1. Coding and Editing Multiple Race and Ethnicity
David P. Johnson
Survey Statistician
Division of Vital Statistics
National Center for Health Statistics

2. Coding and Editing Multiple Race and Ethnicity
Introduction
Implementation
Status
Code distribution
Statistics

3. Introduction Meeting handout NCHS Procedures Implementation
Record format of coded multiple race and ethnicity

4. Background
1997 – New federal standards for classifying race & ethnicity
Decennial Census
2000 – New US Standard Certificate recommended

5. Background – Continued
2002 – The development of system to code and edit multiple race and ethnicity announced by NCHS.
2003 – First States being collecting/ reporting multiple race and ethnicity

6. Background – Continued
2003 – Jim Weed describes the coding and editing process and analysis methods.
2004 – Availability of coded and edited multiple race and ethnicity is announced.

7. Implementation Status
State adoption of multiple race and ethnicity
Coding application
Statistics

10. Automated Race & Ethnicity Coding Application
Uses full data record
Standardize data
National standard
Write-in only
Code assignment
Checkbox
Parse write-in

11. Coding Application Code edits Reassignment Removal Duplicate removal
Term reject assignment
Bridging

12. Coded data distribution
Return coded data to State
Race and ethnicity codes
Edited and bridged codes

13. Preliminary 2003 Births Multiple race reporting
Bridging for comparability

14. Percent Expected, States Collecting Multiple Race, Preliminary 2003 Births
Processed
California
99.8
Hawaii
100.0
Pennsylvania
74.5
Utah
Washington
Percent of expected US
20.1
Note: Ohio began collecting multiple race in December

15. Number and Percent Reporting Multiple Races Preliminary, 2003 Births
Mother
21527
2.7%
Father
18354
2.5%

16. Race of Mother and Father, Preliminary 2003 Births
All Races (Excludes not reported)
788659
734922
Single Race
96.9%
97.1%
Multiple Race
2.7%
2.5%
One Race
White
78.4%
Black
6.0%
6.9%
American Indian & Alaskan Native (AI/AN)
0.6%
0.5%
Asian or Pacific Islander (API)
10.4%
9.6%

17. Race of Mother and Father, Prelim. 2003 Births (Cont’d)
Two Races
Mother
Father
White and Black
0.5%
White and AI/AN
0.7%
0.6%
White and API
1.0%
0.9%
Black and AI/AN
0.2%
Black and API
0.1%
AI/AN and API
Three or more
Other
1.9%

18. Bridged Multiple Race Code Structure01
White 11
Native Hawaiian 02
Black 12
Guamanian 03
Am Ind./Al Nat. (AI/AN) 13
Samoan 04
Asian Indian 14
Other Pacific Islander 05
Chinese 15
Other 06
Filipino 21
Bridged White 07
Japanese 22
Bridged Black 08
Korean 23
Bridged AI / AN 09
Vietnamese 24
Bridged Asian/Pacific Islander 10
Other Asian 99
Not reported

19. Mother’s race before and after Multiple Race Implementation, Final 2002 and Preliminary 2003 Births
White
80.0%
78.6%
Black
6.9%
6.4%
AI/AN
0.7%
API
11.0%
11.3%
Other
0.3%
1.9%

20. Mother’s race: Other Race Imputed, Final 2002 and Preliminary 2003 Births
(Before)
2003
(After)
White
81.1%
81.0%
Black
7.0%
6.7%
AI/AN
0.8%
0.7%
API
11.1%
11.6%

21. The Future
HL-7 Standards
PHIN messaging

22. Thank you
Dave Johnson