Childhood Blood Lead Testing and Elevated Incidence by Birth Year and Zip Code: Beginning 2000

This dataset contains the number and rate of children that reside in each New York State zip code, excluding New York City, who were tested for lead and identified for the first time within the specified time period to have elevated concentrations of lead in their blood. The numbers and rate are based on birth year (birth cohort). Under current NYS Public Health Law and implementing regulations, health care providers are required to test all children for lead at or around age one year and again at or around age two years. Health care providers are also required to assess all children age six months to 72 months of age at least once annually for lead exposure, with blood lead testing for all children found to be at risk, based on those assessments. For more information, check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/lead/

本数据集收录了居住在纽约州各邮政编码（不包括纽约市）的儿童数量及比率，这些儿童在指定时间段内首次接受铅含量检测，并发现其血液中铅浓度偏高。数量及比率基于出生年份（出生队列）。根据当前纽约州公共卫生法及其实施条例，医疗机构必须对所有儿童在一岁左右及两岁左右进行铅含量检测。此外，医疗机构还须至少每年对六个月至七十二个月大的儿童进行一次铅暴露评估，并对评估中发现有风险的儿童进行血液铅含量检测。如需更多信息，请查阅：http://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/lead/。