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This page provides current data tables for all the measures in America’s Children and the Environment, including downloadable .csv files (a universal spreadsheet format, which can be opened by most spreadsheet programs).
Environmental Contaminants
Table E1: Percentage of children living in counties in which air quality standards were exceeded
| 1993-1998 | ||||||
| Pollutant
|
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ozone eight-hour standard |
53% |
58% |
58% |
56% |
54% |
62% |
PM-10 |
7.3% |
6.8% |
12% |
3.6% |
6.0% |
5.0% |
Carbon monoxide |
6.4% |
11% |
8.3% |
7.8% |
5.8% |
5.3% |
Lead |
2.1% |
1.7% |
1.7% |
1.6% |
1.7% |
1.6% |
Sulfur dioxide |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
Nitrogen dioxide |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
Any standard |
55% |
59% |
60% |
57% |
55% |
63% |
1999-2006 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pollution Level |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
Ozone eight-hour standard |
62% |
60% |
60% |
60% |
58% |
41% |
55% |
53% |
PM-10 |
11% |
5.8% |
5.9% |
9.4% |
7.6% |
6.7% |
6.1% |
8.7% |
PM-2.5 |
24% |
29% |
25% |
21% |
19% |
16% |
25% |
13% |
Carbon monoxide |
5.7% |
0.72% |
0.71% |
4.1% |
1.0% |
0.071% |
0.18% |
0.49% |
Lead |
0.69% |
1.0% |
1.0% |
0.075% |
0.0095% |
0.0% |
0.073% |
0.074% |
Sulfur dioxide |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
Nitrogen dioxide |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
Any standard |
65% |
64% |
63% |
61% |
60% |
46% |
60% |
55% |
Addendum 1 to Table E1: Percentage of children living in counties in which air quality standards were exceeded, by race/ethnicity, 2006
All Races/
Ethnicities |
White non-Hispanic
|
Black
non-Hispanic |
American Indian/Alaska Native non-Hispanic
|
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic
|
Hispanic
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ozone eight-hour standard |
53% |
44% |
59% |
34% |
67% |
69% |
PM-10 |
8.7% |
5.7% |
7.7% |
14% |
8.5% |
18% |
PM-2.5 |
13% |
7.2% |
17% |
4.4% |
16% |
25% |
Carbon monoxide |
0.49% |
0.42% |
0.82% |
0.32% |
0.47% |
0.47% |
Lead |
0.074% |
0.12% |
0.0074% |
0.017% |
0.012% |
0.0058% |
Sulfur dioxide |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
Nitrogen dioxide |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
Any standard |
55% |
46% |
62% |
40% |
68% |
71% |
Addendum 2 to Table E1: Percentage of children living in counties in which air quality standards were exceeded, by family income, 2006
All Incomes
|
< Poverty Level
|
100-200% of Poverty Level |
> 200% of Poverty Level |
≥ Poverty Level
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ozone eight-hour standard |
53% |
52% |
50% |
53% |
53% |
PM-10 |
8.7% |
11% |
10% |
7.7% |
8.3% |
PM-2.5 |
13% |
17% |
14% |
11% |
12% |
Carbon monoxide |
0.49% |
0.59% |
0.51% |
0.46% |
0.47% |
Lead |
0.074% |
0.039% |
0.064% |
0.086% |
0.081% |
Sulfur dioxide |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
Nitrogen dioxide |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
Any standard |
55% |
55% |
53% |
55% |
55% |
Table E2: Percentage of children’s days with good, moderate, or unhealthy air quality
1993-1998 |
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Pollution Level |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Good |
54% |
54% |
55% |
57% |
57% |
56% |
Moderate |
12% |
12% |
11% |
10% |
10% |
12% |
Unhealthy |
3.6% |
3.6% |
4.0% |
2.9% |
2.6% |
3.2% |
No Monitoring Data |
30% |
30% |
30% |
30% |
30% |
30% |
1996-2006 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pollution Level |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
Good |
50% |
48% |
48% |
50% |
50% |
53% |
51% |
54% |
Moderate |
18% |
22% |
22% |
21% |
21% |
20% |
22% |
20% |
Unhealthy |
3.9% |
3.4% |
4.2% |
4.7% |
3.6% |
2.6% |
3.1% |
2.6% |
No Monitoring Data |
28% |
26% |
26% |
25% |
25% |
24% |
24% |
24% |
Addendum 1 to Table E2: Percentage of children’s days with good, moderate, or unhealthy air quality, by race/ethnicity, 2006
Pollution Level |
All Races/ Ethnicities |
White non-Hispanic |
Black non-Hispanic |
American Indian/Alaska Native |
Asian or Pacific Islander |
Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Good |
54% |
52% |
54% |
46% |
63% |
55% |
Moderate |
20% |
16% |
24% |
14% |
25% |
28% |
Unhealthy |
2.6% |
1.6% |
2.1% |
2.0% |
3.9% |
5.4% |
No Monitoring Data |
24% |
30% |
20% |
38% |
8.2% |
11% |
Addendum 2 to Table E2: Percentage of children’s days with good, moderate, or unhealthy air quality, by family income, 2004
Pollution Level |
All Incomes |
< Poverty Level |
100-200% of Poverty Level |
> 200% of Poverty Level |
≥ Poverty Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Good |
54% |
51% |
50% |
55% |
54% |
Moderate |
20% |
22% |
20% |
19% |
20% |
Unhealthy |
2.6% |
3.2% |
2.8% |
2.3% |
2.4% |
No Monitoring Data |
24% |
24% |
27% |
23% |
24% |
Table E3a: Long-term trends in annual average concentrations of criteria pollutants
1993-1997 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
|
PM-10, percent of annual standard |
56% |
56% |
54% |
52% |
53% |
Nitrogen dioxide, percent of annual standard |
42% |
44% |
42% |
40% |
38% |
Sulfur dioxide, percent of annual standard |
20% |
19% |
15% |
15% |
15% |
1998-2002 |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
PM-10, percent of annual standard |
52% |
54% |
53% |
51% |
51% |
PM-2.5, percent of annual standard |
NA |
97% |
92% |
90% |
87% |
Nitrogen dioxide, percent of annual standard |
38% |
39% |
37% |
36% |
34% |
Sulfur dioxide, percent of annual standard |
15% |
15% |
13% |
13% |
12% |
2003-2006 |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
|
PM-10, percent of annual standard |
51% |
48% |
51% |
51% |
PM-2.5, percent of annual standard |
85% |
82% |
86% |
78% |
Nitrogen dioxide, percent of annual standard |
34% |
31% |
31% |
29% |
Sulfur dioxide, percent of annual standard |
12% |
12% |
12% |
9.3% |
Addendum 1 to Table E3a: Average concentrations of criteria pollutants, by race/ethnicity, 2006
All Races/ Ethnicities |
White non-Hispanic |
Black non-Hispanic |
American Indian/Alaska Native |
Asian or Pacific Islander |
Hispanic |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PM-10, percent of annual standard |
51% |
48% |
49% |
51% |
50% |
57% |
PM-2.5, percent of annual standard |
78% |
76% |
83% |
68% |
76% |
79% |
Nitrogen dioxide, percent of annual standard |
29% |
27% |
29% |
26% |
32% |
31% |
Sulfur dioxide, percent of annual standard |
9.3% |
10% |
10% |
7.9% |
9.1% |
7.1% |
Addendum 2 to Table E3a: Average concentrations of criteria pollutants, by family income, 2006
All Incomes |
< Poverty Level |
100-200% of Poverty Level |
> 200% of Poverty Level |
≥ Poverty Level |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PM-10, percent of annual standard |
51% |
53% |
52% |
49% |
50% |
PM-2.5, percent of annual standard |
78% |
80% |
79% |
77% |
78% |
Nitrogen dioxide, percent of annual standard |
29% |
30% |
29% |
28% |
29% |
Sulfur dioxide, percent of annual standard |
9.3% |
9.5% |
8.9% |
9.4% |
9.3% |
Table E3b: Number of children living in counties with high annual averages of criteria pollutants†
1993-1995 |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
|
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
Pollutant
|
Number of children (thousands) |
||
| PM-10 | |||
Exceeding 80% of the long-term standard |
3,943 |
1,659 |
3,905 |
Exceeding the long-term standard |
34 |
474 |
91 |
Nitrogen dioxide |
|||
Exceeding 80% of the long-term standard |
0 |
272 |
0 |
Exceeding the long-term standard |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Sulfur dioxide |
|||
Exceeding 80% of the long-term standard |
0 |
0 |
45 |
Exceeding the long-term standard |
0 |
0 |
5 |
1996-2001 |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
Pollutant |
Number of children (thousands) | |||||
| PM-10 | ||||||
Exceeding 80% of the long-term standard |
2,186 |
2,356 |
1,396 |
2,048 |
1,763 |
1,829 |
Exceeding the long-term standard |
57 |
792 |
35 |
684 |
1,009 |
211 |
PM-2.5 |
||||||
Exceeding 80% of the long-term standard |
NA |
NA |
NA |
30,935 |
36,008 |
34,150 |
Exceeding the long-term standard |
NA |
NA |
NA |
18,312 |
19,680 |
16,984 |
Nitrogen dioxide |
||||||
Exceeding 80% of the long-term standard |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Exceeding the long-term standard |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Sulfur dioxide | ||||||
Exceeding 80% of the long-term standard |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Exceeding the long-term standard |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2002-2006 |
|||||
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
|
| Pollutant | Number of children (thousands) |
||||
| PM-10 | |||||
Exceeding 80% of the long-term standard |
1,944 |
1,938 |
758 |
1,179 |
2,179 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exceeding the long-term standard |
227 |
102 |
46 |
14 |
14 |
PM-2.5 |
|||||
Exceeding 80% of the long-term standard |
32,446 |
31,496 |
27,734 |
33,384 |
25,121 |
Exceeding the long-term standard |
12,631 |
10,911 |
7,307 |
14,977 |
2,534 |
Nitrogen dioxide |
|||||
Exceeding 80% of the long-term standard |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Exceeding the long-term standard |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Sulfur dioxide |
|||||
Exceeding 80% of the long-term standard |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Exceeding the long-term standard |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Addendum 1 to Table E3b: Number of children living in counties with high annual averages of criteria pollutants, by race/ethnicity, 2006
All Races/
Ethnicities |
White non-Hispanic |
Black non-Hispanic |
American Indian/Alaska Native |
Asian or Pacific Islander |
Hispanic |
|
Pollutant |
Number of children (thousands) |
|||||
PM-10 |
||||||
Exceeding 80% of the long-term standard |
2,179 |
850 |
117 |
33 |
69 |
1,110 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exceeding the long-term standard |
14 |
1.3 |
0.032 |
0.042 |
0.047 |
12 |
PM-2.5 |
||||||
Exceeding 80% of the long-term standard |
25,121 |
11,763 |
5,713 |
95 |
1,286 |
6,264 |
Exceeding the long-term standard |
2,534 |
1,037 |
594 |
11 |
113 |
779 |
Nitrogen dioxide |
||||||
Exceeding 80% of the long-term standard |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Exceeding the long-term standard |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Sulfur dioxide |
||||||
Exceeding 80% of the long-term standard |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Exceeding the long-term standard |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Addendum 2 to Table E3b: Number of children living in counties with high annual averages of criteria pollutants, by family income, 2006
All Incomes |
< Poverty Level |
100-200% of Poverty Level |
> 200% of Poverty Level |
≥ Poverty Level |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pollutant |
Number of children (thousands) |
||||
PM-10 |
|||||
Exceeding 80% of the long-term standard |
2,179 |
445 |
545 |
1,189 |
1,734 |
Exceeding the long-term standard |
14 |
4.1 |
4.6 |
5.0 |
10 |
PM-2.5 |
|||||
Exceeding 80% of the long-term standard |
25,121 |
4,796 |
5,330 |
14,995 |
20,325 |
Exceeding the long-term standard |
2,534 |
505 |
571 |
1,458 |
2,029 |
Nitrogen dioxide |
|||||
Exceeding 80% of the long-term standard |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Exceeding the long-term standard |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Sulfur dioxide |
|||||
Exceeding 80% of the long-term standard |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Exceeding the long-term standard |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Table E4: Percentage of children living in counties where estimated hazardous air pollutant concentrations were greater than health benchmarks in 1999
Health Benchmark |
|
|---|---|
Cancer, one in 100,000 |
100% |
Cancer, one in 10,000 |
7.8% |
Other health effects |
89% |
Table E5: Percentage of children ages 6 and under regularly exposed to secondhand smoke in the home
| 1994 |
1998 |
2003 |
|---|---|---|
27% |
20% |
11% |
Table E6: Percentage of children served by community water systems that did not meet all applicable health-based drinking water standards
1993-1997 |
|||||
Type of standard violated |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lead and copper† |
2.8% |
1.8% |
2.1% |
1.8% |
1.9% |
Coliforms |
8.6% |
7.2% |
4.1% |
4.4% |
3.6% |
Chemical and radionuclide |
1.8% |
1.3% |
1.8% |
1.1% |
1.5% |
Nitrate/nitrite |
0.25% |
0.10% |
0.23% |
0.18% |
0.32% |
Surface water treatment and filtration |
8.0% |
6.3% |
4.8% |
4.3% |
4.1% |
All health-based violations |
20% |
15% |
12% |
11% |
10% |
1998-2002 |
|||||
Type of standard violated |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lead and copper† |
1.7% |
1.6% |
1.2% |
1.1% |
0.85% |
Coliforms |
3.0% |
3.2% |
3.0% |
2.2% |
2.6% |
Chemical and radionuclide |
1.7% |
1.2% |
1.5% |
1.0% |
2.0% |
Nitrate/nitrite |
0.58% |
0.24% |
0.48% |
0.14% |
0.53% |
Surface water treatment and filtration |
3.1% |
2.7% |
3.5% |
1.7% |
5.3% |
Disinfection byproducts |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
1.4% |
All health-based violations |
8.8% |
8.2% |
8.8% |
5.7% |
11% |
2003-2006 |
||||
Type of standard violated |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Lead and copper† |
0.61% |
0.88% |
0.82% |
0.45% |
Coliforms |
2.9% |
3.5% |
3.2% |
2.7% |
Chemical and radionuclide |
1.9% |
2.2% |
2.8% |
2.4% |
Nitrate/nitrite |
0.29% |
0.086% |
0.10% |
0.45% |
Surface water treatment and filtration |
1.8% |
3.8% |
4.2% |
3.9% |
Disinfection byproducts |
2.8% |
2.4% |
2.6% |
1.4% |
All health-based violations |
8.5% |
11% |
12% |
9.7% |
Table E7: Percentage of children living in areas served by community water systems with violations of drinking water monitoring and reporting requirements
1993-1997 |
|||||
Type of standard violated |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lead and copper |
7.5% |
4.2% |
3.4% |
3.8% |
4.3% |
Coliforms |
2.2% |
2.7% |
2.3% |
1.9% |
1.8% |
Chemical and radionuclide |
7.8% |
6.0% |
6.4% |
4.8% |
4.3% |
Surface water treatment and filtration |
1.9% |
1.2% |
1.0% |
0.68% |
0.39% |
Any violation |
18% |
13% |
12% |
10% |
10% |
1998-2002 |
|||||
Type of standard violated |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lead and copper |
6.2% |
6.2% |
6.8% |
5.8% |
5.4% |
Coliforms |
2.7% |
1.8% |
2.0% |
2.6% |
1.6% |
Chemical and radionuclide |
6.4% |
5.9% |
5.0% |
6.3% |
8.9% |
Surface water treatment and filtration |
0.60% |
1.5% |
0.81% |
0.64% |
4.1% |
Disinfection byproducts |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
1.9% |
Any violation |
15% |
14% |
13% |
14% |
20% |
2003-2006 |
||||
Type of standard violated |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Lead and copper |
5.3% |
6.4% |
7.1% |
6.9% |
Coliforms |
1.9% |
2.9% |
2.2% |
2.6% |
Chemical and radionuclide |
8.4% |
8.2% |
5.6% |
5.8% |
Surface water treatment and filtration |
2.9% |
3.1% |
4.2% |
2.5% |
Disinfection byproducts |
1.6% |
5.2% |
5.5% |
3.9% |
Any violation |
17% |
17% |
19% |
16% |
Table E8: Percentage of fruits, vegetables and grains, and other food and drink products with detectable residues of organophosphate pesticides
1994-2001 |
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
21% |
24% |
29% |
29% |
22% |
24% |
23% |
19% |
2002-2006 |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
13% |
12% |
19% |
15% |
8.3% |
Table E9: Percentage of children residing within one mile of a Superfund site
1990
|
1992
|
1994
|
1996
|
1998
|
2000
|
2002
|
2004
|
2006
|
|
All Superfund sites not yet cleaned up |
1.2%
|
1.2%
|
1.3%
|
1.3%
|
1.3%
|
1.3%
|
1.3%
|
1.3%
|
1.8%
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Superfund sites not yet cleaned up or controlled |
1.2%
|
1.1%
|
1.1%
|
1.0%
|
1.0%
|
0.82%
|
0.79%
|
0.76%
|
0.94%
|
Body Burdens
| Blood lead concentrations (µg/dL) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 1 | 1-2 | ||||||
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