Environmental Health in Israel | 2014

 Table 1 (Part 2) Source Data Availability in Israel Indicator Environmental Health Issue Atrazine in drinking water Children's exposure to second hand tobacco smoke (13-15 yrs) Cotinine concentrations in blood serum Mortality rate due to vector-borne diseases Mortality rate due to poisoning Number of reported poisonings per year in children under 5 years of age Proportion of potentially hazardous chemicals monitored in food Exposure to chemical hazards in food (heavy metal intake in adults) Incidence of selected cancers Incidence of childhood leukemia Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in human milk Early life exposure to mercury (mercury in hair) Brominated flame retardants in human milk Levels of lead in children's blood Prevalence of selected birth defects Extreme heat days and events Heat stress emergency department visits Heat stress hospitalizations Heat stress mortality Children receiving intervention or services Estimated prevalence of autism Fertility rate Infant mortality Low birthweight and prematurity among singleton births Sex ratio Drinking Water Environmental Tobacco Smoke Vector-borne disease Chemicals Food Safety Cancer Childhood Cancers Biomonitoring Birth Defects Climate Change Developmental Disabilities Reproductive and Birth Outcomes CDC ENHIS CDC WHO WHO WHO WHO ENHIS CDC CDC and ENHIS ENHIS ENHIS proposed ENHIS proposed ENHIS, WHO and CDC CDC CDC CDC CDC CDC CDC CDC CDC CDC CDC CDC Available from MoH Data available from 2008 (MoH); Data available from Health Behaviors in School- Aged Children (HBSC) Israel; Data available on infant exposure, (MoH) Data available on cotinine in urine, MoH Available from MoH, Mandatory reporting from physicians and laboratories Partially available from Israel Poison Information Center Partially available from Israel Poison Information Center Available from MoH NA Available from MoH, Israel National Cancer Registry Available from Israel National Cancer Registry Available from MoH NA Available from MoH NA Available from MoH, Israel National Perinatal Registry Available from Israel Meteorological Service NA NA NA Available from MoH Available from MoH Available from MoH Available from MoH Available from MoH - 81 - Available from National Insurance Institute of Israel Environmental Health Indicators and Trends