Testing Coverage

Iowa requires all children to be tested at least once before the age of six. In a single year only a portion of children will be tested. The annual testing data can be helpful for healthcare providers and local public health agencies for program assessment and improvement; however, the Birth Cohort Children Under 6 is a better indicator of compliance with the testing requirement.

Measure Description

• The Children Tested is the number of children under age six tested for blood lead level (BLL) during the year.
• The Percent of Population Tested is the percent Children Tested among the age group specific population.

Use the tabs to see the different data visualizations.

Measures are defined above the visualization. Additional help can be found in the Help Section.

To download a data table click on the Title Text of the data table, click "Download" on the right below the data visualization, click "Crosstab" from the listed file formats, and click "Download". A '.csv' file will then download and can be opened in a text or spreadsheet application.