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.
Columns
| Name | Socrata field name | Column name in sgr mount | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| time_period | time_period | time_period | Text | The time period for which the data is aggregated; value could be a year, quarter, seasonal or multi-year |
| borough_id | borough_id | borough_id | Text | An ID for the NYC borough that the neighborhood falls within |
| Children tested for lead by age 3 years Number | children_tested_for_lead | children_tested_for_lead | 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. |
| geo_area_id | geo_area_id | geo_area_id | Number | An ID for the geographic neighborhood of a given geography type |
| Children tested for lead by age 3 years Number _NOTES | children_tested_for_lead_1 | children_tested_for_lead_1 | Text | Additional notes that apply to field to the left |
| Children tested for lead by age 3 years Percentage _NOTES | children_tested_for_lead_3 | children_tested_for_lead_3 | Text | Additional notes that apply to field to the left |
| geo_area_name | geo_area_name | geo_area_name | Text | The neighborhood name for the geographic division |
| geo_type | geo_type | geo_type | Text | The type of geographic aggregation for the data; this could range from Citywide to Neighborhood Tabulation Areas in NYC. |
| Children tested for lead by age 3 years Percentage | children_tested_for_lead_2 | children_tested_for_lead_2 | Number | 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. |