TABLE 1.

Overall 1997 and 2005 Aggregated LHD Expenditures per Capita and FTEs per Capita, and State-Level Proportional and Absolute Changes Between 1997 and 2005: 42 US States

Variable	Mean	Median	SD	Minimuma	Maximumb	Composite IQR
Expenditures per capita
1997 overall	$44.13	$34.24	$29.80
2005 overall	$42.17	$34.30	$23.92
Proportional change, %	2.57	−1.72	27.35	−57.28	71.33	25.17
Absolute change	−1.96	−0.71	21.74	−84.87	59.79	9.96
FTEs per capita (× 10 000)
1997 overall	6.12	5.73	2.66
2005 overall	5.12	4.66	1.97
Proportional change, %	−11.48	−16.47	26.66	−64.22	83.76	28.02
Absolute change	−1.00	−0.80	2.01	−8.12	3.95	1.74

Notes. FTE = full-time-equivalent employee; IQR = interquartile range; LHD = local health department.

^aFor negative numbers, greatest decrease, 1998–2008.

^bGreatest increase.