New York State: 20.1
REG-1
REG-2
REG-3
REG-4
REG-5
REG-6
REG-7
REG-8
REG-9
REG-10
REG-11
12.2
15.2
Nassau
Suffolk
Bronx
Kings
New York
Queens
Richmond
Dutchess
Orange
Putnam
Rockland
Sullivan
Ulster
Westchester
Albany
Columbia
Greene
Rensselaer
Saratoga
Schenectady
Fulton
Herkimer
Montgomery
Otsego
Schoharie
Clinton
Essex
Franklin
Hamilton
Warren
Washington
Jefferson
Lewis
St. Lawrence
Cayuga
Cortland
Madison
Oneida
Onondaga
Oswego
Broome
Chenango
Delaware
Tioga
Tompkins
Chemung
Livingston
Monroe
Ontario
Schuyler
Seneca
Steuben
Wayne
Yates
Allegany
Cattaraugus
Chautauqua
Erie
Genesee
Niagara
Orleans
Wyoming
18.2
7.6
Elevated blood lead levels (greater than or equal to 10 micrograms per deciliter)
per 100,000 employed persons aged 16 years and older
2012-2014
27.4
24.0
30.6
24.7
102.5
18.5
16.0
9.9
17.1
12.6
7.9
0.0*
21.1
31.0
18.2
13.8
*
31.1
*
*
*
*
*
*
31.8
57.6
9.8
14.9
8.7*
18.2
37.9
Rate
Counties Are Shaded Based On Quartile Distribution
(* Fewer than 10 events in the numerator, therefore the rate is unstable)
24.4
20.8
0
*
148.5
24.3
25.0
18.3
16.2
*
*
24.6
11.7
16.6
15.8*
5.7
54.6
33.4
19.1
25.8
19.5
11.1
8.5
11.9
13.5*
8.1
54.4
35.0
10.4*
16.8*
7.9*
8.2*
15.3*
6.3*
84.3
26.0
25
29.4
44.0
50
75
100
Rate
*: Fewer than 10 events in the numerator, therefore the rate is unstable
125
150
0 - < 18.2 : Q1 & Q2
18.2 - < 27.4 : Q3
27.4 + : Q4
Source: 2012-2014 NYS Department of Health Heavy Metals Registry Data as of May, 2016