Table 2.

Reported Local Health Department Events, by Outcomes, Risk Factors, Race and Ethnicity, and Settings, North Carolina, 2001–2002 and 2003–2004

Event Characteristics	Health Departments Reportinga
	2000-2001 (N = 78)		2003-2004 (N = 85)
	No.	%	No.	%
Outcomes
Environmental/policy change	48	61.5	79	92.9
Risk factors
Physical activity	31	39.7	85	100.0
Nutrition	25	32.1	84	98.8
Tobacco	44	56.4	77	90.6
All	16	20.5	62	72.9
Race and ethnicity
General population	66	84.6	85	100.0
Racial and ethnic minority populations	14	17.9	63	74.1
Settings
Community	26	33.3	84	98.8
Schools	30	38.5	85	100.0
Faith organizations	9	11.5	58	68.2
Worksites	10	12.8	80	94.1

^aThe total number of local health departments in North Carolina is 85.