Table 4

Overall Agreement of Observer-Recorded Race Values with Self-reported Race in Various Groupings* (N = 979,415)

Race/Ethnicity Grouping
Number Agreeing
Percent Agreeing
Kappa

White, AA, Hispanic, Other
932,315
95.2
0.881 (0.880–0.882)
White, AA, Other
933,652
95.3
0.884 (0.883–0.885)
White, Other
937,129
95.7
0.885 (0.884–0.886)
AA, Other
958,140
97.8
0.927 (0.926–0.929)

*AA indicates African American. Veterans with multiracial values and veterans with Hispanic ethnicity and non-AA minority races were excluded.

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