Children Tested for Lead by Age 3

All NYC children are required to be tested for lead poisoning at around age 1 and age 2, and to be screened for risk of lead poisoning, and tested if at risk, up until age 6. These data are an indicator of the number and percentage of children turning 3 years old in a given year who were tested for lead poisoning.

About the Data All NYC children are required to be tested for lead poisoning at around age 1 and age 2, and to be screened for risk of lead poisoning, and tested if at risk, up until age 6. These data are an indicator of the number and percentage of children turning 3 years old in a given year who were tested for lead poisoning. How calculated: To identify children tested for lead poisoning, birth records for all children born in New York City to New York City resident mothers, and turning 3 years old in a given year were matched to children tested for lead poisoning before age 3.

Data and Resources

Field Value
accessLevel public
catalog_@context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
catalog_@id https://data.cityofnewyork.us/data.json
catalog_conformsTo https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
catalog_describedBy https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
identifier https://data.cityofnewyork.us/api/views/fzh2-sxib
issued 2018-07-12
landingPage https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/fzh2-sxib
modified 2020-02-08
publisher data.cityofnewyork.us
resource-type Dataset
source_datajson_identifier true
source_hash 1d21853f2620c5ebda17fb91f1211e1db318fd1fd06d2bacda9d675bc94982f2
source_schema_version 1.1
theme {Health}
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • AmeriGEO
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • CKAN
  • GEO
  • GEOSS
  • National
  • North America
  • United States
  • child
  • lead
  • poisoning
  • testing
isopen False
license_id notspecified
license_title License not specified
maintainer NYC OpenData
maintainer_email no-reply@data.cityofnewyork.us
metadata_created 2025-09-29T15:24:02.473738
metadata_modified 2025-09-29T15:24:02.473744
notes All NYC children are required to be tested for lead poisoning at around age 1 and age 2, and to be screened for risk of lead poisoning, and tested if at risk, up until age 6. These data are an indicator of the number and percentage of children turning 3 years old in a given year who were tested for lead poisoning. About the Data All NYC children are required to be tested for lead poisoning at around age 1 and age 2, and to be screened for risk of lead poisoning, and tested if at risk, up until age 6. These data are an indicator of the number and percentage of children turning 3 years old in a given year who were tested for lead poisoning. How calculated: To identify children tested for lead poisoning, birth records for all children born in New York City to New York City resident mothers, and turning 3 years old in a given year were matched to children tested for lead poisoning before age 3.
num_resources 4
num_tags 12
title Children Tested for Lead by Age 3