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. 2019 Jun;109(6):906–911. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305021

TABLE 1—

Demographic Characteristics of Children Receiving Services at a Federally Qualified Health Center: New York City, 2003–2017

Characteristic No. of Patients BLL, Mean (SD) No. of Patients With BLLs ≥ 5 µg/dL (%)
Total 4693 2.07 (1.13) 109 (2.32)
Housing type
 Private (non-NYCHA) 3881 2.10 (1.19) 107 (2.76)
 Public (NYCHA) 812 1.92 (0.76) 2 (0.25)
Gender
 Male 2344 2.08 (1.01) 57 (2.43)
 Female 2349 2.06 (1.23) 52 (2.21)
Age, y
 < 6 3858 2.09 (1.12) 93 (2.41)
 6–12 511 2.13 (1.26) 13 (2.54)
 13–18 324 1.71 (0.91) 3 (0.93)
Race/ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic Black 1686 2.14 (1.25) 53 (3.14)
 Hispanic non-Black 2137 2.00 (0.99) 33 (1.54)
 Hispanic Black 249 2.03 (0.98) 4 (1.61)
 Non-Hispanic non-Black 621 2.15 (1.29) 19 (3.06)

Note. BLL = blood lead level; NYCHA = New York City Housing Authority.