Explore blood lead data

The Utah Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT) network receives blood lead data from Utah Blood Lead Registry (UBLR). The UBLR is a database that contains the test results of blood lead tests performed on adults and children who live in Utah. The UBLR was started in 1990 and is currently maintained by the Environmental Epidemiology Program (EEP). Under Utah Administrative Rule 386-703 (Injury Reporting Rule), laboratories that perform blood lead tests are required to report all test results to the EEP. Currently, the reportable level in Utah is 5 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood (µg/dL). Originally, the UBLR only received reports on adults with elevated blood levels. The EEP started collecting data on children in 1996.

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Statewide childhood blood lead tests

• Confirmed levels ≥ 5 μg/dL
• Ages 0–5: Count and percent
• Under age 3: Count and percent
• Ages 3–5: Count and percent

Childhood blood lead tests by county

• Children tested with levels between 3.5 and 5 μg/dL
• Ages 0–5: Count and percent
• Under age 3: Count and percent
• Ages 3–5: Count and percent
• Children tested with confirmed levels ≥ 5 μg/dL
• Ages 0–5: Count and percent
• Under age 3: Count and percent
• Ages 3–5: Count and percent
• Total number of children tested
• Ages 0–5: Count and percent
• Under age 3: Count and percent
• Ages 3–5: Count and percent

A birth cohort is a group of people born during the same period or year. The birth cohort for blood lead data is the number of children born in a particular calendar year whose results are watched until they reach their third birthday. 

Statewide childhood blood lead tests

• Confirmed levels ≥ 5 μg/dL: Count and percent

Childhood blood lead tests by county

• Levels between 3.5 and 5 μg/dL: Count and percent
• Confirmed levels ≥ 5 μg/dL: Count and percent
• Number of children tested: Count and percent

Childhood blood lead levels by test year

• Ages 0–5 with blood lead levels ≥ 3.5 µg/dL: Count and percent

Childhood blood lead levels by birth cohort years

• Ages 0–5 with blood lead levels ≥ 3.5 µg/dL: Count and percent

Children who live at or below the poverty level in older housing or live in older, poorly-maintained rental properties are at higher risk for exposure to lead.

Poverty

Percent of county population who live in poverty: All ages and younger than age 18

• Children younger than age 5 living in poverty, by county (2000 U.S. Census)

Housing

Percent of homes built before 1950 and 1980, by geography

• Local health district
  • Pre-1950 and pre-1980
• County
  • Pre-1950 and pre-1980
• Utah small areas
  • Pre-1950 and pre-1980
• ZIP code
  • Pre-1950 and pre-1980

Adult blood lead

• Blood lead prevalence among Utah adults, age 16 years and older

Blood lead data query—Blood lead levels by county

• Count of children tested (younger than 3 and 3–5 years old)
• Percent of children tested (younger than 3 and 3–5 years old)

Preliminary blood test results

• Count of preliminary lab-reported test results, all ages (younger than 5, 5–14, 15–34, 35–64, and 65+ years old)

Housing age

• Percent of housing units built before 1950
• Percent of housing units built before 1980

Poverty

• Percent of people living in poverty

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