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CHILDHOOD LEAD REPORT ARCHIVE – 2003-2009
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Healthy People 2020
Objective EH-8.1
Reduce blood lead levels in children.
Baseline:
5.8 µg/dL: concentration level of lead in blood samples at which 97.5 percent of the population aged 1-5 years is below the measured level in 2005–08
Target:
5.2 µg/dL
Target-Setting Method:
10% improvement
Data Sources:
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC/NCHS
Objective EH-8.2:
Reduce the mean blood lead level in children.
Baseline:
1.8 µg/dL: average blood lead level in children aged 1 to 5 years in 2003–04
Target:
1.6 µg/dL
Target-Setting Method:
10% improvement
Data Sources:
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC/NCHS
Healthy New Jersey 2020
Objective:
Reduce blood lead levels in children.
Baseline:
8.0 µg/dL: concentration level of lead in blood samples at which 97.5 percent of the population aged 1-5 years is below the measured level in 2005–08
Target:
7.2 µg/dL
SFY 2015:
5.0 ug/dL
Target-Setting Method:
10% improvement
Data Source:
New Jersey Childhood Lead Information Database (LeadTrax)
Objective:
Reduce the mean blood lead level in children.
Baseline:
3.8 μg/dL: average blood lead level in children aged 1 to 5 years 2003-2004
Target:
3.4 ug/dL
SFY 2015:
1.7 ug/dL
Target-Setting Method:
10% improvement
Data Source:
New Jersey Childhood Lead Information Database (LeadTrax)
Last Reviewed: 4/11/2023