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Blood Lead Levels among Children: 97.5th Percentile Blood Lead Level among Children Aged 1-5 Years, New Jersey, 2015 to 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 may be exposed to lead in lead-based paint; some imported goods such as toys, cosmetics, candy, and spices; some herbal remedies and folk medicines; lead pipes; and ceramic pottery.[https://www.nj.gov/health/childhood-lead/ ^1^]
Definition
Concentration of blood lead among children aged 1 to 5 years in the 97.5 percentile (mcg/dL)
Data Notes
This is revised Healthy New Jersey 2020 (HNJ2020) Objective MCH-11. Years are State Fiscal Years (SFY).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:
Concentration of blood lead among children aged 1 to 5 years in the 97.5 percentile (mcg/dL)Denominator:
Not applicable
Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Health Initiative: HP2030
Healthy People 2030 Objective EH-04
U.S. Target: Reduce blood lead levels in children aged 1 to 5 years to 1.18 g/dL by 2030
https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/environmental-health
Health Initiative: HP2020
Healthy People 2020 Objective EH-8.1
U.S. Target: Reduce the concentration level of lead in blood samples at which 97.5 percent of the population aged 1-5 years is measured below to 5.2 g/dL of lead by 2020
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/environmental-health
Health Initiative: HNJ2020
Healthy NJ 2020 Objective MCH-11
NJ Target: Reduce 97.5th percentile blood lead level among children aged 1-5 years to 4.5 mcg/dL by 2020
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/maternal-child-health.shtml