Prevalence rate of adults with elevated blood lead levels (BLLs) 10 μg/dL or higher, by state (State Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance programs, United States, 2012).
Notes:
(1) Rate per 100,000 employed adults aged 16 years or older. The state-resident rate might be lower for some states. Data from the Adult Blood Epidemiology and Surveillance Program, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Denominators for 2012 were extracted from the 2013 U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics.
(2) A total of 41 states submitted data in 2012: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Kentucky and Illinois submitted BLLs 25 μg/dL or higher and Massachusetts submitted BLLs 15 μg/dL or higher. In 2012, the two states reporting the highest prevalence of elevated blood lead levels were Missouri (106.66) and Kansas (77.32). The national rate in 2012 was 22.5 cases per 100,000 employed adults aged 16 years or older.
(Source: Alarcon WA; State Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance [ABLES] Program Investigators. Elevated blood lead levels among employed adults - United States, 1994-2013. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2016;63[55]:59-65. Public domain.)