Wisconsin Department of Health Services - Wisconsin Childhood Lead Poisoning Data

Description:

Wisconsin blood lead testing data from children less than six years of age are reported to the Wisconsin Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program. Lead poisoning is defined as a child with a capillary or venous BLL greater than or equal to 3.5 micrograms per deciliter (μg/dL). This threshold was most recently updated by CDC in 2022. Prior to 2022, lead poisoning was defined as a child with a BLL greater than or equal to 5.0 ug/dL. Data are de-duplicated such that they contain the most recent confirmatory (venous) test following an elevated screening (capillary) test. If no confirmatory test for the individual is available, the most recent screening test result is used. The code "NPT" is used to indicate a poisoning case where the child was not previously tested and "PT" is used to indicate poisoning cases where the child was previously tested. The percent of children poisoned is calculated as the number of children poisoned divided by the number of children tested. This measure is the most accurate one to use for comparisons between geographic areas of the state as it accounts, to a large degree, for differences in population size between regions. Please note that the overall statewide age-specific percentage of poisoned children provided for reference may be greater than the sum of the percentages of poisoned children across all counties due to a small subset of blood lead test results missing county of residence information. To protect confidentiality, data are suppressed for counties with fewer than five children tested (that is, with a denominator of <5). This dataset was automatically cataloged from the creator's Open Data Portal. In some cases, publication year and bounding coordinates shown here may be incorrect. Additional download formats may be available on the author's website. Please check the 'More details at' link for additional information.

Resource Link:

https://data.dhsgis.wi.gov/datasets/wi-dhs::wisconsin-childhood-lead-poisoning-data

Identifier:

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Language:

English

Creator:

Wisconsin Department of Health Services

Provider:

American Geographical Society Library – UWM Libraries

Resource Class:

Datasets

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Temporal Coverage:

Issued 2023

Date Issued:

2023-02-15

Spatial Coverage:

Wisconsin and United States

Rights:

Although this data is being distributed by the American Geographical Society Library at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the University as to the accuracy of the data and related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the University in the use of this data, or related materials.

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

Shapefile