Abstract: Objective To fine out iodine nutritious state among school -age children of 8 -10 years old at present in Shandong province.Methods The results of urinary iodine of children were made by statistics analyses from 1995 to 2000 in whole province.Results Median of urinary iodine were 234.lμg/L,453.0μg/L.276.3μg/L and 165.6μg/L in 4 times' sampling surveys,respectively.The percentage of urinary iodine 100μg/L were 75.8%、96.7%、86.5% and 79.3% respectively.The percentage of urinary iodine was 1.16% in 20μg/L,6.41% in 50μg/L,15.42% in 100μg/L.Levels of urinary iodine were not obviously different in different ages and sexes(P>0.05).Conclusion At present,the contents of iodine intake may satisfy the need of body in the province.Thus,inhabitents of deficiency iodine should stick to consume qualified iodized salt,don't take other methods to supply iodine.