Research Article
Revisiting Nonresidential Environmental Exposures and Childhood Lead Poisoning in the US: Findings from Kansas, 2000–2005
Table 1
Annual number of children aged 0–36 months tested for blood lead levels in Kansas within 2000–2005 (geocoded only 41,228).
| | | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | Total |
| | Geometric mean (CI) | 3.40 (3.28, 3.52) | 3.09 (3.02, 3.17) | 3.25 (3.19, 3.31) | 3.08 (3.04, 3.12) | 3.16 (3.12, 3.19) | 3.07 (3.04, 3.10) | 3.13 (3.12, 3.15) | | Arithmetic mean (CI) | 4.60 (4.40–4.80) | 4.05 (3.93, 4.17) | 4.20 (4.10, 4.29) | 3.69 (3.64, 3.74) | 3.69 (3.65, 3.74) | 3.65 (3.60, 3.69) | 3.81 (3.79, 3.84) | | <5 μg/dL | 1436 (76.5%) | 2810 (81.5%) | 3943 (78.1) | 7606 (86.6%) | 9486 (87.3%) | 9804 (87.5%) | 35085 | | 5 to 9 μg/dL | 262 (14.0%) | 410 (11.9%) | 824 (16.3%) | 961 (10.9%) | 1165 (10.7%) | 1143 (10.2%) | 4765 (11.6%) | | 10+ μg/dL | 180 (9.6%) | 228 (6.6%) | 284 (5.6%) | 215 (2.4%) | 212 (2.0%) | 259 (2.3%) | 1378 (3.3%) |
| | Total tested | 1878 | 3448 | 5051 | 8782 | 10863 | 11206 | 41228 |
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