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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Public Health Manag Pract. 2010 Nov-Dec;16(6):564–576. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3181e31cee

TABLE 2.

Demographics, governance, aggregate performance score, and network measurements of the 11 LHD samplesa

LHD State Goveenance Size Population
served		 Income
per
capita		 Population
density
sq mile		 NPHPS
mean
Score		 Density b
 Centralization b
 Complexity b
 Clustering
Coefficient b
 % Divisions tending
toward silo
All Strongest All Strongest All Strongest All Strongest All Strongest
1 AR Centralized 35 35 253 $16175 57.4 92.3 0.44 0.29 0.49 0.18 0.36 0.34 0.78 0.71 25 25
2 AR Centralized 43 92141 $18 631 130.1 66.2 0.53 0.21 0.38 0.34 0.40 0.33 0.68 0.57 0 33
3 FL Centralized
hybrid		 121 145 207 $18 321 273.6 82.1 0.32 0.13 0.53 0.42 0.37 0.28 0.53 0.48 17 33
4 IL Independent 115 139 849 $28 674 202.2 67.7 0.23 0.11 0.52 0.29 0.30 0.24 0.54 0.50 0 38
5 FL Centralized
hybrid		 187 226 216 $18 790 336.9 52.0 0.28 0.09 0.51 0.23 0.35 0.25 0.51 0.42 0 22
6 NJ Home rule 139 423 394 $26 339 526 61.4 0.15 0.07 0.48 0.12 0.25 0.21 0.57 0.60 44 67
7 FL Centralized
hybrid		 115 179 669 $19 708 180.2 66.8 0.31 0.13 0.52 0.53 0.36 0.28 0.57 0.45 0 14
8 AZ Independent 144 122 754 $40 040 6.2 54.5 0.17 0.07 0.56 0.16 0.29 0.24 0.51 0.51 14 57
9 MT Independent 107 95 000 $17 808 36.9 49.0 0.21 0.09 0.46 0.15 0.31 0.26 0.59 0.54 22 56
10 NY Independent 118 235 469 $18516 194.1 49.5 0.18 0.08 0.34 0.19 0.26 0.22 0.56 0.61 14 86
11 NY Independent 122 200 536 $19168 283.6 c 0.19 0.09 0.52 0.17 0.37 0.37 0.57 0.56 43 57
Range 35 35 253 $16175 6.2 49.0 0.15 0.07 0.34 0.12 0.25 0.21 0.51 0.42 0 14
187 423 394 $40 040 526 92.3 0.53 0.29 0.56 0.53 0.40 0.37 0.78 0.71 44 86
Mean 113.27 172317 $22 015 202.47 64.1 0.27 0.12 0.48 0.25 0.33 0.27 0.58 0.54 16 44
SD 42.79 103 064 $7 077 150.72 14.3 0.12 0.07 0.07 0.13 0.05 0.05 0.08 0.08 16 22
Coefficient
of variation 		43.62 54.48 13.84 51.17 15.04 18.88 13.63 15.22 100.27 48.98

Abbreviations: LHD, local health department; NPHPS, National Public Health Performance Standards.

a

Network measurements are given for all ties and strongest ties networks.

b

Network measurements are standardized between 0 and 1.

c

Performance scores for LHD 11 were omitted from the analysis because of an erroneously recorded date on its NPHPS V1 assessment (not within 3 years).