TABLE 1 •. Percentage of LHDs With Type of Informatics-Related Activities Performed, by Type of LHD Governance and Size of Population in LHD Jurisdiction^a.

Activities Performed at (or for) LHD	All	Type of LHD Governance				Size of Population in LHD Jurisdiction
		State	Local	Shared	P	<50 000	50,000-499,999	500,000+	P
Uses and analysis of data
Extracts data from information systems	69.5%	67.2%	68.3%	81.7%	<.001	60.5%	80.6%	97.0%	<.001
Uses and interprets quantitative data	66.4%	66.7%	66.3%	66.4%	.99	59.4%	73.9%	94.0%	<.001
Uses and interprets qualitative data	55.1%	54.9%	55.1%	55.7%	.98	47.7%	63.5%	82.1%	<.001
Uses geographic information systems	45.0%	42.6%	45.0%	47.2%	.63	30.0%	63.1%	93.2%	<.001
Uses statistical or other analytical software	39.7%	43.1%	37.9%	51.5%	<.001	26.9%	54.1%	85.8%	<.001
System design
Provides project management	35.8%	24.5%	37.5%	31.5%	<.001	26.3%	45.3%	78.9%	<.001
Conducts business process analysis and redesign	24.0%	26.5%	21.1%	45.5%	<.001	17.6%	27.8%	67.7%	<.001
Develops requirements for informatics system development	19.7%	17.2%	17.8%	37.0%	<.001	10.3%	28.6%	63.9%	<.001
Routine use of information systems
Maintains (modifies content of) a Web site	72.1%	53.9%	72.5%	84.7%	<.001	63.8%	83.4%	90.3%	<.001
Acts as super users for your information systems	35.8%	42.6%	33.1%	52.3%	<.001	26.6%	44.1%	83.5%	<.001
None of the above	10.3%	12.7%	10.0%	10.2%	.48	15.5%	3.1%	0.0%	<.001

Abbreviations: IS, information system; LHD, local health department.

^aP values for the population categories are based on Somer's D, and for governance category, based on the χ² test. Bolded values show significance of subgroup differences at P ≤ .05. Number of observations (n) = 306.