Erratum: Vol. 67, No. 33

Weekly / April 26, 2019 / 68(16);377

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In the report “Assessment of Epidemiology Capacity in State Health Departments — United States, 2017,” on page 936, a Table contained errors. The corrected Table is below.

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TABLE. Epidemiology full-time equivalents (FTEs), by program area — Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Epidemiology Capacity Assessment, 50 states and the District of Columbia, 2017Return to your place in the text
Program area FTEs currently filled (% of total) Additional FTEs needed Optimal* (% of ideal FTEs currently met)† Vacant positions§ Positions actively being recruited
Infectious disease 1,838.2 (54.6) 338.4 2,176.6 (84.4) 158.6 140.6
Maternal and child health 321.2 (9.5) 122.0 443.2 (72.4) 41.7 36.7
Chronic disease 304.4 (9.0) 136.6 441.0 (69.0) 44.7 37.7
Environmental health 221.7 (6.6) 121.9 343.6 (64.5) 23.3 18.3
Informatics 95.7 (2.8) 91.2 186.9 (51.2) 11.2 13.2
Vital statistics 110.7 (3.3) 62.0 172.7 (64.1) 15.0 14.0
Injury 102.5 (3.0) 56.9 159.4 (64.3) 9.5 10.5
Preparedness 117.6 (3.5) 35.7 153.3 (76.7) 13.2 13.2
Substance abuse 58.6 (1.7) 63.7 122.3 (47.9) 8.8 6.3
Occupational health 28.4 (0.8) 38.1 66.5 (42.7) 3.0 2.0
Mental health 4.0 (0.1) 42.3 46.3 (8.6) 1.3 3.3
Oral health 18.0 (0.5) 25.0 43.0 (41.9) 7.5 5.5
Genomics 4.4 (0.1) 20.2 24.6 (17.9) 6.0 6.0
Other 143.4 (4.3) 45.1 188.5 (76.1) 9.6 6.6
Total 3,368.8 (100.0) 1,199.1 4,567.9 (73.7) 353.4 313.9

* Currently filled plus additional needed.
† Currently filled/ideal x 100.
§ Positions to be filled at a state health department for which work is available and the job could start within 30 days.
Vacant positions human resources working actively to fill.

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Suggested citation for this article: Erratum: Vol. 67, No. 33. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2019;68:377. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6816a4.

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