Children Tested for Lead by Age 3
All NYC children are required to be tested for lead poisoning at around age 1 and age 2, and to be screened for risk of lead poisoning, and tested if at risk, up until age 6. These data are an indicator of the number and percentage of children turning 3 years old in a given year who were tested for lead poisoning. About the Data All NYC children are required to be tested for lead poisoning at around age 1 and age 2, and to be screened for risk of lead poisoning, and tested if at risk, up until age 6. These data are an indicator of the number and percentage of children turning 3 years old in a given year who were tested for lead poisoning. How calculated: To identify children tested for lead poisoning, birth records for all children born in New York City to New York City resident mothers, and turning 3 years old in a given year were matched to children tested for lead poisoning before age 3.
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- Publisher last updated the data
- Jul 12, 2018
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- Jan 4, 2019, 2:29 PM
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| Source field | Display name | What the publisher says it is | Concept | Source type | Stored as | Stored type | Row identifier | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
geo_area_name | geo_area_name | The neighborhood name for the geographic division | Not bound | Text | geo_area_name | text | — | |
children_tested_for_lead | Children tested for lead by age 3 years Number | Number of children born in New York City to New York City resident mothers tested for lead poisoning before the age of three years. To identify children tested for lead poisoning, birth records for all children born in a given year in New York City to New York City resident mothers were matched to children tested for lead poisoning in the New York City Childhood Lead Registry. <a href="http://a816-dohbesp.nyc.gov/IndicatorPublic/EPHTPDF/Childhood_Lead_Exposure_Definitions_June_2016.pdf" target="_blank">Read more </a>about different measures used by the Health Department for surveillance of childhood lead poisoning. | Not bound | Number | children_tested_for_lead | numeric | — | |
borough_id | borough_id | An ID for the NYC borough that the neighborhood falls within | Not bound | Text | borough_id | text | — | |
children_tested_for_lead_2 | Children tested for lead by age 3 years Percentage | Number of children born in New York City to New York City resident mothers who were tested for lead poisoning before the age of three years, divided by the number of children born in New York City to New York City resident mothers turning three years old; expressed as percent. |
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- https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/fzh2-sxib
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08477e3b1a51d6203ed69e7a71126076c23682c35518db5d0d5e7e2c6a129418 - What we changed
- We did not change the data. We stored it as published.
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- codenownyc
- We retrieved it
- Jan 4, 2019, 2:29 PM
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| Aug 16, 2026, 2:21 AM | full_replace | success | 432 | codenow-nycmesh-container-oci.jfrog.io/codenow/citytap-pull:0.1.61 |