Table 1.

Percentage of children in Rhode Island’s Statewide Lead Elimination Surveillance System, 2006–2019, with elevated blood lead levels.

	≥5 µg/dL		≥10 µg/dL
	No	Yes	No	Yes
	N = 171,931 (87.1%)	N = 25,453 (12.9%)	N = 192,752 (97.7%)	N = 4632 (2.3%)
Sex
Female	87.8	12.2	97.9	2.1
Male	86.4	13.6	97.4	2.6
Test method
Capillary	83.5	16.5	96.9	3.1
Venous	88.2	11.8	97.9	2.1
Age at test
0–12 months	92.4	7.6	98.7	1.3
13–24 months	86.4	13.6	97.3	2.7
25–36 months	82.2	17.8	96.7	3.3
37–48 months	83.2	16.8	97.0	3.0
49–60 months	84.8	15.2	97.5	2.5
61–72 months	86.2	13.8	97.7	2.3
Quintiles of population in poverty
Lowest quintile	92.6	7.4	98.9	1.1
Second quintile	90.7	9.3	98.5	1.5
Middle quintile	89.1	10.9	98.1	1.9
Fourth quintile	84.9	15.1	97.2	2.8
Highest quintile	81.6	18.4	96.4	3.6
Quintiles of housing built pre-1950
Lowest quintile	94.0	6.0	99.3	0.7
Second quintile	91.6	8.4	98.6	1.4
Middle quintile	87.9	12.1	98.0	2.0
Fourth quintile	83.7	16.3	96.9	3.1
Highest quintile	80.5	19.5	96.0	4.0