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Children ages 1 to 2 on Medicaid with elevated blood lead in Michigan

Children ages 1 to 2 on Medicaid with elevated blood lead

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Definition and Source

PROVIDER

Definition

The number of Medicaid children ages 1 to 2 confirmed to have a blood lead level of greater than or equal to 3.5 micrograms per deciliter (≥3.5 ug/dl), as determined by a capillary or venous blood test. 

The percent is based on the number of Medicaid children ages 1 to 2 tested for lead.

Data Source

Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program

Notes

Department policy requires all counts between 1 and 5 to be suppressed. Percents are suppressed if there were fewer than 6 children for statistical reliability purposes.

NA: Not Available; S: Data Suppressed.

Last Updated

September 2024