Definition
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- An administrative and service unit of local
government, concerned with health, employing at least one full-time person,
and carrying responsibility for health of a jurisdiction smaller than the
state
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Number
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- Approximately 3200 using above definition
- Functional definition would reduce number
considerably
- Varies from none in Rhode Island to more than
100 in seven states
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Jurisdiction
Type
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- 62% single county
- 7% multicounty
- 10% city-county
- 10% town/township
- 8% city
- 2% other
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Size
of Population
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- 10th percentile 7,200
- 25th percentile 14,000
- 50th percentile 30,000
- 75th percentile 76,900
- 90th percentile 202,400
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Budget
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- 10th percentile $86,150
- 25th percentile $239,700
- 50th percentile $691,400
- 75th percentile $2.8 million
- 90th percentile $6.8 million
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Source
of Funds
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- 40% state (including federal pass through funds)
- 34% local
- 6% federal
- 7% Medicaid
- 3% Medicare
- 7% fees
- 3% other
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Employees
(full
time equivalents)
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- 10th percentile 2.3 FTE, 4 total
- 25th percentile 6 FTE, 8 total
- 50th percentile 16 FTE, 20 total
- 75th percentile 49 FTE, 59 total
- 90th percentile 129 FTE, 150 total
- mean FTE = 72, total = 88
- median FTE = 16
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Governance
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- 81 percent of LHDs governed by local board of
health
- 82 percent of boards independent of legislative
body
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Leadership
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- one-half of local health
officers are MDs
- one-fourth of all local health officers have
formal public health training
- mean tenure 8 years; median tenure 6 years
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