Table 1.

Frequency distribution and odds ratio for the presence of LHD obesity prevention activities across LHD organizational characteristics, 2005 Profile Study of Local Health Departments (n=2,300)

	LHD conducts obesity prevention activities		Unadjusted Odds Ratios (OR)
	Freq.	%	OR	95% CI
Infrastructure
Size of population served
<25,000	420	45.4	1.00
25,000–49,999	271	55.4	1.49	(1.20,1.86)
50,000–99,999	208	61.0	1.88	(1.46,2.42)
100,000–499,999	261	65.2	2.25	(1.77,2.87)
500,000+	99	78.0	4.24	(2.74,6.58)
Expenditures per capita
Quartile 1 (<$16.78 )	169	33.7	1.00
Quartile 2 ($16.78 – 29.48)	280	55.7	2.47	(1.92,3.19)
Quartile 3 ($29.48 – 50.19 )	330	66.4	3.89	(2.99,5.06)
Quartile 4 ($50.19 +)	356	70.9	4.80	(3.68,6.28)
LHD Governance
State is governing body
Yes	287	60.2	1.29	(1.05,1.59)
No	974	53.9	1.00
Local Board of Health
Yes	944	55.6	1.05	(0.87,1.27)
No	317	54.4	1.00
Specialized Staff
Epidemiologist on staff
Yes	295	72.0	2.20	(1.73,2.79)
No	804	53.8	1.00
Health educator on staff
Yes	704	72.6	3.17	(2.63,3.82)
No	465	45.6	1.00
Nutritionist on staff
Yes	656	70.1	2.63	(2.17,3.16)
No	492	47.2	1.00
Related Programming
Has WIC program
Yes	968	66.3	3.58	(2.99,4.29)
No	291	35.4	1.00
Chronic disease epi./surv
Yes	685	74.8	4.11	(3.42,4.95)
No	568	41.9	1.00
Behav. risk factor epi./surv
Yes	632	80.1	5.55	(4.53,6.79)
No	625	42.1	1.00
Tobacco prevention
Yes	1112	73.4	11.50	(9.29,14.22)
No	147	19.3	1.00
Participation in Community Assessment and Planning
Completed health assessment <3 yrs
Yes	802	68.7	3.09	(2.60,3.67)
No	456	41.5	1.00
Developed health improvement plan <3 yrs
Yes	825	68.1	3.03	(2.55,3.60)
No	435	41.3	1.00