Table 15. Blood lead, air quality, and ozone, 1998-2003
		1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
		Children under 6 years of age with elevated
		blood lead levels (>=10 mcg/dL), in percent*
Texas		4.6	4.1	3.4	3.0	3.2	2.4
Galveston County		13.8	16.7	17.6	11.0	10.9	13.9
Bacliff		6.1	6.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dickinson		3.8	7.3	2.8	3.9	100.0	7.5
Friendswood		3.2	0.0	3.3	0.0	0.0	9.1
Galveston City		19.6	27.4	25.2	18.4	16.4	19.0
Hitchcock		9.8	5.4	4.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
La Marque		5.3	8.9	1.2	3.2	7.1	6.3
League City		3.3	0.0	3.8	2.2	0.0	0.0
Santa Fe		3.8	2.4	5.7	2.0	10.9	0.0
Texas City		8.6	5.5	7.9	4.7	3.1	2.9
		Days per year when air quality was classified as Unhealthy or worse**
Brazoria County		4	5	1	0	7	12
Galveston County		5	8	3	0	0	2
Harris County		19	25	16	16	8	15
		Days per year when ozone standard was exceeded
City of Galveston		12	23	5	3	4	12
Texas City		8	11	6	1	3	8
*Only included cities where 25 or more children were tested, at least one year
**Does not include Unhealthy for Sensitive groups
NOTE: Those tested for blood lead levels voluntarily went to testing clinics
Source: Texas Department of Health and Galveston County Health District,
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Programs
Environmental Protection Agency-http://www.epa.gov/air/data/
(Accessed 7/19/2004)