Table 1.
Characteristics of responding U.S. local health departments: US Census region and jurisdiction size, 2013–14
| Jurisdiction Population Size | ||||||||
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| Total | < 50,000 | 50,000–499,999 | ≥ 500,000 | |||||
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| N | % | n | % | n | % | N | % | |
| All LHDs (n= 148) | 148 | - | 58 | 48.8 | 52 | 42.4 | 38 | 8.7 |
| US Census Region* | ||||||||
| Northeast | 22 | 5.2 | 5 | 1.0 | 11 | 8.7 | 16 | 12.1 |
| Midwest | 42 | 28.5 | 18 | 32.9 | 25 | 25.6 | 10 | 17.8 |
| South | 53 | 52.7 | 13 | 55.5 | 18 | 50.8 | 10 | 45.8 |
| West | 31 | 13.6 | 11 | 10.5 | 10 | 15.0 | 11 | 24.3 |
Note. All n’s are unweighted and percentages are weighted to represent the 1225 LHDs who provided STD services in 2010. LHD – local health department
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p < 0.05