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. 2020 Jul 6;117(29):16898–16907. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2002729117

Table 1.

Summary statistics for the curated dataset used in this analysis

Variable n (%) Arithmetic mean blood lead, µg/dL
Total 59,483 (100) 1.73
Water source
 Private well 7,709 (14.9) 1.75
 Regulated water utility 43,982 (85.1) 1.59
Age (mo)
 0–8 478 (0.8) 1.71
 9–14 39,688 (66.7) 1.63
 15–19 3,844 (6.5) 1.99
 20–29 8,603 (14.5) 1.80
 ≥30 6,870 (11.6) 2.07
Biological sex
 Female 28,752 (49.3) 1.72
 Male 29,578 (50.7) 1.74
Year tested
 2002–2006 15,307 (25.7) 2.46
 2007–2012 24,149 (40.6) 1.70
 2013–2017 20,027 (33.7) 1.20
Year house was built
 Before 1950 3,401 (5.9) 2.14
 1950–1977 12,102 (20.8) 1.89
 1978–1987 7,874 (13.6) 1.79
 1988–1997 9,908 (17.1) 1.74
 1998–2002 10,003 (17.2) 1.71
 2003–2007 10,330 (17.8) 1.48
 2008 or later 4,473 (7.7) 1.30
Home value
 Quartile 1 (<$132,880) 13,854 (25.0) 2.00
 Quartile 2 ($132,881–188,281) 13,855 (25.0) 1.73
 Quartile 3 ($188,282–292,135) 13,853 (25.0) 1.56
 Quartile 4 (>$292,135) 13,854 (25.0) 1.52
Black population proportion in census block group
 Quartile 1 (<0.095) 14,927 (25.0) 1.58
 Quartile 2 (0.095–0.211) 14,827 (25.2) 1.64
 Quartile 3 (0.212–0.370) 14,918 (25.0) 1.78
 Quartile 4 (>0.370) 14,794 (24.9) 1.91
Median income in census block group
 Quartile 1 (<$49,012) 14,867 (25.0) 1.96
 Quartile 2 ($49,012–62,925) 14,905 (25.1) 1.78
 Quartile 3 ($62,926–83,985) 15,291 (25.7) 1.64
 Quartile 4 (>$83,985) 14,398 (24.2) 1.53
Blood draw type
 Capillary 5,446 (9.7) 1.76
 Venous 50,876 (90.3) 1.70
Season
 Winter 13,658 (23.0) 1.73
 Spring 14,942 (25.1) 1.70
 Summer 15,473 (26.0) 1.77
 Fall 15,410 (25.9) 1.73