Blood Lead Data

Reports​

2024 Biennial Report: California’s Progress in Preventing and Managing Childhood Lead Exposure​ (PDF 11MB​)​​​

Legislative Analyst’s Office Report​ (PDF)

2022 Biennial Report: California’s Progress in Preventing and Managing Childhood Lead Exposure (PDF)

2020 Biennial Report: California’s Progress in Preventing and Managing Childhood Lead Exposure​ (PDF)

Blood Lead Level (BLL) Data by Jurisdiction

California Blood Lead Data, 2022​

California Blood Lead Data, 2021

California Blood Lead Data, 2020

California Blood Lead Data, 2019

California Blood Lead Data, 2018

California Blood Lead Data, 2017

California Blood Lead Data, 2016

California Blood Lead Data, 2015 (PDF) (Excel Spreadsheet)*

California Blood Lead Data, 2014 (PDF)*

California Blood Lead Data, 2013 (PDF)*

California Blood Lead Data, 2012 (PDF)*

California Blood Lead Data, 2011 (PDF)*

California Blood Lead Data, 2010 (PDF)*

California Blood Lead Data, 2009 (PDF)*

California Blood Lead Data, 2008 (PDF)*​

California Blood Lead Data, 2007 (PDF)*

BLL Data by ZIP Code and Census Tract

​Percent of Children with a Blood Lead Level (BLL) of 3.5 mcg/dL or Greater, in Descending Order, by Census Tract, 2018–22 (Excel Spreadsheet)

Percent of Children with a Blood Lead Level (BLL) of 3.5 mcg/dL or Greater, in Descending Order, by ZIP Code, 2022​ (Excel Spreadsheet)​

Percent of Children with a Blood Lead Level (BLL) of 3.5 mcg/dL or Greater, in Descending Order, by ZIP Code, 2021

Percent of Children with a Blood Lead Level (BLL) of 4.5 mcg/dL or Greater, in Descending Order, by ZIP Code, 2020

Percent of Children with a Blood Lead Level (BLL) of 4.5 mcg/dL and Greater, in Descending Order, by ZIP Code, 2019 

Percent of Children with a Blood Lead Level (BLL) of 4.5 mcg/dL and Greater, in Descending Order, by ZIP Code, 2018

California Zip Codes with BLLs at and above 4.5 micrograms per deciliter, for children less than age 6, with at least 250 children tested, 2012 (PDF)*

Medi-Cal Lead Testing Data

Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) 2023 Preventive Services Report (PDF): Contains DHCS-calculated blood lead screening rates for reporting year 2023/measurement year 2022​

Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) 2022 Preventive Services Report (PDF): Contains DHCS-calculated blood lead screening rates for reporting year 2022/measurement year 2021​

Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) 2021 Preventive Services Report (PDF): Contains DHCS-calculated blood lead screening rates for reporting year 2021/measurement year 2020​

Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) Addendum to the 2020 Preventive Services Report (PDF): Contain​​s DHCS-calculated blood lead screening rates for reporting year 2020/measurement year 2019

Blood Lead Screening Rates for a Cohort of California Children Served by Medi-Cal: A Joint Report from the California Department of Public Health-Department of Health Care Services (PDF)

Source Data

Sources of Lead Exposure for Full Cases, Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 to 2021​

Sources of Lead Exposure for Full Cases, Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 to 2020​

Sources of Lead Exposure for Full Cases, Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 to 2019

Sources of Lead Exposure for Full Cases, Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 to 2018

Sources of Lead Exposure for Full Cases Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 to 2017

Geospatial Risk Factors Data

Geospatial Indicators for Risk of Childhood Lead Exposure for California Census Tracts (Maps)

Geospatial Indicators for Risk of Childhood Lead Exposure for California Census Tracts (Table-Excel Spreadsheet)

* These data postings were prepared before the California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHS) Data De-identification Guidelines (DDGs) were implemented in 2016.  Therefore, some data may be shown for pre-2016 documents that would not be shown in post-2016 documents.

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