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. 2023 Apr 3;34(1):148–154. doi: 10.1038/s41370-023-00534-0

Table 4.

Results of water sampling and lead analysis from 100,000 homes, and sensitivity to detecting water lead spikes.

Round Number (%) of homes with first spike occurrence Cumulative Frequency (%) of homes with at least 1 spike Homes with undetected spikes Cumulative sensitivity
1 2021 (2.02) 2021 (2.02) 29,699 6.37%
2 2949 (2.95) 4970 (4.97) 26,750 15.67%
3 2589 (2.59) 7559 (7.56) 24,161 23.83%
4 2353 (2.35) 9912 (9.91) 21,808 31.25%
5 2299 (2.3) 12,211 (12.21) 19,509 38.50%
6 2183 (2.18) 14,394 (14.39) 17,326 45.38%
7 2147 (2.15) 16,541 (16.54) 15,178 52.15%
8 2075 (2.08) 18,616 (18.62) 13,104 58.69%
9 1959 (1.96) 20,575 (20.57) 11,145 64.86%
10 2049 (2.05) 22,624 (22.62) 9096 71.32%
11 1912 (1.91) 24,536 (24.54) 7184 77.35%
12 1844 (1.84) 26,380 (26.38) 5340 83.17%
13 1857 (1.86) 28,237 (28.24) 3483 89.02%
14 1762 (1.76) 29,999 (30.00) 1721 94.57%
15 1721 (1.72) 31,720 (31.72) 0 100.00%

Simulation: lower baseline prevalence and more conservative set of transitional probabilities.