Table 2.
Number of public health workers, by data source (FTE)
| 2013 NACCHO | 2012 ASTHO | 2010 CSTE |
2011 APHL |
2012 UM CEPHS PHN |
2013 OPM Federal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occupational category | Locala | Stateb | Local | State | Local | Statec | Locala | Statec | |
| Administrative or clerical personnel | 35,000 | 14,559 | - | - | 85 | 809 | - | - | 6,085 |
| Behavioral health professional | 4,000 | 1,839 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 895 |
| Emergency preparedness staff | 2,900 | 810 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Environmental health worker | 13,300 | 4,618 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5,920 |
| Epidemiologist | 1,800 | 1,820 | 1,278 | 2,476 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Health educator | 5,100 | 1,572 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 43 |
| Laboratory worker | 2,000 | 2,984 | - | - | 546 | 5,699 | - | - | 5,685 |
| Nutritionist | 5,000 | 1,276 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 223 |
| Public health dental worker | 2,600 | 356 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 443 |
| Public health informatics specialist | 2,100 | 729 | - | - | 16 | 191 | - | - | - |
| Public health manager | 10,100 | 3,296 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4,998 |
| Public health nurse | 27,700 | 7,410 | - | - | - | - | 29,191 | 12,286 | 5,793 |
| Public health physician | 2,100 | 791 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6,700 |
| Public information specialist | 2,100 | 174 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other public health professional or uncategorized worker | 30,200 | 35,960 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20,271 |
| Total | 146,000 | 78,195 | 1,278 | 2,476 | 647 | 6,699 | 29,191 | 12,286 | 57,056 |
Source: Table adapted from Public Health Workforce Enumeration, 2012.10
a
Weighted estimates.
b
Adjusted for missing data and overcounting.
c
Adjusted for missing data.
APHL, Association of Public Health Laboratories; ASTHO, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials; CSTE, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists; FTE, full-time equivalent; NACCHO, National Association of County and City Health Officials; OPM, U.S. Office of Personnel Management; UM CEPHS PHN, University of Michigan Center of Excellence in Public Health Workforce Studies Public Health Nurse Workforce Survey.