6
59.3
60
2002
2003
2004
Two Year Old
At or around age one year is defined as 9 months to < 18 months and at or around age two years is defined as 18 months to < 36 months.
Birth Cohorts beyond 2004 are not included in this analysis because those children had not yet reached 36 months of age by 2007.
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