Ethnicity and data standards from the Office of Minority Health*
| Ethnicity data standard | Categories |
| Are you Hispanic, Latino/a or Spanish origin (one or more categories may be selected) | |
| ____No, not of Hispanic, Latino/a or Spanish origin | These categories roll up to the Hispanic or Latino category of the OMB standard |
| ____Yes, Mexican, Mexican American, Chicano/a | |
| ____Yes, Puerto Rican | |
| ____Yes, Cuban | |
| ____Yes, another Hispanic, Latino or Spanish origin | |
| Race data standard | |
| What is your race? (one or more categories may be selected) | These categories are part of the current OMB standard |
| ____White | |
| ____Black or African American | |
| ____American Indian or Alaska Native | |
| ____Asian Indian | These categories roll up to the Asian category of the OMB standard |
| ____Chinese | |
| ____Filipino | |
| ____Japanese | |
| ____Korean | |
| ____Vietnamese | |
| ____Other Asian | |
| ____Asian Indian | |
| ____Native Hawaiian | These categories roll up to the Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander category of the OMB standard |
| ____Guamanian or Chamorro | |
| ____Samoan | |
| ____Other Pacific Islander | |
*From the US Health and Human Services Department Office of Minority Health, based on an examination of current federal data collection standards, adequacy of prior testing and quality of the data produced in prior surveys; consulted with statistical agencies and programmes; reviewed OMB data collection standards and the Institute of Medicine Report ‘Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data Collection: Standardization for Health Care Quality Improvement’ and built on its members' experience with collecting and analysing demographic data.13
OMB, Office of Management and Budget.