Table 1.  Relationship Between Race Categories in NCHS Data and Categories Mandated by OMB

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census
Internet Release date: June 1997

       NCHS Category                               OMB Mandated Category

           White-------------------------------------------White

           Black-------------------------------------------Black

           American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut---------------American Indian and Alaska Native

           Chinese--------------------------|
                                            |
           Japanese                         |
                                            |
           Hawaiian                         |--------------Asian or Pacific Islander
                                            |
           Filipino                         |
                                            |
           Other Asian or Pacific Islander--|

           All other races---------------------------------must be recoded into one of the above categories