Childhood Lead Poisoning Surveillance Report

    1997 1998
County 1990
Population of
Children 6
and Under† 		Total
Tested		 10 -14 15-19 20-24 25-44 45+ Total
Tested		 10 -14 15-19 20-24 25-44 45+
mcg/dL mcg/dL
Adams 6664 788 135 37 12 17 3 722 82 20 14 11 1
Alexander 1166 279 41 18 2 5 0 278 39 4 3 1 0
Bond 1431 219 19 8 3 2 0 239 6 6 0 1 0
Boone 3344 266 9 7 2 3 0 357 23 4 5 7 1
Brown 465 47 4 4 2 3 0 27 5 1 1 0 0
Bureau 3516 273 18 7 1 2 0 432 13 4 3 0 0
Calhoun 544 106 8 0 0 1 0 52 4 1 0 0 0
Carroll 1522 128 19 1 3 2 0 155 14 6 2 2 0
Cass 1246 177 19 3 2 0 1 161 8 4 1 0 0
Champaign 16730 1084 38 22 2 4 0 962 28 7 4 4 0
Christian 3428 494 28 11 4 0 1 461 25 2 3 1 0
Clark 1,491 53 5 2 1 2 0 52 1 0 0 0 0
Clay 1316 146 10 0 1 3 0 182 7 4 0 1 0
Clinton 3394 42 2 1 1 0 0 41 5 1 0 1 0
Coles 4154 134 11 3 1 4 2 125 9 5 3 3 0
Cook w/o Chicago 239334 27292 1869 565 217 226 46 20018 1014 298 89 116 17
Chicago 296,408 111217 17095 7185 2728 2588 346 111410 14173 4749 2034 1734 254
Crawford 1832 221 11 1 1 0 0 101 3 2 0 1 0
Cumberland 1152 58 6 2 1 0 0 53 1 0 0 0 0
DeKalb 6953 382 38 11 0 2 1 371 28 8 4 4 0
DeWitt 1545 208 46 10 2 5 0 233 38 8 4 3 1
Douglas 2038 98 9 1 1 1 0 94 5 1 1 0 0
DuPage 89010 2714 112 28 10 9 1 2429 75 18 9 8 0
Edgar 1717 258 22 2 4 2 0 207 10 2 3 1 2
Edwards 674 53 6 1 0 0 0 64 6 4 0 0 0
Effingham 3876 68 4 2 0 0 1 87 5 1 2 0 0
Fayette 1937 379 40 9 3 4 0 351 21 5 3 0 0
Ford 1376 167 14 1 2 1 0 163 6 2 0 1 0
Franklin 3440 406 11 8 4 2 0 362 13 6 0 2 0
Fulton 3284 453 55 21 5 3 0 353 31 5 3 3 0
Gallatin 569 112 4 0 0 0 0 93 4 0 0 0 0
Greene 1568 199 44 14 3 1 0 196 37 12 0 2 0
Grundy 3369 309 14 5 3 2 0 217 14 1 0 2 0
Hamilton 750 110 19 2 0 1 0 83 8 2 0 0 0
Hancock 1970 335 57 13 5 3 0 334 53 10 0 2 0
Hardin 425 54 3 2 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0
Henderson 738 85 12 3 1 1 0 104 9 1 2 1 0
Henry 4937 531 78 27 7 4 0 413 60 23 7 5 0
Iroquois 2945 331 21 3 4 2 0 364 21 3 0 6 0
Jackson 4697 770 96 16 7 3 0 621 31 10 2 0 0
Jasper 1178 82 2 0 1 1 0 44 2 1 0 0 0
Jefferson 3841 508 28 7 1 3 0 337 9 6 3 0 0
Jersey 2116 181 1 0 0 0 0 170 3 0 0 1 0
Jo Daviess 2158 74 9 11 1 0 0 124 16 3 1 0 0
Johnson 818 54 0 0 0 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 0
Kane 39441 4739 642 231 112 72 3 5421 508 155 56 46 8
Kankakee 10635 3015 530 142 60 39 2 2893 320 79 23 29 1
Kendall 4448 126 4 4 0 0 0 228 9 1 0 0 0
Knox 4931 1068 91 16 15 12 3 830 52 11 7 4 0
Lake 61257 7100 280 87 30 36 4 5940 168 48 21 18 1
La Salle 10376 748 69 24 18 6 1 1068 52 14 9 3 1
Lawrence 1435 354 23 6 1 0 0 328 18 1 2 0 0
Lee 3404 91 25 8 3 3 1 134 11 6 0 2 0
Livingston 3922 843 73 23 7 3 0 899 47 12 3 2 0
Logan 2842 195 25 9 1 1 1 268 18 1 3 2 1
McDonough 2463 297 32 11 2 4 0 261 34 9 1 0 0
McHenry 22241 1299 67 18 11 14 1 946 50 8 9 3 1
McLean 12280 1991 122 37 19 13 1 1993 72 26 9 11 5
Macon 11304 2535 366 148 52 45 4 2598 323 110 42 25 2
Macoupin 4475 458 53 9 6 2 0 431 25 5 1 1 0
Madison 25426 1576 126 38 16 12 2 1370 100 30 13 6 1
Marion 4168 493 26 9 1 2 2 427 12 5 2 1 3
Marshall 1127 85 7 2 2 4 0 83 10 3 0 3 0
Mason 1481 199 23 8 2 0 0 209 9 2 0 0 0
Massac 1302 156 2 3 0 3 0 78 2 1 1 1 0
Menard 1092 75 4 2 2 0 0 59 6 0 0 0 0
Mercer 1647 275 27 11 2 4 0 235 12 3 6 3 0
Monroe 2379 64 7 3 2 0 0 74 4 0 1 0 0
Montgomery 2982 591 46 16 6 1 2 526 25 5 5 4 2
Morgan 3290 214 30 9 3 2 0 273 28 9 7 2 0
Moultrie 1301 139 6 1 0 1 0 107 2 0 0 0 0
Ogle 4801 192 24 3 4 5 0 228 13 4 4 1 1
Peoria 18252 2579 494 190 62 74 1 2374 308 99 39 38 0
Perry 2112 118 12 1 0 2 0 103 13 4 3 0 0
Piatt 1432 108 10 0 0 0 0 137 8 5 0 1 0
Pike 1611 387 42 14 5 2 0 350 22 7 3 0 0
Pope 299 31 3 0 0 0 0 35 2 0 0 0 0
Pulaski 795 108 10 13 1 0 0 125 16 9 3 1 0
Putnam 596 43 5 3 1 0 0 70 3 0 0 0 0
Randolph 3109 289 21 5 3 2 0 314 22 1 3 0 0
Richland 1629 105 2 4 1 0 0 96 5 2 1 0 0
Rock Island 14688 2717 453 125 49 40 6 2699 287 75 26 23 2
St. Clair 29386 6187 1074 384 123 79 4 5409 604 140 34 30 2
Saline 2356 576 46 11 1 1 0 504 32 3 1 0 0
Sangamon 18225 1997 199 72 42 28 2 1989 163 79 18 18 1
Schuyler 685 24 0 0 0 0 0 27 2 1 0 0 0
Scott 571 25 3 0 0 1 0 30 0 0 0 0 0
Shelby 2137 236 18 4 1 2 0 174 11 3 1 0 0
Stark 598 77 14 4 1 1 0 72 11 1 1 1 0
Stephenson 4988 683 146 66 37 26 1 602 123 51 22 20 2
Tazewell 12321 1213 45 5 2 7 0 1199 19 5 4 5 0
Union 1472 198 13 6 3 2 0 151 11 3 0 0 0
Vermilion 8689 1013 103 42 9 19 1 1154 88 29 12 13 3
Wabash 1282 215 32 7 2 0 0 167 18 6 0 1 0
Warren 1856 281 21 5 3 2 1 245 10 6 2 3 0
Washington 1408 42 3 1 0 0 0 40 1 0 0 0 0
Wayne 1589 350 14 7 4 0 0 438 9 3 1 1 0
White 1581 269 15 5 3 0 0 223 21 2 0 1 0
Whiteside 6011 758 63 13 5 8 0 731 44 16 3 7 0
Will 42170 2622 205 64 23 25 1 2513 165 32 12 20 4
Williamson 5327 324 6 3 1 1 0 269 6 1 0 0 0
Winnebago 27077 2995 401 129 63 51 2 3394 290 81 34 32 5
Woodford 3350 153 11 4 2 1 0 163 8 1 0 3 0
Unknown — 37507 906 317 239 0 12 36989 432 134 39 39 2
TOTAL 1201118 245093 27212 10456 4111 3570 460 234417 20649 6597 2693 2348 324

† The 1990 population of children aged 6 and younger is based on 1990 census data.

Last updated 6/6/00





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