8-22.
Increase the proportion of persons living in pre-1950s housing that has been tested for the presence of lead-based paint.
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8-22. | |
Increase the proportion of persons living in pre-1950s housing that has been tested for the presence of lead-based paint. |
Target: 50 percent.
Baseline: 16 percent of persons living in homes built before 1950 in 1998 reported that their homes had been tested for the presence of lead-based paint (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population).
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source: National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC, NCHS.
|
Persons Living in Pre-1950s Housing, 1998 |
Persons Living in Homes Tested for Lead-Based Paint |
|
Percent |
|
|
TOTAL |
16 |
|
Race and ethnicity |
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
DSU |
|
Asian or Pacific Islander |
13 |
|
Asian |
11 |
|
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander |
24 |
|
Black or African American |
22 |
|
White |
14 |
|
|
|
Hispanic or Latino |
14 |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
16 |
|
Black or African American |
23 |
|
White |
15 |
|
Gender |
|
|
Female |
17 |
|
Male |
15 |
|
Family income level |
|
|
Poor |
19 |
|
Near Poor |
16 |
|
Middle/high income |
15 |
DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not
collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.
Note: Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.