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. 2015 Apr 3;64(12):333–334.

Errata

PMCID: PMC4584534

Vol. 64, No. 1

In the report, “Incidence of Notifiable Diseases Among American Indian/Alaska Natives — United States, 2007–2011,” multiple errors occurred in the text and table.

In the third paragraph, the first sentence should read “For 26 notifiable diseases examined for 2007–2011, a total of 9,061,675 cases were recorded (Table).” The third sentence should read, “Missing data on race ranged from 0.8% for tuberculosis to 42% for giardiasis.”

In the fourth paragraph, the first sentence should read, “Of the 12 diseases with race information for >70% of records and for which rates were higher among AI/ANs than among whites, the largest difference was for hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, which was reported 10 times more often among AI/ANs than among whites; however, only 20 cases were reported among AI/ANs of a total of 112 cases reported during 2007–2011.” The second sentence should read, “The second largest difference was for tularemia, which was reported 7.7 times as often among AI/ANs.”

On page 17, the Table should have read as follows:

TABLE.

Number and incidence rate per 100,000 population for 26 selected notifiable diseases, by American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN), black, or white race — United States, 2007–2011

Disease AI/ANs Blacks Whites Total Rate ratio: AI/ANs compared with whites % with no race identified




No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate
Botulism, foodborne 26 0.12 28 0.01 339 0.03 672 0.04 4.38 35.42
Chickenpox (varicella) 503 2.45 7,086 3.41 78,776 6.45 110,634 7.22 0.38 17.82
78,776
Chlamydia trachomatis 77,072 374.83 2,189,748 1,052.68 1,841,172 150.74 6,283,761 409.90 2.49 29.84
Cryptosporidiosis 223 1.08 3,202 1.54 29,010 2.38 45,721 2.98 0.46 25.63
Ehrlichiosis, total 219 1.07 167 0.08 7,250 0.59 12,348 0.81 1.79 36.46
Gonorrhea 12,764 62.08 894,198 429.87 317,271 25.97 1,625,097 106.01 2.39 21.70
Giardiasis 385 1.87 6,875 3.31 38,506 3.15 93,164 6.08 0.59 41.55
Haemophilus influenzae 206 1.00 1,822 0.88 9,340 0.76 14,990 0.98 1.31 20.69
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome 20 0.10 1 0.00 77 0.01 112 0.01 15.43 10.71
Hepatitis A, viral acute 66 0.32 677 0.33 5,607 0.46 10,544 0.69 0.70 28.15
Hepatitis B, viral acute 144 0.70 3,532 1.70 9,433 0.77 18,114 1.18 0.91 2.22
Hepatitis C, viral acute 88 0.43 261 0.13 3,220 0.26 4,553 0.30 1.62 19.33
Legionellosis 42 0.20 2,890 1.39 10,590 0.87 16,870 1.10 0.24 16.87
Lyme disease 476 2.31 1,649 0.79 85,721 7.02 160,209 10.45 0.33 38.68
Meningococcal disease 48 0.23 707 0.34 2,899 0.24 4,776 0.31 0.98 18.91
Pertussis 788 3.83 3,709 1.78 57,644 4.72 85,723 5.59 0.81 23.48
Salmonellosis 1,783 8.67 21,647 10.41 142,495 11.67 252,169 16.45 0.74 28.99
Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli 161 0.78 1,020 0.49 16,749 1.37 26,058 1.70 0.57 27.09
Shigellosis 1,115 5.42 17,822 8.57 37,309 3.05 85,172 5.56 1.78 28.71
Spotted fever rickettsiosis 519 2.52 434 0.21 7,325 0.60 11,108 0.72 4.21 23.17
Streptococcus pneumoniae, invasive (all ages) 575 2.80 8,652 4.26 28,766 2.36 49,548 3.23 1.19 20.76
Streptococcus pneumoniae, invasive (age <5 years) 297 15.92 2,249 13.38 9,214 12.04 16,102 15.95 1.32 21.96
Syphilis, primary and secondary 367 1.78 31,469 15.13 28,616 2.30 66,707 4.35 0.78 4.00
Tuberculosis 813 3.95 15,167 7.29 25,944 2.12 59,458 3.88 1.86 0.77
Tularemia 47 0.23 15 0.01 413 0.03 626 0.04 6.76 21.73
West Nile virus disease 184 0.89 348 0.17 5,142 0.42 7,439 0.49 2.13 21.86
Total 98,931 3,215,375 2,798,828 9,061,675

Vol. 64, No. 6

In the report, “Update on Progress in Selected Public Health Programs After the 2010 Earthquake and Cholera Epidemic — Haiti, 2014,” in the Figure on page 139, the data shown for “Eligible children receiving measles-rubella vaccination” pertain only to estimated coverage through routine immunization. Additional vaccinations were provided through special campaigns.


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