Table 3: Statewide and County Level New Case Rates* (Incidence): New York State excluding New York City
| County | Year of Test | # Newly Identified 10-19ug/dL | # Newly Identified ≥ 20 ug/dL | Number Children Screened | New Case Rate 10-19ug/dL | New Case Rate ≥ 20 ug/dL | Overall Rate ≥ 10 ug/dL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statewide | Total | 5,884 | 966 | 372,023 | 1.58 | 0.26 | 1.84 |
| 2000 | 3,121 | 551 | 185,442 | 1.68 | 0.30 | 1.98 | |
| 2001 | 2,763 | 415 | 186,581 | 1.48 | 0.22 | 1.70 | |
| Albany | Total | 197 | 42 | 7,970 | 2.47 | 0.53 | 3.00 |
| 2000 | 91 | 21 | 3,642 | 2.50 | 0.58 | 3.08 | |
| 2001 | 106 | 21 | 4,328 | 2.45 | 0.49 | 2.93 | |
| Allegany | Total | 11 | 1 | 1,141 | 0.96 | 0.09 | 1.05 |
| 2000 | 3 | 1 | 534 | 0.56 | 0.19 | 0.75 | |
| 2001 | 8 | 0 | 607 | 1.32 | 0.00 | 1.32 | |
| Broome | Total | 91 | 8 | 4,186 | 2.17 | 0.19 | 2.37 |
| 2000 | 60 | 4 | 2,088 | 2.87 | 0.19 | 3.07 | |
| 2001 | 31 | 4 | 2,098 | 1.48 | 0.19 | 1.67 | |
| Cattaraugus | Total | 28 | 7 | 2,685 | 1.04 | 0.26 | 1.30 |
| 2000 | 16 | 5 | 1,193 | 1.34 | 0.42 | 1.76 | |
| 2001 | 12 | 2 | 1,492 | 0.80 | 0.13 | 0.94 | |
| Cayuga | Total | 53 | 10 | 2,938 | 1.80 | 0.34 | 2.14 |
| 2000 | 30 | 5 | 1,443 | 2.08 | 0.35 | 2.43 | |
| 2001 | 23 | 5 | 1,495 | 1.54 | 0.35 | 1.87 | |
| Chautauqua | Total | 92 | 14 | 4,854 | 1.90 | 0.29 | 2.18 |
| 2000 | 39 | 10 | 2,311 | 1.69 | 0.43 | 2.12 | |
| 2001 | 53 | 4 | 2,543 | 2.08 | 0.16 | 2.24 | |
| Chemung | Total | 60 | 8 | 2,048 | 2.93 | 0.39 | 3.32 |
| 2000 | 32 | 5 | 1,007 | 3.18 | 0.50 | 3.67 | |
| 2001 | 28 | 3 | 1,041 | 2.69 | 0.29 | 2.98 | |
| Chenango | Total | 23 | 3 | 1,482 | 1.55 | 0.20 | 1.75 |
| 2000 | 13 | 1 | 722 | 1.80 | 0.14 | 1.94 | |
| 2001 | 10 | 2 | 760 | 1.32 | 0.26 | 1.58 | |
| Clinton | Total | 26 | 4 | 2,366 | 1.10 | 0.17 | 1.27 |
| 2000 | 14 | 3 | 1,216 | 1.15 | 0.25 | 1.40 | |
| 2001 | 12 | 1 | 1,150 | 1.04 | 0.09 | 1.13 | |
| Columbia | Total | 37 | 8 | 1,325 | 2.79 | 0.60 | 3.40 |
| 2000 | 20 | 6 | 617 | 3.24 | 0.97 | 4.21 | |
| 2001 | 17 | 2 | 708 | 2.40 | 0.28 | 2.68 | |
| Cortland | Total | 23 | 4 | 1,602 | 1.44 | 0.25 | 1.69 |
| 2000 | 9 | 1 | 789 | 1.14 | 0.13 | 1.27 | |
| 2001 | 14 | 3 | 813 | 1.72 | 0.37 | 2.09 | |
| Delaware | Total | 21 | 2 | 1,104 | 1.90 | 0.18 | 2.08 |
| 2000 | 7 | 1 | 513 | 1.36 | 0.19 | 1.56 | |
| 2001 | 14 | 1 | 591 | 2.37 | 0.17 | 2.54 | |
| Dutchess | Total | 83 | 22 | 9,498 | 0.87 | 0.23 | 1.11 |
| 2000 | 48 | 16 | 4,484 | 1.07 | 0.36 | 1.43 | |
| 2001 | 35 | 6 | 5,014 | 0.70 | 0.12 | 0.82 | |
| Erie | Total | 973 | 178 | 29,647 | 3.28 | 0.60 | 3.88 |
| 2000 | 546 | 109 | 16,257 | 3.36 | 0.67 | 4.03 | |
| 2001 | 427 | 69 | 13,390 | 3.19 | 0.52 | 3.70 | |
| Essex | Total | 20 | 2 | 827 | 2.42 | 0.24 | 2.66 |
| 2000 | 13 | 2 | 461 | 2.82 | 0.43 | 3.25 | |
| 2001 | 7 | 0 | 366 | 1.91 | 0.00 | 1.91 | |
| Franklin | Total | 6 | 2 | 669 | 0.90 | 0.30 | 1.20 |
| 2000 | 4 | 1 | 404 | 0.99 | 0.25 | 1.24 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 | 265 | 0.75 | 0.38 | 1.13 | |
| Fulton | Total | 54 | 4 | 1,550 | 3.48 | 0.26 | 3.74 |
| 2000 | 26 | 1 | 697 | 3.73 | 0.14 | 3.87 | |
| 2001 | 28 | 3 | 853 | 3.28 | 0.35 | 3.63 | |
| Genesee | Total | 20 | 3 | 1,336 | 1.50 | 0.22 | 1.72 |
| 2000 | 11 | 1 | 711 | 1.55 | 0.14 | 1.69 | |
| 2001 | 9 | 2 | 625 | 1.44 | 0.32 | 1.76 | |
| Greene | Total | 28 | 3 | 1,155 | 2.42 | 0.26 | 2.68 |
| 2000 | 12 | 2 | 549 | 2.19 | 0.36 | 2.55 | |
| 2001 | 16 | 1 | 606 | 2.64 | 0.17 | 2.81 | |
| Hamilton | Total | 0 | 0 | 158 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Herkimer | Total | 30 | 7 | 2,014 | 1.49 | 0.35 | 1.84 |
| 2000 | 14 | 4 | 1,045 | 1.34 | 0.38 | 1.72 | |
| 2001 | 16 | 3 | 969 | 1.65 | 0.31 | 1.96 | |
| Jefferson | Total | 68 | 9 | 4,314 | 1.58 | 0.21 | 1.78 |
| 2000 | 34 | 3 | 2,173 | 1.56 | 0.14 | 1.70 | |
| 2001 | 34 | 6 | 2,141 | 1.59 | 0.28 | 1.87 | |
| Lewis | Total | 12 | 2 | 863 | 1.39 | 0.23 | 1.62 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 | 401 | 1.25 | 0.00 | 1.25 | |
| 2001 | 7 | 2 | 462 | 1.52 | 0.43 | 1.95 | |
| Livingston | Total | 15 | 1 | 1,239 | 1.21 | 0.08 | 1.29 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 | 581 | 0.69 | 0.00 | 0.69 | |
| 2001 | 11 | 1 | 658 | 1.67 | 0.15 | 1.82 | |
| Madison | Total | 35 | 2 | 2,078 | 1.68 | 0.10 | 1.78 |
| 2000 | 18 | 2 | 1,045 | 1.72 | 0.19 | 1.91 | |
| 2001 | 17 | 0 | 1,033 | 1.65 | 0.00 | 1.65 | |
| Monroe | Total | 761 | 135 | 25,259 | 3.01 | 0.53 | 3.55 |
| 2000 | 413 | 76 | 12,785 | 3.23 | 0.59 | 3.82 | |
| 2001 | 348 | 59 | 12,474 | 2.79 | 0.47 | 3.26 | |
| Montgomery | Total | 44 | 13 | 1,391 | 3.16 | 0.93 | 4.10 |
| 2000 | 21 | 7 | 706 | 2.97 | 0.99 | 3.97 | |
| 2001 | 23 | 6 | 685 | 3.36 | 0.88 | 4.23 | |
| Nassau | Total | 287 | 52 | 56,769 | 0.91 | 0.09 | 0.60 |
| 2000 | 154 | 30 | 27,272 | 0.56 | 0.11 | 0.67 | |
| 2001 | 133 | 22 | 29,497 | 0.45 | 0.07 | 0.53 | |
| Niagara | Total | 97 | 7 | 6,188 | 1.57 | 0.11 | 1.68 |
| 2000 | 52 | 3 | 3,004 | 1.73 | 0.10 | 1.83 | |
| 2001 | 45 | 4 | 3,184 | 1.41 | 0.13 | 1.54 | |
| Oneida | Total | 229 | 30 | 6,285 | 3.64 | 0.48 | 4.12 |
| 2000 | 120 | 15 | 3,303 | 3.63 | 0.45 | 4.09 | |
| 2001 | 109 | 15 | 2,982 | 3.66 | 0.50 | 4.16 | |
| Onondaga | Total | 632 | 66 | 18,078 | 3.50 | 0.37 | 3.86 |
| 2000 | 343 | 42 | 8,920 | 3.85 | 0.47 | 4.32 | |
| 2001 | 289 | 24 | 9,158 | 3.16 | 0.26 | 3.42 | |
| Ontario | Total | 33 | 7 | 2,905 | 1.14 | 0.24 | 1.38 |
| 2000 | 18 | 5 | 1,439 | 1.25 | 0.35 | 1.60 | |
| 2001 | 15 | 2 | 1,466 | 1.02 | 0.14 | 1.16 | |
| Orange | Total | 252 | 46 | 11,420 | 2.21 | 0.40 | 2.61 |
| 2000 | 156 | 25 | 5,572 | 2.80 | 0.45 | 3.25 | |
| 2001 | 96 | 21 | 5,848 | 1.64 | 0.36 | 2.00 | |
| Orleans | Total | 38 | 15 | 1,482 | 2.56 | 1.01 | 3.58 |
| 2000 | 20 | 6 | 776 | 2.58 | 0.77 | 3.35 | |
| 2001 | 18 | 9 | 706 | 2.55 | 1.27 | 3.82 | |
| Oswego | Total | 50 | 6 | 3,605 | 1.39 | 0.17 | 1.56 |
| 2000 | 24 | 6 | 1,903 | 1.26 | 0.32 | 1.58 | |
| 2001 | 26 | 0 | 1,702 | 1.53 | 0.00 | 1.53 | |
| Otsego | Total | 26 | 3 | 1,713 | 1.52 | 0.18 | 1.69 |
| 2000 | 19 | 3 | 847 | 2.24 | 0.35 | 2.60 | |
| 2001 | 7 | 0 | 866 | 0.81 | 0.00 | 0.81 | |
| Putnam | Total | 16 | 1 | 3,511 | 0.46 | 0.03 | 0.48 |
| 2000 | 7 | 1 | 1,698 | 0.41 | 0.06 | 0.47 | |
| 2001 | 9 | 0 | 1,813 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | |
| Rensselaer | Total | 116 | 24 | 4,408 | 2.63 | 0.54 | 3.18 |
| 2000 | 56 | 13 | 2,232 | 2.51 | 0.58 | 3.09 | |
| 2001 | 60 | 11 | 2,176 | 2.76 | 0.51 | 3.26 | |
| Rockland | Total | 92 | 23 | 11,037 | 0.83 | 0.21 | 1.04 |
| 2000 | 46 | 14 | 5,719 | 0.80 | 0.24 | 1.05 | |
| 2001 | 46 | 9 | 5,318 | 0.86 | 0.17 | 1.03 | |
| St. Lawrence | Total | 31 | 6 | 2,032 | 1.53 | 0.30 | 1.82 |
| 2000 | 14 | 3 | 1,046 | 1.34 | 0.29 | 1.63 | |
| 2001 | 17 | 3 | 986 | 1.72 | 0.30 | 2.03 | |
| Saratoga | Total | 34 | 3 | 3,914 | 0.87 | 0.08 | 0.95 |
| 2000 | 12 | 2 | 2,048 | 0.59 | 0.10 | 0.68 | |
| 2001 | 22 | 1 | 1,866 | 1.18 | 0.05 | 1.23 | |
| Schenectady | Total | 61 | 16 | 3,537 | 1.72 | 0.45 | 2.18 |
| 2000 | 31 | 7 | 1,752 | 1.77 | 0.40 | 2.17 | |
| 2001 | 30 | 9 | 1,785 | 1.68 | 0.50 | 2.18 | |
| Schoharie | Total | 15 | 4 | 560 | 2.68 | 0.71 | 3.39 |
| 2000 | 9 | 3 | 275 | 3.27 | 1.09 | 4.36 | |
| 2001 | 6 | 1 | 285 | 2.11 | 0.35 | 2.46 | |
| Schuyler | Total | 7 | 0 | 370 | 1.89 | 0.00 | 1.89 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 190 | 1.05 | 0.00 | 1.05 | |
| 2001 | 5 | 0 | 180 | 2.78 | 0.00 | 2.78 | |
| Seneca | Total | 5 | 0 | 719 | 0.70 | 0.00 | 0.70 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 355 | 0.28 | 0.00 | 0.28 | |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 | 364 | 1.10 | 0.00 | 1.10 | |
| Steuben | Total | 44 | 4 | 2,966 | 1.48 | 0.13 | 1.62 |
| 2000 | 20 | 2 | 1,336 | 1.50 | 0.15 | 1.65 | |
| 2001 | 24 | 2 | 1,630 | 1.47 | 0.12 | 1.60 | |
| Suffolk | Total | 236 | 27 | 45,897 | 0.51 | 0.06 | 0.57 |
| 2000 | 103 | 8 | 22,938 | 0.45 | 0.03 | 0.48 | |
| 2001 | 133 | 19 | 22,959 | 0.58 | 0.08 | 0.66 | |
| Sullivan | Total | 27 | 9 | 1,514 | 1.78 | 0.59 | 2.38 |
| 2000 | 17 | 8 | 810 | 2.10 | 0.99 | 3.09 | |
| 2001 | 10 | 1 | 704 | 1.42 | 0.14 | 1.56 | |
| Tioga | Total | 22 | 4 | 1,267 | 1.74 | 0.32 | 2.05 |
| 2000 | 11 | 4 | 596 | 1.85 | 0.67 | 2.52 | |
| 2001 | 11 | 0 | 671 | 1.64 | 0.00 | 1.64 | |
| Tompkins | Total | 10 | 2 | 2,527 | 0.40 | 0.08 | 0.47 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 | 1,239 | 0.56 | 0.00 | 0.56 | |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 | 1,288 | 0.23 | 0.16 | 0.39 | |
| Ulster | Total | 78 | 16 | 4,395 | 1.77 | 0.36 | 2.14 |
| 2000 | 39 | 10 | 2,145 | 1.82 | 0.47 | 2.28 | |
| 2001 | 39 | 6 | 2,250 | 1.73 | 0.27 | 2.00 | |
| Warren | Total | 22 | 4 | 1,220 | 1.80 | 0.33 | 2.13 |
| 2000 | 13 | 2 | 601 | 2.16 | 0.33 | 2.50 | |
| 2001 | 9 | 2 | 619 | 1.45 | 0.32 | 1.78 | |
| Washington | Total | 44 | 6 | 1,298 | 3.39 | 0.46 | 3.85 |
| 2000 | 21 | 3 | 637 | 3.30 | 0.47 | 3.77 | |
| 2001 | 23 | 3 | 661 | 3.48 | 0.45 | 3.93 | |
| Wayne | Total | 36 | 4 | 2,422 | 1.49 | 0.17 | 1.65 |
| 2000 | 20 | 4 | 1,253 | 1.60 | 0.32 | 1.92 | |
| 2001 | 16 | 0 | 1,169 | 1.37 | 0.00 | 1.37 | |
| Westchester | Total | 509 | 82 | 53,159 | 0.96 | 0.15 | 1.11 |
| 2000 | 267 | 43 | 26,544 | 1.04 | 0.16 | 1.17 | |
| 2001 | 242 | 39 | 26,615 | 0.91 | 0.15 | 1.06 | |
| Wyoming | Total | 7 | 1 | 730 | 0.96 | 0.14 | 1.10 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 | 333 | 2.10 | 0.00 | 2.10 | |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 397 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.25 | |
| Yates | Total | 17 | 4 | 546 | 3.11 | 0.73 | 3.85 |
| 2000 | 9 | 2 | 277 | 3.25 | 0.72 | 3.97 | |
| 2001 | 8 | 2 | 269 | 2.97 | 0.74 | 3.72 |
* Children screened before age six with a newly confirmed elevated blood lead level at 10ug/dL or greater.


