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. 2020 Sep;110(9):1293–1299. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.305757

TABLE 1—

Characteristics of Local Health Department Clinics by Year and Rurality: United States, 2010 and 2016

2010 (n = 1828)
2016 (n = 1699)
Urban (n = 934; 51.1%), No. (%) Large Rural (n = 331; 18.1%), No. (%) Small Rural (n = 563; 30.8%), No. (%) Urban (n = 682; 40.1%), No. (%) Large Rural (n = 344; 20.3%), No. (%) Small Rural (n = 673; 39.6%), No. (%)
Governance category
 State 117 (12.5) 70 (21.2) 117 (20.8) 162 (23.8) 69 (20.1) 66 (9.8)
 Local 733 (78.5) 232 (70.1) 413 (73.4) 464 (68.0) 244 (70.9) 549 (81.6)
 Shared 84 (9.0) 29 (8.8) 33 (5.9) 56 (8.2) 31 (9.0) 58 (8.6)
Jurisdiction
 City 273 (29.2) 17 (5.1) 6 (1.1) 243 (36.1) 19 (5.5) 8 (1.2)
 County 661 (79.8) 314 (94.9) 557 (98.9) 430 (63.9) 325 (94.5) 674 (98.8)
Local board of health
 Yes 658 (70.5) 267 (81.4) 446 (79.5) 466 (70.2) 247 (72.7) 421 (64.0)
 No 275 (29.5) 61 (18.6) 114 (20.5) 198 (29.8) 93 (27.4) 237 (36.0)