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Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program

    

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Contact Information
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
5555 Ferguson Drive, Room 210-02
City of Commerce, California 90022
(800) LA-4-LEAD
Fax (323) 890-8737
lead@ph.lacounty.gov
Census/Surveillance Data

2000 Census Data of Los Angeles County

Total Housing:        3,270,909

    Pre-1980:                 2,643,665 (80.8 % of total housing units)

    Pre-1960:                 1,550,792 (47.4% of total housing units)

    Pre-1950:                 822,456 (25.1% of total housing units)

Total Population:      9,519,338

    Age 0-5:                      886,580 (9.3% of total population)

    Hispanic:                    4,243,487 (44.6% of total population)

    Non-Hispanic:            5,275,851 (55.4% of total population)

    White:                          4,622,759 (48.6% of total population)

    Black:                          916,907 (9.6 % of total population)

    Asian:                          1,134,263 (11.9% of total population)

    American Indian:        68,471 (0.7% of total population)    

    Population Below Poverty Level:     1,674,599

    Age 0-5 Below Poverty Level:         221,882

Program Data

Case Definitions

A case is defined as the following:

  • Two BLLs between 15-19 µg/dL drawn at least 30 days and no more than 600 days apart.  The first specimen may be capillary.
  • A single diagnostic (venous) BLL at or greater than 20 mcg/dL.

Surveillance Data Charts

Development of High Risk Areas

Map:   High Risk Areas and Distribution of Reported Cases and EBLs, 2005

Data Request

Currently there is no specific form for requesting data.  If you would like to request data other than information listed above, please fax or e-mail us a request letter, stating who you are, what it is for, when you need it, and what exactly you need.   Please include specific age group (age <6 or age <21), time frame (between which years), and location (census tracts, ZIP codes, or city names). 

Please send email request to: Douglas Morales dmorales@ph.lacounty.gov

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