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Mean Blood Lead Levels among Children by Year, New Jersey, 2005-2008 to 2017-2020
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Why Is This Important?
Lead can disrupt the normal growth and development of a child's brain and central nervous system. Children are exposed to lead by swallowing lead dust, soil, or paint chips, breathing lead contaminated air, or eating food or drinking water that has been contaminated by lead.
Definition
Mean (average) blood lead levels in children aged 1-5 years
Data Source
LeadTrax (data through August 2021) and Communicable Disease Reporting and Surveillance System (data after August 2021), Office of Local Public Health, New Jersey Department of Health(https://www.nj.gov/health/childhoodlead/)
How the Measure is Calculated
Numerator:
Sum of blood lead levels in each child aged 1-5 yearsDenominator:
Estimated number of children aged 1-5 years in the population
Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Health Initiative: HP2020
Healthy People 2020 Objective EH-8.2
U.S. Target: Reduce the mean blood lead levels in children aged 1 to 5 years to 1.4 ug/dL average blood lead level by 2020
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/environmental-health
Health Initiative: HNJ2020
Healthy NJ 2020 Objective MCH-12
NJ Target: Reduce average blood lead levels among children aged 1-5 years to 1.5 mcg/dL by 2020
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/maternal-child-health.shtml