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Demographics |
| Multiracial
Americans are those people who belong to two or more of the federally
designated racial categories.1 |
| According to the 2000 U.S. Census,
approximately 6.8 million Americans -- 2.4 percent of the total U.S. population
-- self-identify with two or more racial
categories. |
| The Census Bureau has not made any projections about the rate
of growth of Multiracial
Americans in the coming decades. |
| The highest concentrations of Multiracial
Americans live in
Alaska, California, Hawaii,
and Washington.2 |
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Statistics |
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The
Two or More Populations,
2000 (pdf) US Census Bureau Brief |
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10 Leading Causes of Death
All
Population,
U.S., 2005 (All Races & Ethnicities) |
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Statistics |
Leading Causes of Death by Race/Ethnicity (pdf)
Health,
U.S., 2007, Table 31 |
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Health
Disparities |
| Census 2000 was the first U.S. census which allowed individuals to
self-identify with more than one racial and ethnic
category. It is very difficult to
make generalizations about which health conditions are most prevalent
among Multiracial Americans, as
there is little
research about this group. |
| In the coming years, as
more data is collected, a clearer picture of the health status of
Multiracial Americans will emerge. |
| For more information on
some of the health disparities faced by the Multiracial community click below for slides and
statistics on that topic. |
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Statistics |
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Mortality Rates by Race/Ethnicity, (pdf) Health,
U.S., 2006, Table 29 |
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Mid Course Review, Healthy People 2010 |
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Data 2010, Healthy People 2010 |
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Slides |
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Slides showing Disparity (ppt)
PowerPoint Presentation on the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities
(OMHD) containing data slides (beginning with slide 21) comparing U.S. incidence
or mortality rates by race/ethnicity.
To view these slides in PDF format, see
Slides
(PDF) |
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Health Statistics |
| CDC's National Center
for Health Statistics (NCHS) |
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Health Data for All Ages |
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Health, United States, 2006 |
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Mortality Rates by Race/Ethnicity, (pdf) Table 29 |
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Leading
Causes of Death by Race/Ethnicity, (pdf) Table 31 |
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Healthy People 2010 |
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Data 2010 |
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Mid Course Review |
| U.S. Census Bureau |
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The
Two or More Races Population,
Brief, 2000 (pdf) |
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Government Resources |
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CDC |
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National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention
(NCHSTP) |
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Office of Health Disparities, NCHSTP |
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Division of HIV/AIDS
Prevention |
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National Center for
Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) |
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National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
(NCIPC) |
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National Immunization
Program (NIP) |
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National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
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Cancer Health Disparities National Cancer
Institute (NCI) |
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National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and
Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) |
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National Institute of Neurological Disorders and
Stroke (NINDS) |
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National
Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) |
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SAMHSA (Mental Health) |
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Mental Health
SAMHSA Surgeon General's Report |
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Non-Government Resources |
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Alzheimer's
Association |
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American Cancer Society (ACS) |
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Americans Diabetes
Association (ADA) |
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American Heart Association
(AHA) |
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American Lung Association (ALA) |
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Association of MultiEthnic
Americans (AMEA) |
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Institute for MultiRacial Justice |
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International Interracial
Association |
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Multicultural Mental Health Resources |
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Multiracial Family
Circle |
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National SIDS Resource Center
(NSRC) |
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Funding |
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CDC Funding Opportunities |
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Sources |
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1
Census Bureau, Census 2000 Brief: Overview of Race and Hispanic Origin,
2000.(pdf) |
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2
The
Two or More Populations,
2000 (pdf) US Census Bureau Brief |
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Notes |
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Census 2000 adheres to the federal standards for
collecting and presenting data on race and Hispanic origin as established
by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in October 1997
and subsequent guidelines. One of the
most important changes for Census 2000 was the revision of the questions
on race and Hispanic origin to better reflect the country’s growing
diversity. The federal government considers race and Hispanic origin to be
two separate and distinct concepts. In addition, Asian
Americans and Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders are
counted as two separate and distinct racial groups. Because of these changes, the Census
2000 data on race are not directly comparable with data from the 1990
census or earlier censuses. Caution must be used when interpreting changes
in the racial composition of the U.S. population over time. |
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Census Bureau Glossary of Terms: Race, 2000. |
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Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Provisional Guidance on the
Implementation of the 1997 Standards for Federal Data on Race and
Ethnicity, 2000. |
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Office of Management and Budget Recommendations from the Interagency
Committee for the Review of the Racial and Ethnic Standards to the
Office of Management and Budget Concerning Changes to the Standards
for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity, 1997. |
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