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__**Newborn Screening in Ohio**__
In the summer of 2009, Ohio expanded to screen 35 disorders.Their latest expansion was Tyrosinemia. Ohio now screens for nearly all health problems, the law requires Newborn Screening to be on all babies. When getting tests done the blood from the baby will be taken from the babies heel, and sent to the lab immediatly. They look to see how much leucine, isoleucine, and valine is in the babies blood. The tests have to be done atleast 24 hours after birth, or before 5 days of age, unless of religious objections. When the results come back an abnormal result doesn't always mean the baby has the disorder. There should be further testing to confirm. The overall goal of Newborn Screening is to improve the quality of life of the baby through early diagnosis and treatment.

**STATISTICS **
amount of people affected: There were a total number of 152,033 births and 74 of them were affected with this disorder as of 9/24/2004. The cost of Newborn Screening is $55.16.
 * white-84%
 * african americans-14%
 * american indians-<1%
 * asian/pacific islanger-2%
 * hispanic-3%



"Newborn Screening Program." //Center of Disease Control.// Center of Disease Control and Prevention, 5 Mar. 2011. Web. 9 June 2011.

Bartoshesky, Louis E. "Newborn Screening Tests." //KidsHealth from Nemours.// The Nemours Foundation, 1995-2011. Web. 9 June 2011.