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Reduce exposure to arsenic — EH‑07 Data

Status: Getting worse

  Getting worse

Most Recent Data:
51.9 micrograms per gram (µg/g) (2017-18)

Target:
34.9 µg/g

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
45.8 micrograms per gram (µg/g) was the concentration level of urinary total arsenic (creatinine corrected) at which 95 percent of the population aged 3 years and over was at or below in 2015-16

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Exposure to arsenic, 2015-16 to 2017-18 
(micrograms per gram (µg/g))
Decrease desired

Population 2015-16 2017-18
Total
45.8
CI 32.0 / 65.3
51.9
CI 40.5 / 71.8