Enum: RaceOMB1997Enum

Race categories following OMB 1997 standards used by NIH and federal agencies.

Respondents may select multiple races.

URI: valuesets:RaceOMB1997Enum

Permissible Values

Value	Title	Meaning	Description	Related Mappings	Aliases	Includes	Note	Omb Code
AMERICAN_INDIAN_OR_ALASKA_NATIVE		NCIT:C41259	A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment	ExO:0000134, ExO:0000133				1002-5
ASIAN		NCIT:C41260	A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent	ExO:0000135, ExO:0000136, ExO:0000139, ExO:0000143, ExO:0000147, ExO:0000148, ExO:0000157		Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippine Islands, Thailand, Vietnam		2028-9
BLACK_OR_AFRICAN_AMERICAN		NCIT:C16352	A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa	ExO:0000132				2054-5
NATIVE_HAWAIIAN_OR_OTHER_PACIFIC_ISLANDER		NCIT:C41219	A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands	ExO:0000152, ExO:0000154, ExO:0000144, ExO:0000156				2076-8
WHITE		NCIT:C41261	A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa	ExO:0000158				2106-3
MORE_THAN_ONE_RACE	Multiracial	NCIT:C67109	Person identifies with more than one race category				Added after 1997 revision to allow multiple race reporting
UNKNOWN_OR_NOT_REPORTED	Unknown	NCIT:C17998	Race not known, not reported, or declined to answer		Unknown, Not Reported, Prefer not to answer

Slots

Name	Description
race_omb1997	Race categories following OMB 1997 standards used by NIH and federal agencies

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

from schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets

LinkML Source

name: RaceOMB1997Enum
instantiates:
- valuesets_meta:ValueSetEnumDefinition
description: 'Race categories following OMB 1997 standards used by NIH and federal
  agencies.

  Respondents may select multiple races.'
title: Race OMB1997
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets
contributors:
- orcid:0000-0002-6601-2165
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code
status: DRAFT
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  AMERICAN_INDIAN_OR_ALASKA_NATIVE:
    text: AMERICAN_INDIAN_OR_ALASKA_NATIVE
    description: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and
      South America (including Central America), and who maintains tribal affiliation
      or community attachment
    meaning: NCIT:C41259
    annotations:
      omb_code:
        tag: omb_code
        value: 1002-5
    related_mappings:
    - ExO:0000134
    - ExO:0000133
  ASIAN:
    text: ASIAN
    description: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far
      East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent
    meaning: NCIT:C41260
    annotations:
      omb_code:
        tag: omb_code
        value: 2028-9
      includes:
        tag: includes
        value: Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippine
          Islands, Thailand, Vietnam
    related_mappings:
    - ExO:0000135
    - ExO:0000136
    - ExO:0000139
    - ExO:0000143
    - ExO:0000147
    - ExO:0000148
    - ExO:0000157
  BLACK_OR_AFRICAN_AMERICAN:
    text: BLACK_OR_AFRICAN_AMERICAN
    description: A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa
    meaning: NCIT:C16352
    annotations:
      omb_code:
        tag: omb_code
        value: 2054-5
    related_mappings:
    - ExO:0000132
  NATIVE_HAWAIIAN_OR_OTHER_PACIFIC_ISLANDER:
    text: NATIVE_HAWAIIAN_OR_OTHER_PACIFIC_ISLANDER
    description: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii,
      Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands
    meaning: NCIT:C41219
    annotations:
      omb_code:
        tag: omb_code
        value: 2076-8
    related_mappings:
    - ExO:0000152
    - ExO:0000154
    - ExO:0000144
    - ExO:0000156
  WHITE:
    text: WHITE
    description: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe,
      the Middle East, or North Africa
    meaning: NCIT:C41261
    annotations:
      omb_code:
        tag: omb_code
        value: 2106-3
    related_mappings:
    - ExO:0000158
  MORE_THAN_ONE_RACE:
    text: MORE_THAN_ONE_RACE
    description: Person identifies with more than one race category
    meaning: NCIT:C67109
    annotations:
      note:
        tag: note
        value: Added after 1997 revision to allow multiple race reporting
    title: Multiracial
  UNKNOWN_OR_NOT_REPORTED:
    text: UNKNOWN_OR_NOT_REPORTED
    description: Race not known, not reported, or declined to answer
    meaning: NCIT:C17998
    annotations:
      aliases:
        tag: aliases
        value: Unknown, Not Reported, Prefer not to answer
    title: Unknown