Please disregard all previously reported data

Current at 12/1/00

Notes:

1) Data set includes only children less than 60 months at the date of sample collection [i.e.: >0 and < 5 years old, (some may be = 0 due to rounding and very early i.e. 1st month, blood tests)].

2) Does not include cord blood samples.

3) Multiple samples returned in a calendar year by any one child are averaged.

4) 1999 data set extracted from ELC data base on 11/1/00, and appended to pre-existing 1991-98 data set.

5) Note that NHMRC guidelines in response to individual children are employed here:

·      below 10 mg/dL is the NHMRC target range for all children.

·      greater than or equal to 15 mg/dL is the NHMRC intervention threshold.

·      greater than or equal to 25 mg/dL is considered a high level.

Summary data tables and charts follow.

Annual Number of Children Tested

by Blood Lead Level Category

	Year
PbB (mg/dL)	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
< 10 ug/dL	114	139	174	394	439	356	516	567	501
10 - 14 ug/dL	191	237	167	363	265	179	238	248	199
15 - 24 ug/dL	308	225	171	263	183	133	129	111	99
>25 ug/dL	141	70	70	76	38	34	22	25	14
Grand Total	754	671	582	1096	925	702	905	951	813

Annual Proportional Distribution of Children Tested

by Blood Lead Level Category

	Year
PbB (mg/dL)	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
<10 ug/dL	15%	21%	30%	36%	47%	51%	57%	60%	62%
10 - 14 ug/dL	25%	35%	29%	33%	29%	25%	26%	26%	24%
15 - 24 ug/dL	41%	34%	29%	24%	20%	19%	14%	12%	12%
> 25 ug/dL	19%	10%	12%	7%	4%	5%	2%	3%	2%

Mean Annual Blood Lead Level

	Year
Satistic	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Arithmetic Mean (ug/dL)	18.1	15.2	15.0	12.9	11.3	11.1	9.9	9.4	9.3
Geometric Mean (ug/dL)	16.1	13.5	12.9	11.4	9.7	9.4	8.5	8.1	8.0

Distribution of 1999 Blood Lead Levels

January 9, 2003 8:08 AM