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Summary List of Measures

This section of the site provides a list of the measures found on the site.

Environmental Contaminants
Body Burdens
Childhood Illnesses
Special Features

Environmental Contaminants

Name	Description of Measure	Year(s)
Outdoor Air Pollutants
Common Air Pollutants	Measure E1: Percentage of children living in counties in which air quality standards were exceeded	1993-2006
	Measure E2: Percentage of children's days with good, moderate, or unhealthy air quality	1993-2006
	Measure E3a: Long-term trends in annual average concentrations of criteria pollutants	1993-2006
	Measure E3b: Number of children living in counties with high annual averages of particulate matter	1993-2006
Hazardous Air Pollutants	Measure E4: Percentage of children living in counties where estimated hazardous air pollutant concentrations were greater than health benchmarks in 1999	1999
Indoor Air Pollutants
Environmental Tobacco Smoke	Measure E5: Percentage of children ages 6 and under regularly exposed to environmental tobacco smoke in the home	1994-2003
Drinking Water Contaminants
Drinking Water Contaminants	Measure E6: Percentage of children served by community water systems that did not meet all applicable health-based drinking water standards	1993-2006
Monitoring and Reporting	Measure E7: Percentage of children living in areas served by community water systems with violations of drinking water monitoring and reporting requirements	1993-2006
Pesticide Residues	Measure E8: Percentage of fruits, vegetables and grains, and other food and drink products with detectable residues of organophosphate pesticides	1994-2006
Land Contaminants	Measure E9: Percentage of children residing within one mile of a Superfund site	1990-2006

Body Burdens

Name	Description of Measure	Year(s)
Concentrations of Lead in Blood	Measure B1: Concentrations of lead in blood of children ages 5 and under	1976-2004
	Measure B2: Median concentrations of lead in blood of children ages 1-5, by race/ethnicity and family income	2001-2004
	Measure B3: Distribution of concentrations of lead in blood of children ages 1-5	2001-2004
Concentrations of Mercury in Blood	Measure B4: Distribution of concentrations of mercury in blood of women of child-bearing age	2001-2004
Concentrations of Cotinine in Blood	Measure B5: Concentrations of cotinine in blood of children	1988-2006

Childhood Illnessess

Name	Description of Measure	Year(s)
Respiratory Diseases	Measure D1: Percentage of children with asthma	1980-2006
	Measure D2a: Percentage of children reported to have ever been diagnosed with asthma and having an asthma attack in the past 12 months, by race/ethnicity and family income	2003-2006
	Measure D2b: Percentage of children reported to have current asthma, by race/ethnicity and family income	2003-2006
	Measure D3: Children’s emergency room visits for asthma and other respiratory causes	1992-2005
	Measure D4: Children’s hospital admissions for asthma and other respiratory causes	1980-2005
Childhood Cancer	Measure D5: Cancer incidence and mortality for children under 20	1975-2005
	Measure D6a: Cancer incidence for children under 20 by type	1976-2005
	Measure D6b: Cancer incidence for children under 20 by type	1976-2005
Neurodevelopmental Disorders	Measure D7: Children reported to have mental retardation, by race/ethnicity and family income	2003-2006

Special Features

Name	Description of Measure	Year(s)
Lead in California Schools	Measure S1: Percentage of California public elementary schools with lead paint and some deterioration of paint	1994-1997
	Measure S2: Percentage of California public elementary schools with lead in soils	1994-1997
	Measure S3: Percentage of California public elementary schools with lead in drinking water	1994-1997
Pesticide Use in Minnesota Schools	Measure S4: Frequency of application of pesticides in Minnesota K-12 schools	1999
Birth Defects in California	Measure S5: Number of birth defects in California per 1,000 live births and fetal deaths	1991-1999

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