As part of our series , we collected data on lead poisoning, infant mortality, income and race.
The numbers show that . In some neighborhoods, virtually no children are poisoned. But there are lead hotspots. Many of these areas are also hotspots for other challenges to people鈥檚 health and well-being.
In the maps below, click on Cleveland neighborhoods and Cuyahoga County communities to see lead poisoning, infant mortality and demographic data for those areas.
See maps: lead poisoning | poverty | infant mortality
Lead poisoning
Source: Lead poisoning data from the and the Ohio Department of Health. Asthma rates from .
Communities with fewer than 100 child lead tests: Bay Village, Beachwood, Bentleyville, Bratenahl, Brecksville, Broadview Heights, Brooklyn Heights, Chagrin Falls township, Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga Heights, Gates Mills, Glenwillow, Highland Heights, Highland Hills, Hunting Valley, Independence, Linndale, Mayfield Village, Moreland Hills, Newburgh Heights, North Randall, Oakwood, Olmsted Falls, Olmsted Township, Orange, Pepper Pike, Seven Hills, Solon, Valley View, Walton Hills, Woodmere, Industrial Valley, University
Poverty
Source: U.S. Census' American Community Survey five-year estimates, 2008-2012. Cleveland neighborhood estimates provided by Cleveland State University.
Infant mortality
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Communities with fewer than 100 births: Industrial Valley, Bentleyville, Bratenahl, Brooklyn Heights, Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga Heights, Gates Mills, Glenwillow, Mayfield Village, Moreland Hills, Newburgh Heights, North Randall, Oakwood, Orange, Valley View, Walton Hills, Highland Hills, Woodmere
Shapefiles showing boundaries between Cleveland statistical planning areas courtesy of the . Cuyahoga County community shapefiles courtesy of the Cuyahoga County Department of Information Technology. Race and poverty data for Cleveland neighborhoods provided by Cleveland State University.
