Table 2 Comparison of Observer-Recorded and Self-Reported Race Values*
From: Transition to the new race/ethnicity data collection standards in the Department of Veterans Affairs
Observer-Recorded Race | Self-reported Race** | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hispanic White | Hispanic Black | White | AA | AIAN | API | Total | |
Hispanic White | 32,631 § | 1,173 | 7,472 | 442 | 100 | 896 | 42,714 |
82.97% | 47.57% | 1.02% | 0.25% | 2.89% | 6.88% | ||
76.39% | 2.75% | 17.49% | 1.03% | 0.23% | 2.10% | ||
Hispanic Black | 1,473 | 657 | 712 | 399 | 9 | 70 | 3,320 |
3.75% | 26.64% | 0.10% | 0.22% | 0.26% | 0.54% | ||
44.37% | 19.79% | 21.45% | 12.02% | 0.27% | 2.11% | ||
White | 4,883 | 83 | 712,524 | 9,638 | 2,013 | 6,160 | 735,301 |
12.42% | 3.37% | 97.56% | 5.43% | 58.20% | 47.29% | ||
0.66% | 0.01% | 96.90% | 1.31% | 0.27% | 0.84% | ||
AA | 203 | 546 | 8,160 | 166,876 | 213 | 1,256 | 177,254 |
0.52% | 22.14% | 1.12% | 93.99% | 6.16% | 9.64% | ||
0.11% | 0.31% | 4.60% | 94.15% | 0.12% | 0.71% | ||
AIAN | 64 | 4 | 937 | 116 | 1,100 | 51 | 2,272 |
0.16% | 0.16% | 0.13% | 0.07% | 31.80% | 0.39% | ||
2.82% | 0.18% | 41.24% | 5.11% | 48.42% | 2.24% | ||
API | 76 | 3 | 526 | 70 | 24 | 4,592 | 5,291 |
0.19% | 0.12% | 0.07% | 0.04% | 0.69% | 35.26% | ||
1.44% | 0.06% | 9.94% | 1.32% | 0.45% | 86.79% | ||
Total | 39,330 | 2,466 | 730,331 | 177,541 | 3,459 | 13,025 | 966,152 |