View the Graphs
This page provides a view of all the graphs in America’s Children and the Environment at a glance. Click on a thumbnail to be taken to a page describing that measure.
- Outdoor Air Pollutants
- Indoor Air Pollutants
- Drinking Water Contaminants
- Pesticide Residues
- Land Contaminants
- Respiratory Diseases
- Childhood Cancer
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Concentrations of Lead in Blood
- Concentrations of Mercury in Blood
- Concentrations of Cotinine in Blood
- Lead in California Schools
- Pesticides in Minnesota Schools
- Birth Defects in California
Outdoor Air Pollutants
Percentage of children living in counties
in which air quality standards were exceeded (Measure E1)
Percentage of children's days with good,
moderate, or unhealthy air quality (Measure E2)
Long-term trends in annual average concentrations
of criteria pollutants (Measure E3a)
Number of children living in counties with
high annual averages of particulate matter (Measure E3b)
Percentage of children living in counties
where estimated hazardous air pollutant concentrations were
greater than health benchmarks in 1999 (Measure E4)
Indoor Air Pollutants
Percentage of homes with children 6 and under
where someone smokes regularly (Measure E5)
Drinking Water Contaminants
Percentage of children served by community water systems that did not meet all applicable health-based drinking water standards (Measure E6)
Percentage of children living in areas served by community water systems with violations of drinking water monitoring and reporting
requirements (Measure E7)
Pesticide Residues
Percentage of fruits, vegetables and grains, and other food and drink products with detectable residues of organophosphate pesticides (Measure
E8)
Land Contaminants
Percentage of children residing within one
mile of a Superfund site (Measure E9)
Concentrations of Lead in Blood
Concentration of lead in blood of children ages 5 and under (Measure B1)
Median concentrations of lead in blood of children ages 1-5, by race/ethnicity and family income (Measure B2)
Distribution of concentrations of lead in blood of children ages 1-5 (Measure B3)
Concentrations of Mercury in Blood
Distribution of concentrations of mercury in blood of women of child-bearing age (Measure B4)
Concentrations of Cotinine in Blood
Concentrations of cotinine in blood of children (Measure B5)
Lead in California Schools
Percentage of California public elementary
schools with lead paint and some deterioration of paint, 1994-1997 (Measure S1)
Percentage of California public elementary
schools with lead in soils, 1994-1997 (Measure S2)
Percentage of California public elementary
schools with lead in drinking water, 1994-1997 (Measure
S3)
Pesticides in Minnesota Schools
Frequency of application of pesticides in
Minnesota K-12 schools, 1999 (Measure S4)
Birth Defects in California
Number of birth defects in California per
1,000 live births and fetal deaths (Measure S5)
Respiratory
Diseases
Percentage of children with asthma (Measure
D1)
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 (Measure D2a)
Percentage of children reported to have current asthma, by race/ethnicity and family income (Measure D2b)
Children's emergency room visits for asthma
and other respiratory causes (Measure D3)
Children's hospital admissions for asthma
and other respiratory causes (Measure D4)
Childhood Cancer
Cancer incidence and mortality for children
under 20 (Measure D5)
Cancer incidence for children under 20 by
type (Measure D6a)
Cancer incidence for children under 20 by type (Measure D6b)
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Children reported to have mental retardation,
by race/ethnicity and family income (Measure
D7)