Indiana Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program

 

 

 

Report to the Legislature for

Calendar Year 2005

 

 

 

Submitted

March 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

For more information contact:

 

Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program

Indiana State Department of Health

2 N. Meridian Street

Indianapolis, IN 46204-3003

 

 

 

Tel. 317-233-1250 or 1-800-433-0746

Fax 317-233-1630

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This report addressing state lead poisoning activities is required by IC 16-41-39.4-5, as follows:

IC 16-41-39.4-5
Annual report
     Sec. 5. (a) The state department shall, in cooperation with other state agencies, collect data under this chapter and, before March 15 of each year, report the results to the general assembly for the previous calendar year. A copy of the report shall be transmitted in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6 to the executive director of the legislative services agency for distribution to the members of the general assembly.
            (b) The report transmitted under subsection (a) must include for each county the following information concerning children who are less than seven (7) years of age:
            (1) The number of children who received a blood lead test.
        (2) The number of children who had a blood test result of at least ten (10) micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood.
        (3) The number of children identified under subdivision (2) who received a blood test to confirm that they had lead poisoning.
        (4) The number of children identified under subdivision (3) who had lead poisoning.
        (5) The number of children identified under subdivision (4) who had a blood test result of less than ten (10) micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood.
        (6) The average number of days taken to confirm a blood lead test.
        (7) The number of risk assessments performed for children identified under subdivision (4) and the average number of days taken to perform the risk assessment.
        (8) The number of housing units in which risk assessments performed under subdivision (7) documented lead hazards as defined by 40 CFR 745.
        (9) The number of housing units identified under subdivision (8) that were covered by orders issued under IC 13-14-10-2 or by another governmental authority to eliminate lead hazards.
        (10) The number of housing units identified under subdivision (9) for which lead hazards have been eliminated within thirty (30) days, three (3) months, and six (6) months

 

Indiana Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program for Calendar Year 2005

 

COUNTY NAME

Number of children who received at least one blood test (Note 1)

 

 

1

Number of children with blood lead level ≥ 10mg/dL

(Note 2)

 

 

2

Number of children with initial level ≥ 10mg/dL

venous

(Note 3)

 

 

3(a)

Number of children with initial level ≥ 10mg/dL

Capillary (Note 3)

 

 

 

 

3(b)

Number of children with initial capillary blood lead level ≥ 10mg/dL not returning for a confirmation test.

(Note 3)

3(c)

Number of children with confirmed blood lead level ≥ 10mg/d

 

4

Number of children with  false positives after confirmation

(Note 4)

 

 

 

 

5

Average  number of days to confirm an initial elevated capillary blood lead test result

(Note 3)

 

6

Number of risk assessments performed for confirmed elevated blood lead levels

 

 

7(a)

Average  number of days to perform a risk assessment

(Notes 5 and 6)

 

 

 

7(b)

Adams

157

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5*

≤5

N/A

0

0

Allen

3596

132

60

72

59

61

12

19

32

39

Bartholomew

323

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

N/A

2

22

Benton

27

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

N/A

0

0

Blackford

101

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

N/A

2

11

Boone

195

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

-

-

-

Brown

45

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

-

-

-

Carroll

63

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

-

-

-

Cass

394

13

≤5

8

≤5

≤5

≤5

8

1

6

Clark

557

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

N/A

0

0

Clay

71

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

-

-

-

Clinton

205

20

≤5

15

11

≤5

≤5

43

1

30

Crawford

125

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

-

-

-

Daviess

89

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

-

-

-

Dearborn

105

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

-

-

-

Decatur

128

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

N/A

1

18

DeKalb

30

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

1

0

0

Delaware

873

27

9

18

9

9

9

49

0

0

Dubois

20

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

-

-

-

Elkhart

1702

78

22

56

28

27

23

44

18

29

COUNTY NAME

Number of children who received at least one blood test (Note 1)

 

 

1

Number of children with blood lead level ≥ 10mg/dL

(Note 2)

 

 

2

Number of children with initial level ≥ 10mg/dL

venous

 

(Note 3)

 

3(a)

Number of children with initial level ≥ 10mg/dL

Capillary

 

(Note 3)

 

 

 

3(b)

Number of children with initial capillary blood lead level ≥ 10mg/dL not returning for a confirmation test.

(Note 3)

3(c)

Number of children with confirmed blood lead level ≥ 10mg/dL

4

Number of children with  false positives after confirmation

(Note 4)

 

 

 

 

5

Average  number of days to confirm an initial elevated capillary blood lead test result

(Note 3)

 

6

Number of risk assessments performed for confirmed elevated blood lead levels

 

 

7(a)

Average  number of days to perform a risk assessment

(Notes 5 and 6)

 

 

 

7(b)

Fayette

149

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

1

0

0

Floyd

720

21

10

11

7

10

≤5

23

0

0

Fountain

61

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

≤5

-

-

-