diff --git a/app/views/landing_page/blocks/_statistics.html.erb b/app/views/landing_page/blocks/_statistics.html.erb
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+<p>Placeholder statistics partial</p>
+<%= block.row_header %>
+<br>
+<%= block.rows %>
+<br>
+<%= link_to block.data["data_source_link_text"], block.data_source_link %>
+