TABLE 2.
Demographic characteristics of non-Hispanic black and non-Hispanic white DMA children tested and the characteristics of their BLLa reports across SEP quintiles
| Variables\quintile | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 30,656 (50.76) | 21,676 (51.32) | 14,287 (51.67) | 10,870 (52.20) | 7277 (52.18) |
| Female | 29,740 (49.24) | 20,561 (48.68) | 13,366 (48.33) | 9953 (47.80) | 6668 (47.82) |
| Total | 60,396 | 42,237 | 27,653 | 20,823 | 13,945 |
| Age | |||||
| 0–2 | 24,411 (40.14) | 19.401 (45.69) | 14,251 (51.49) | 11,217 (53.73) | 7598 (54.34) |
| 2.1–6 | 27,531 (45.27) | 18,019 (42.44) | 10,723 (38.68) | 7690 (36.83) | 4928 (35.25) |
| >6 | 8872 (14.59) | 5041 (11.87) | 2751 (9.92) | 1970 (9.44) | 1456 (10.41) |
| Total | 60,814 | 42,461 | 27,725 | 20,877 | 13,982 |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||
| Non-Hispanic black | 56,863 (93.50) | 26,397 (62.17) | 7670 (27.66) | 4167 (19.96) | 2247 (16.07) |
| Non-Hispanic white | 3951 (6.50) | 16,064 (37.83) | 20,056 (72.34) | 16,710 (80.04) | 11,735 (83.93) |
| Total | 60,814 | 42,461 | 27,725 | 20,877 | 13,982 |
| Blood collection method | |||||
| Capillary | 7758 (12.79) | 8241 (19.54) | 7175 (26.12) | 5779 (28.02) | 4053 (29.27) |
| Intravenous | 52,913 (87.21) | 33,935 (80.46) | 20,290 (73.88) | 14,844 (71.98) | 9793 (70.73) |
| Total | 60,671 | 42,176 | 27,465 | 20,623 | 13,846 |
| 1.0 μg/dL reports | 13,620 (20.13) | 17,781 (26.28) | 15,372 (22.72) | 12,371 (18.28) | 8514 (12.59) |
| Reports >1.0 to <5.0 μg/dL | 33,900 (42.30) | 21,669 (27.04) | 11,433 (14.27) | 7975 (9.95) | 5158 (6.44) |
| Reports ≥5.0 μg/dL | 13,294 (73.59) | 3011 (16.67) | 920 (5.09) | 531 (2.94) | 310 (1.71) |
| Insurance coverage | |||||
| Non-Medicaid | 2222 (3.65) | 4416 (10.40) | 6101 (22.01) | 6696 (32.07) | 6604 (47.23) |
| Medicaid | 58,592 (96.35) | 38,045 (89.60) | 21,624 (78.00) | 14,181 (67.93) | 7378 (52.77) |
| Total | 60,814 | 42,461 | 27,725 | 20,877 | 13,982 |
Source: MDCH (2006–2010); n = 165,859
aGeometric mean BLL