Summary List of Measures
This section of the site provides a list of the measures found on the site.
Environmental Contaminants
Name |
Description of Measure |
Year(s) |
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Outdoor Air Pollutants |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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 |