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Average state rate of adult elevated blood lead leves, by year

Average state rate (per 100,000 employed persons aged 16 years or older) of adult elevated blood lead levels (BLLs), by year. Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance (ABLES) Program, United States, 1994-2002.

Notes:
(1) Employed persons are according to the Current Population Survey of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The average is determined by first calculating individual state rates for each year and then calculating the average.
(2) ABLES Program: Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, 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, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

(Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance--United States, second and third quarters, 1998, and annual 1994-1997. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 1999;48[10]:213-6, 223. Public domain.)

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