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US national prevalence rate of reported cases of elevated blood lead levels by year (1994-2012)
National prevalence rate of reported cases of elevated blood lead levels (BLLs), by year (State Adult Blood Epidemiology and Surveillance Programs, United States, 1994-2012).
Notes:
(1) All cases = all reported cases by a state, including adult residents in the reporting state and residents in other states; state residents = adult residents in the reporting state. (2) Rates are per 100,000 employed adults aged 16 years or older. Denominators for 1994-2012 were extracted from the 2013 US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics program.
(2) Since 2009, the case definition for an elevated blood lead level is a BLL of 10 μg/dL or higher. For historical comparisons, prevalence rates at the previous case definition (BLL 25 μg/dL or higher) are provided.
(3) Numbers of states reporting BLLs of 25 μg/dL or higher data are in parentheses. From 2010, numbers of states reporting data for BLLs of 10 μg/dL or higher are also provided. A total of 41 states submitted data in 2012: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
(Source: Alarcon WA; State Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance [ABLES] Program Investigators. Elevated blood lead levels among employed adults - United States, 1994-2013. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2016;63[55]:59-65. Public domain.)