Elevated Blood Lead Levels Among Adults (10 mcg/dL plus) per 100,000 Employed Persons Ages 16 and Older

Source: 2007-2009 New York State Department of Health Heavy Metals Registry-HMR Data as of July, 2011

  Elevated Blood Lead Levels Among Adults (10 mcg/dL plus) Employed  
Region/County 2007 2008 2009 Total 2008 Rate
Reg-1 Western New York
Allegany 10 14 13 37 22,517 54.8
Cattaraugus 15 20 20 55 39,118 46.9
Chautauqua 11 8 9 28 63,423 14.7
Erie 112 117 108 337 445,328 25.2
Genesee 18 14 10 42 31,574 44.3
Niagara 39 33 29 101 106,083 31.7
Orleans 3 7 5 15 18,165 27.5
Wyoming 5 6 5 16 20,009 26.7
Region Total 213 219 199 631 746,217 28.2
Reg-2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 30 58 18 106 39,044 90.5
Livingston 6 13 15 34 30,513 37.1
Monroe 70 59 52 181 356,456 16.9
Ontario 18 17 11 46 53,898 28.4
Schuyler 16 20 9 45 9,542 157.2
Seneca 18 14 10 42 16,194 86.5
Steuben 2 7 5 14 43,016 10.8
Wayne 2 1 6 9 45,249 6.6
Yates 1 0 0 1 12,559 2.7
Region Total 163 189 126 478 606,471 26.3
Reg-3 Central New York
Cayuga 50 34 12 96 39,377 81.3
Cortland 1 2 0 3 22,563 4.4
Herkimer 33 29 23 85 29,321 96.6
Jefferson 10 4 7 21 45,792 15.3
Lewis 19 25 27 71 11,764 201.2
Madison 14 15 13 42 34,319 40.8
Oneida 26 13 19 58 105,016 18.4
Onondaga 57 35 32 124 222,786 18.6
Oswego 4 5 9 18 56,164 10.7
St Lawrence 7 8 12 27 46,594 19.3
Tompkins 6 4 2 12 53,750 7.4
Region Total 227 174 156 557 667,446 27.8
Reg-4 New York-Penn
Broome 9 19 12 40 92,444 14.4
Chenango 3 2 0 5 23,043 7.2
Tioga 3 4 7 14 24,906 18.7
Region Total 15 25 19 59 140,393 14.0
Reg-5 Northeastern New York
Albany 20 18 21 59 152,350 12.9
Clinton 4 10 3 17 37,269 15.2
Columbia 9 16 20 45 30,261 49.6
Delaware 7 5 9 21 21,492 32.6
Essex 4 6 2 12 17,330 23.1
Franklin 5 2 0 7 21,407 10.9
Fulton 6 9 9 24 25,739 31.1
Greene 12 4 7 23 22,878 33.5
Hamilton 1 1 0 2 2,879 23.2
Montgomery 1 4 1 6 23,003 8.7
Otsego 4 3 3 10 29,821 11.2
Rensselaer 12 17 17 46 79,761 19.2
Saratoga 15 23 21 59 116,051 16.9
Schenectady 1 0 1 2 72,892 0.9
Schoharie 3 0 1 4 14,782 9.0
Warren 16 13 6 35 34,534 33.8
Washington 11 13 5 29 31,017 31.2
Region Total 131 144 126 401 733,466 18.2
Reg-6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 43 43 43 129 138,809 31.0
Orange 209 219 212 640 171,320 124.5
Putnam 13 4 6 23 53,439 14.3
Rockland 13 8 14 35 148,374 7.9
Sullivan 26 33 29 88 33,251 88.2
Ulster 19 23 19 61 85,543 23.8
Westchester 91 56 59 206 470,839 14.6
Region Total 414 386 382 1,182 1,101,575 35.8
Reg-7 New York City
Bronx 168 149 121 438 485,894 30.0
Kings 275 217 207 699 1,043,335 22.3
New York 81 76 67 224 889,050 8.4
Queens 339 321 290 950 1,068,014 29.7
Richmond 68 45 47 160 232,549 22.9
Region Total 931 808 732 2,471 3,718,842 22.1
Reg-8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 103 75 80 258 665,740 12.9
Suffolk 132 95 83 310 757,885 13.6
Region Total 235 170 163 568 1,423,625 13.3
New York State Total 2,329 2,115 1,903 6,347 9,138,035 23.2