Childhood Lead Poisoning

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Lead Poisoning - Newly Identified Children (ages 6m - <6y) with Blood Lead Levels ≥ 10 µg/dL* by United Hospital Fund Neighborhood
0-18, Numbers 0-18, Rates 6m-6y, Numbers 6m-6y, Rates
Neighborhood Borough CY2001
Rate per 1,000 tested
BLL ≥ 10 µg/dL
CY2005
Rate per 1,000 tested
BLL ≥ 10 µg/dL

Percent Change
CY01 to CY05
Rate per 1,000 tested
BLL ≥ 10 µg/dL

New York City total NYC 15.1 8.5 -43.7%
Bronx Bronx 12.7 8.0 -36.7%
Brooklyn Brooklyn 19.4 10.0 -48.5%
Manhattan Manhattan 15.1 8.1 -46.4%
Queens Queens 12.4 7.5 -39.2%
Staten Island Staten Island 9.0 6.0 -33.3%
Crotona - Tremont (Central Bronx) Bronx 13.6 10.1 -26.0%
Fordham - Bronx Park Bronx 14.4 8.8 -38.6%
High Bridge - Morrisania Bronx 12.5 8.5 -31.9%
Hunts Point - Mott Haven Bronx 12.4 7.3 -40.6%
Kingsbridge - Riverdale Bronx 9.4 8.0 -14.9%
Northeast Bronx Bronx 12.6 6.3 -49.5%
Pelham - Throgs Neck (Southeast Bronx) Bronx 13.7 6.9 -49.4%
Bedford Stuyvesant - Crown Heights (Central Brooklyn) Brooklyn 23.3 10.3 -55.7%
Bensonhurst - Bay Ridge (Southwest Brooklyn) Brooklyn 11.8 8.1 -31.5%
Borough Park Brooklyn 19.8 10.5 -47.1%
Canarsie - Flatlands Brooklyn 10.0 5.2 -48.5%
Coney Island - Sheepshead Bay (Southern Brooklyn) Brooklyn 18.1 8.5 -53.1%
Downtown - Brooklyn Heights - Park Slope (Northwest Brooklyn) Brooklyn 24.8 11.8 -52.5%
East Flatbush - Flatbush Brooklyn 20.9 10.2 -51.1%
East New York Brooklyn 20.1 10.8 -46.1%
Greenpoint Brooklyn 22.4 17.7 -20.7%
Sunset Park Brooklyn 19.0 8.6 -54.6%
Williamsburg - Bushwick Brooklyn 24.4 12.1 -50.4%
Central Harlem - Morningside Heights Manhattan 19.8 9.9 -50.0%
Chelsea - Clinton** Manhattan 28.6 8.9 -68.8%
East Harlem Manhattan 12.6 8.4 -33.6%
Gramercy Park - Murray Hill Manhattan 17.5 11.9 -32.0%
Greenwich Village - Soho Manhattan 53.9 17.5 -67.6%
Lower Manhattan** Manhattan 15.9 3.6 -77.1%
Union Square - Lower East Side Manhattan 27.6 9.0 -67.2%
Upper East Side** Manhattan 9.6 4.0 -58.2%
Upper West Side Manhattan 16.5 6.5 -60.5%
Washington Heights - Inwood Manhattan 13.9 8.6 -38.7%
Bayside - Little Neck (Northeast Queens)** Queens 4.4 1.6 -63.9%
Flushing - Clearview (North Queens) Queens 6.2 7.3 17.4%
Fresh Meadows (Central Queens)** Queens 9.9 3.9 -60.8%
Jamaica Queens 13.8 8.4 -39.2%
Long Island City - Astoria (Northwest Queens) Queens 12.9 6.7 -48.1%
Ridgewood - Forest Hills (West Central Queens) Queens 12.6 5.9 -53.3%
Rockaway Queens 14.0 6.1 -56.2%
Southeast Queens Queens 12.9 5.8 -55.3%
Southwest Queens Queens 14.9 9.5 -36.5%
West Queens Queens 14.3 9.7 -32.0%
Port Richmond Staten Island 16.5 14.9 -9.7%
South Beach - Tottenville (South Shore)** Staten Island 2.3 1.8 -23.0%
Stapleton - St. George Staten Island 18.3 8.0 -56.3%
Willowbrook (Mid-Island)** Staten Island 3.2 1.2 -60.8%

*Test types:  venous, capillary, unspecified.
**Caution should be used in interpreting rates and changes for these neighborhoods due to small numbers of identified cases (<20 children) in at least one year presented.

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