Childhood Lead Poisoning Surveillance Report

Summary of 1999 Activity Summary of 2000 Activity
*Total children screened .............................................238,365
Number with results >10 mcg/d ....................................26,384
Number with results >15 mcg/dL ....................................9,386

Numbers > 15 mcg/dL by geographic region

Chicago                                                                6,905        (74%)
Downstate                                                            2,481        (26%) 		*Total children screened.............................................244,442
Number with results >10 mcg/dL..................................23,063
Number with results >15 mcg/dL....................................8,263

Numbers > 15 mcg/dL by geographic region

Chicago                                                                5,960        (73%)
Downstate                                                            2,155        (27%)

County 1990
Population
of Children
6 and
Under		 1999 2000
Total
Tested		 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-44 45+ Total
Tested		 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-44 45+
mcg/dL mcg/dL
Adams 6,664 614 57 19 7 6 2 566 54 9 4 5 0
Alexander 1,166 137 16 6 6 4 0 130 13 5 2 0 0
Bond 1,431 294 14 5 1 2 0 307 18 6 2 1 0
Boone 3,344 361 19 12 0 2 1 286 10 5 2 0 0
Brown 465 12 1 1 0 0 0 22 2 2 0 0 0
Bureau 3,516 421 4 5 3 1 1 359 3 10 0 2 0
Calhoun 544 52 5 0 1 0 0 34 4 1 1 0 0
Carroll 1,522 227 15 4 0 0 0 239 10 4 2 0 0
Cass 1,246 134 10 3 1 1 0 123 5 3 0 2 0
Champaign 16,730 962 33 6 2 0 0 1,567 45 6 2 1 2
Christian 3,428 394 15 5 1 3 0 427 15 5 2 1 1
Clark 1,491 40 3 0 0 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 0
Clay 1,316 192 9 0 0 0 0 195 8 1 0 0 0
Clinton 3,394 52 2 0 0 0 0 48 3 0 0 0 0
Coles 4,154 93 11 1 1 1 0 192 12 1 1 1 1
Cook w/o Chicago 239,334 19,556 861 240 88 110 10 21,416 697 234 97 100 11
Chicago 296,408 105,641 11,914 3,763 1,510 1,452 180 113,547 10,745 3,494 1,483 1,265 160
Crawford 1,832 97 1 0 0 0 0 109 4 0 1 0 0
Cumberland 1,152 42 1 2 0 0 0 58 0 1 0 0 0
DeKalb 6,953 378 21 5 2 2 0 374 17 7 1 1 0
DeWitt 1,545 178 18 5 3 2 0 257 30 8 2 0 0
Douglas 2,038 90 4 0 0 0 0 94 2 1 0 3 0
DuPage 89,010 2,585 115 22 5 4 0 3,345 105 25 13 9 0
Edgar 1,717 226 21 4 2 2 0 197 15 4 1 2 0
Edwards 674 65 8 3 1 1 0 51 8 1 0 0 0
Effingham 3,876 83 3 0 1 0 0 73 2 0 0 0 0
Fayette 1,937 280 9 6 0 0 0 326 7 3 1 0 0
Ford 1,376 155 8 0 2 0 0 125 9 2 2 0 0
Franklin 3,440 340 14 3 1 1 0 230 13 1 1 0 0
Fulton 3,284 381 32 7 0 3 0 351 34 11 6 1 0
Gallatin 569 105 4 3 0 0 0 87 3 0 0 0 0
Greene 1,568 182 28 11 0 2 1 175 19 3 1 1 0
Grundy 3,369 243 5 3 1 1 0 281 6 1 2 1 0
Hamilton 750 98 13 0 0 0 0 100 10 1 1 1 0
Hancock 1,970 309 35 3 1 5 0 344 30 8 8 1 0
Hardin 425 37 1 0 0 2 0 31 5 1 0 1 0
Henderson 738 114 8 2 0 1 0 130 10 3 0 1 0
Henry 4,937 224 32 11 1 1 1 178 15 5 1 2 0
Iroquois 2,945 267 13 2 1 0 0 344 11 1 1 0 0
Jackson 4,697 611 28 9 0 0 0 709 24 3 1 1 0
Jasper 1,178 62 4 0 0 1 0 55 5 0 0 0 0
Jefferson 3,841 407 15 3 2 1 0 398 10 2 1 2 0
Jersey 2,116 127 2 1 1 1 0 108 1 1 2 0 0
Jo Daviess 2,158 156 7 3 1 1 0 158 7 2 0 2 0
Johnson 818 44 0 1 0 0 0 59 1 2 0 0 0
Kane 39,441 5,813 424 117 41 33 5 6,243 434 95 31 19 4
Kankakee 10,635 2,321 228 73 16 22 2 1,947 172 51 13 20 2
Kendall 4,448 187 3 1 0 0 0 248 6 2 0 0 0
Knox 4,931 801 37 13 3 1 3 791 36 12 7 7 1
Lake 61,257 5,982 104 42 14 14 4 6,219 152 31 4 11 4
La Salle 10,376 1,083 40 10 9 6 0 1,164 40 7 7 5 1
Lawrence 1,435 331 9 4 0 0 0 308 9 7 0 1 0
Lee 3,404 248 6 1 1 2 0 210 17 2 1 1 0
Livingston 3,922 836 44 8 1 1 0 891 39 8 5 4 0
Logan 2,842 295 18 4 0 2 0 334 16 6 3 1 0
McDonough 2,463 204 17 6 0 0 0 209 18 3 3 0 0
McHenry 22,241 925 28 9 2 3 2 1,059 31 8 1 1 0
McLean 12,280 1,847 51 15 4 8 0 1,726 60 13 1 6 0
Macon 11,304 1,905 233 84 24 27 4 2,556 193 67 20 19 5
Macoupin 4,475 485 21 4 5 0 0 509 20 10 1 2 0
Madison 25,426 1,559 124 24 5 12 2 1,319 87 28 8 11 3
Marion 4,168 350 10 5 3 3 0 330 9 5 0 2 0
Marshall 1,127 113 9 5 0 1 0 85 6 2 2 1 0
Mason 1,481 239 10 2 0 2 0 189 11 0 0 1 0
Massac 1,302 68 4 1 1 0 0 52 5 2 0 0 0
Menard 1,092 67 2 0 0 0 0 63 0 0 0 0 0
Mercer 1,647 239 12 7 2 1 0 205 11 5 3 4 0
Monroe 2,379 62 1 1 0 1 0 76 1 0 0 1 0
Montgomery 2,982 434 21 6 4 2 0 459 21 12 1 1 0
Morgan 3,290 271 22 6 2 2 0 465 39 9 2 1 1
Moultrie 1,301 74 0 0 0 0 0 89 0 0 1 0 0
Ogle 4,801 419 14 3 2 2 0 396 13 8 3 1 1
Peoria 18,252 2,144 248 74 26 18 0 1,770 227 87 20 19 1
Perry 2,112 60 5 2 1 1 0 81 9 1 0 0 0
Piatt 1,432 91 7 1 0 0 0 155 7 3 0 0 0
Pike 1,611 323 15 8 2 2 0 320 17 1 2 1 0
Pope 299 14 0 0 0 0 0 20 1 0 1 0 0
Pulaski 795 67 12 2 1 1 0 51 9 1 0 0 0
Putnam 596 71 0 0 0 0 0 49 0 0 0 0 0
Randolph 3,109 308 17 2 0 1 0 331 19 3 1 4 0
Richland 1,629 102 8 3 0 0 0 114 12 1 0 0 0
Rock Island 14,688 2,382 239 73 24 21 1 2,920 238 75 33 17 0
St. Clair 29,386 4,871 507 122 39 27 2 3,926 371 70 22 18 0
Saline 2,356 448 19 3 1 0 0 530 22 2 1 0 0
Sangamon 18,225 2,023 144 49 23 11 1 2,216 137 45 26 15 2
Schuyler 685 23 1 1 0 0 0 29 4 1 0 0 0
Scott 571 42 2 0 0 0 0 33 2 0 0 0 0
Shelby 2,137 103 3 3 1 0 0 129 7 0 0 0 0
Stark 598 49 5 0 2 3 0 18 4 0 0 0 0
Stephenson 4,988 668 98 53 10 12 2 935 104 37 15 10 2
Tazewell 12,321 1,338 19 1 6 3 0 1,095 20 10 3 1 1
Union 1,472 133 10 0 1 1 0 151 8 5 2 2 0
Vermilion 8,689 800 50 19 9 6 2 814 59 13 5 3 4
Wabash 1,282 158 11 4 1 1 0 153 11 6 1 1 0
Warren 1,856 227 10 4 1 3 0 229 14 5 1 3 0
Washington 1,408 21 2 0 0 0 0 28 2 0 0 0 0
Wayne 1,589 409 7 2 1 0 0 415 11 2 1 0 0
White 1,581 229 13 3 2 0 0 208 15 1 1 0 0
Whiteside 6,011 867 35 9 6 3 0 867 37 16 7 9 2
Will 42,170 2,441 147 23 13 11 0 2,678 168 37 16 7 3
Williamson 5,327 295 5 1 0 1 0 306 5 1 0 0 0
Winnebago 27,077 3,463 154 50 16 23 6 4,162 165 49 23 12 2
Woodford 3,350 116 1 2 0 0 0 85 2 2 1 0 0
Unknown -- 50,160 290 94 32 15 0 47,508 301 96 25 24 3
TOTAL 1,201,118 239,577 17,141 5,295 2,030 1,944 235 244,442 14,800 4,612 1,871 1,573 207

† The 1990 population of children 6 years of age and younger is based on 1990 census data.





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