Department of Health and Human Services

National Institutes of Health

MONITORING ADHERENCE TO THE 

NIH POLICY ON THE INCLUSION 

OF WOMEN AND MINORITIES

AS SUBJECTS IN CLINICAL RESEARCH

Comprehensive Report: 

Tracking of Clinical Research as Reported in 

Fiscal Year 2011 and Fiscal Year 2012

2013 Report

Table of Contents

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Monitoring Adherence to the NIH Policy on the Inclusion of Women and Minorities

as Subjects in Clinical Research

Historical Perspective ...............................................................................................................................1-5

Continuing Implementation and Monitoring Activities ............................................................................5-7

Summary Report of NIH Inclusion Data: Comparison of FY2011 and FY2012 and Five and 

Ten Year Trend Data .............................................................................................................................8-22

Appendices

Appendix A Aggregate Enrollment Data Tables: FY2011-FY2012 Data, Five Year 

(FY2008-FY2012) Trend Data, and Ten Year (FY2003-FY2012) Trend Data........23-62

Section 1 Metrics Based on Data Records ....................................................................................... 24

 Table 1A Total Number of Data Records for All NIH Clinical Research Reported from

FY2003-FY2012............................................................................................................... 24

 Table 1B Total Number of Data Records for All NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials

Reported from FY2003-FY2012....................................................................................... 24

Section 2 Metrics Based on Aggregate Enrollment by Sex/Gender.............................................25-28

 Table 2A Total Enrollment for All NIH Clinical Research from FY2003-FY2012 

(10 Year Trend) ................................................................................................................ 25

 Table 2B Total Enrollment for Domestic NIH Clinical Research from FY2008-FY2012

(Five Year Trend) ............................................................................................................ 25

 Table 2C Total Enrollment for Domestic Extramural NIH Clinical Research from

FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)................................................................................. 26

 Table 2D Total Enrollment for Domestic Intramural NIH Clinical Research from

FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)................................................................................. 26

 Table 2E Total Enrollment for All NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials from

FY2003-FY2012 (10 Year Trend)................................................................................... 27

 Table 2F Total Enrollment for Domestic NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials from

FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)................................................................................. 27

 Table 2G Total Enrollment for Domestic Extramural NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials 

from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)........................................................................ 28

 Table 2H Total Enrollment for Domestic Intramural NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials from

FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)................................................................................. 28
Section 3 Metrics Based on Aggregate Enrollment of Race and Ethnicity: 

Clinical Research.........................................................................................................29-37

 Table 3A Total Enrollment and Minority Enrollment for All NIH Clinical Research 

from FY2003-FY2012 (10 Year Trend) ........................................................................... 29

 Table 3B Total Enrollment and Minority Enrollment for Domestic NIH Clinical Research

(Old and New Forms) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend).................................... 29

 Table 3C Total Enrollment and Minority Enrollment for Domestic Extramural NIH Clinical 

Research (Old and New Forms) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend) .................... 29

 

 Table 3D Total Enrollment and Minority Enrollment for Domestic Intramural NIH Clinical 

Research (Old and New Forms) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend) .................... 29

 Table 3E Total Enrollment for All NIH Clinical Research Racial Categories (Old Form, 

1977 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)................................. 30

 Table 3F Total Enrollment for All NIH Clinical Research Racial Categories (New Form, 

1997 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)................................. 30

 Table 3G Total Enrollment for All NIH Clinical Research Ethnic Categories (New Form, 

1997 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)................................. 31

 Table 3H Total Enrollment for Domestic NIH Clinical Research Racial Categories (Old Form, 

1977 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)................................. 32

 Table 3I Total Enrollment for Domestic NIH Clinical Research Racial Categories (New Form, 

1997 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)................................. 32

 Table 3J Total Enrollment for Domestic NIH Clinical Research Ethnic Categories (New Form, 

1997 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)................................. 33

 Table 3K Total Enrollment for Domestic Extramural NIH Clinical Research Racial Categories 

(Old Form, 1977 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend).............. 34

 Table 3L Total Enrollment for Domestic Extramural NIH Clinical Research Racial Categories 

(New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend) ............ 34

 Table 3M Total Enrollment for Domestic Extramural NIH Clinical Research Ethnic Categories 

(New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend) ............ 35

 Table 3N Total Enrollment for Domestic Intramural NIH Clinical Research Racial Categories

(Old Form, 1977 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend).............. 36

 Table 3O Total Enrollment for Domestic Intramural NIH Clinical Research Racial Categories 

(New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend) ............ 36

 Table 3P Total Enrollment for Domestic Intramural NIH Clinical Research Ethnic Categories 

(New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend) ............ 37
Section 4 Metrics Based on Aggregate Enrollment of Race and Ethnicity: NIH-Defined 

Phase III Clinical Trials..............................................................................................38-46

 Table 4A Total Enrollment and Minority Enrollment for All NIH-Defined Phase III 

Clinical Trials from FY2003-FY2012 (10 Year Trend) ................................................... 38

 Table 4B Total Enrollment and Minority Enrollment for Domestic NIH-Defined Phase III 

Clinical Trials (Old and New Forms) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)............ 38

 

 Table 4C Total Enrollment and Minority Enrollment for Domestic Extramural NIH-Defined 

Phase III Clinical Trials (Old and New Forms) from FY2008-FY2012 

(Five Year Trend) ............................................................................................................. 38

 Table 4D Total Enrollment and Minority Enrollment for Domestic Intramural NIH-Defined 

Phase III Clinical Trials (Old and New Forms) from FY2008-FY2012 

(Five Year Trend) ............................................................................................................. 38

 Table 4E Total Enrollment of All NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials Racial Categories

(Old Form, 1977 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend).............. 39

 Table 4F Total Enrollment for All NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials Racial Categories 

(New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend) ............ 39

 Table 4G Total Enrollment for All NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials Ethnic Categories 

(New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend) ............ 40

 Table 4H Total Enrollment for Domestic NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials Racial 

Categories (Old Form, 1977 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 

(Five Year Trend) ............................................................................................................. 41

 Table 4I Total Enrollment for Domestic NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials Racial 

Categories (New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 

(Five Year Trend) ............................................................................................................. 41

 Table 4J Total Enrollment for Domestic NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials Ethnic 

Categories (New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 

(Five Year Trend) ............................................................................................................. 42

 Table 4K Total Enrollment for Domestic Extramural NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials

Racial Categories (Old Form, 1977 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 

(Five Year Trend) ............................................................................................................. 43

 Table 4L Total Enrollment for Domestic Extramural NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials 

Racial Categories (New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 

(Five Year Trend) ............................................................................................................. 43

 Table 4M Total Enrollment for Domestic Extramural NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials 

Ethnic Categories (New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 

(Five Year Trend) ............................................................................................................. 44
 Table 4N Total Enrollment for Domestic Intramural NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials 

Racial Categories (Old Form, 1977 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 

(Five Year Trend) ............................................................................................................. 45

 Table 4O Total Enrollment for Domestic Intramural NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials 

Racial Categories (New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 

(Five Year Trend) ............................................................................................................. 45

 Table 4P Total Enrollment for Domestic Intramural NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials 

Ethnic Categories (New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 

(Five Year Trend) ............................................................................................................. 46

Section 5 Metrics Based on Aggregate Enrollment: Sex/Gender by Race and Ethnicity for

NIH Clinical Research.................................................................................................47-54

 Table 5A Minority Enrollment by Sex/Gender for All NIH Clinical Research from 

FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)................................................................................. 47

 Table 5B FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for All NIH Clinical Research: 

Sex/Gender by Race (Old Form, 1977 OMB Definitions) ............................................... 48

 Table 5C FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for All NIH Clinical Research: 

Sex/Gender by Race (New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions).............................................. 48

 Table 5D FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for All NIH Clinical Research: 

Sex/Gender by Ethnicity (New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions)....................................... 48

 Table 5E Minority Enrollment by Sex/Gender for Domestic NIH Clinical Research from 

FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)................................................................................. 49

 Table 5F FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for Domestic NIH Clinical Research: 

Sex/Gender by Race (Old Form, 1977 OMB Definitions) ............................................... 50

 Table 5G FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for Domestic NIH Clinical Research: 

Sex/Gender by Race (New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions).............................................. 50

 Table 5H FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for Domestic NIH Clinical Research: 

Sex/Gender by Ethnicity (New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions)....................................... 50

 Table 5I Minority Enrollment by Sex/Gender for Domestic Extramural NIH Clinical Research 

from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)........................................................................ 51

 Table 5J FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for Domestic Extramural NIH Clinical Research: 

Sex/Gender by Race (Old Form, 1977 OMB Definitions) ............................................... 52

 Table 5K FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for Domestic Extramural NIH Clinical Research: 

Sex/Gender by Race (New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions).............................................. 52

 Table 5L FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for Domestic Extramural NIH Clinical Research: 

Sex/Gender by Ethnicity (New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions)....................................... 52
 Table 5M Minority Enrollment by Sex/Gender for Domestic Intramural NIH Clinical Research 

from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)........................................................................ 53

 Table 5N FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for Domestic Intramural NIH Clinical Research: 

Sex/Gender by Race (Old Form, 1977 OMB Definitions) ............................................... 54

 Table 5O FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for Domestic Intramural NIH Clinical Research: 

Sex/Gender by Race (New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions).............................................. 54

 Table 5P FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for Domestic Intramural NIH Clinical Research: 

Sex/Gender by Ethnicity (New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions)....................................... 54

Section 6 Metrics Based on Aggregate Enrollment: Sex/Gender by Race and Ethnicity for

NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials ........................................................................55-62

 Table 6A Minority Enrollment by Sex/Gender for All NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials 

from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)........................................................................ 55

 Table 6B FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for All NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials: 

Sex/Gender by Race (Old Form, 1977 OMB Definitions) ............................................... 56

 Table 6C FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for All NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials: 

Sex/Gender by Race (New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions).............................................. 56

 Table 6D FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for All NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials: 

Sex/Gender by Ethnicity (New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions)....................................... 56

 Table 6E Minority Enrollment by Sex/Gender for Domestic NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical 

Trials from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend).............................................................. 57

 Table 6F FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for Domestic NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials: 

Sex/Gender by Race (Old Form, 1977 OMB Definitions) ............................................... 58

 Table 6G FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for Domestic NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials: 

Sex/Gender by Race (New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions).............................................. 58

 Table 6H FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for Domestic NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials: 

Sex/Gender by Ethnicity (New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions)....................................... 58

 Table 6I Minority Enrollment by Sex/Gender for Domestic Extramural NIH-Defined Phase III 

Clinical Trials from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend) ................................................ 59

 Table 6J FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for Domestic Extramural NIH-Defined Phase III 

Clinical Trials: Sex/Gender by Race (Old Form, 1977 OMB Definitions) ...................... 60

 Table 6K FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for Domestic Extramural NIH-Defined Phase III 

Clinical Trials: Sex/Gender by Race (New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions)..................... 60

 Table 6L FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for Domestic Extramural NIH-Defined Phase III 

Clinical Trials: Sex/Gender by Ethnicity (New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions) .............. 60
 Table 6M Minority Enrollment by Sex/Gender for Domestic Intramural NIH-Defined Phase III 

Clinical Trials from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend) ................................................ 61

 Table 6N FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for Domestic Intramural NIH-Defined Phase III 

Clinical Trials: Sex/Gender by Race (Old Form, 1977 OMB Definitions) ...................... 62

 Table 6O FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for Domestic Intramural NIH-Defined Phase III 

Clinical Trials: Sex/Gender by Race (New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions)..................... 62

 Table 6P FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for Domestic Intramural NIH-Defined Phase III 

Clinical Trials: Sex/Gender by Ethnicity (New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions).............. 62

Appendix B NIH Policy and Guidelines on the Inclusion of Women and Minorities as

Subjects in Clinical Research - Amended, October, 2001 .....................................63-72

Appendix C NIH Policy on Reporting Race and Ethnicity Data: Subjects in

Clinical Research .............................................................................73-77

Appendix D Glossary of Important Terms for Inclusion..................................................78
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Monitoring Adherence to the NIH Policy on the Inclusion of Women and 

Minorities as Subjects in Clinical Research

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

The establishment and implementation of policies for the inclusion of women and minorities in clinical 

research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) originates from the women’s health 

movement. Following the issuance of the report of the Public Health Service Task Force on Women’s 

Health in 19851, the NIH established a policy in 1986 for the inclusion of women in clinical research. 

This policy, which urged the inclusion of women, was first published in the NIH Guide to Grants and 

Contracts in 19872. Later that year, minority and other scientists at the NIH recognized the need to 

address the inclusion of minority populations. Therefore, in a later 1987 version of the NIH guide, a 

policy encouraging the inclusion of minorities in clinical studies was first published. 

In order to ensure the firm implementation of the inclusion policies by NIH, the Congress made previous 

policy into Public Law through a section in the NIH Revitalization Act of 1993 (PL 103-43)3entitled 

Women and Minorities as Subjects in Clinical Research. In 1994, NIH revised its inclusion policy to be 

in compliance with the statutory language. The Revitalization Act essentially reinforced the existing NIH 

policies, but with four major differences:

that NIH ensure that women and minorities and their subpopulations be included in all clinical 

research;

that women and minorities and their subpopulations be included in Phase III clinical trials in numbers 

adequate to allow for valid analyses of differences in intervention effect;

that cost is not allowed as an acceptable reason for excluding these groups; and,

that NIH initiate programs and support for outreach efforts to recruit and retain women and minorities 

and their subpopulations as participants in clinical studies.

The revised inclusion guidelines developed in response to this law were published in the Federal 

Register4in March 1994 and became effective in September 1994. The result was that NIH could not and 

would not fund any grant, cooperative agreement or contract or support any intramural project to be 

conducted or funded in Fiscal Year 1995 and thereafter which did not comply with this policy. 

Strategies to ensure uniform implementation and adherence to the revised guidelines across the NIH 

included NIH –wide training of staff and Institutional Review Board chairs in 1994. An NIH Tracking 

and Inclusion Committee was established made up of representatives of the directors of each Institute and 

Center (ICs). This trans-NIH committee, convened by the Office of Research on Women’s Health 

(ORWH) and co-chaired with a senior IC official, met regularly with a focus on consistent and 

widespread adherence to the NIH guidelines by all ICs5. Working in collaboration with the Office of 

 

1 Report of the Public Health Task Force on Women’s Health: US Public Health Service, 1985. Jan-Feb; 100(1):73-

106.

2 NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts, Vol. 16, No. 3, Pg. 2, January 23, 1987.

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Public Law 103-43. National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993. 42 USC 289 (a)(1). 

4 NIH Guidelines on the Inclusion of Women and Minorities as Subjects in Clinical Research, 59 Fed. Reg. 14508-

14513 (1994). 

5 The governance of inclusion policies and procedures has recently changed and is described further under the 

“Conclusion and Current Status” section of this report.
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Extramural Research (OER), the Office of Intramural Research (OIR), and other NIH components, 

ORWH coordinated the development of data collection and reporting methodologies to ensure uniform 

standards and definitions in the reporting of data on women and minority participants in NIH-funded 

clinical research.

In addition, a variety of outreach activities were initiated to explain the revised policy to the scientific 

research community and to clear up common misunderstandings about the new requirements. Training 

was especially important in light of the 1990 General Accounting Office (GAO) findings that NIH’s 

initial policy on inclusion was applied inconsistently, not well communicated, and often misunderstood

within NIH and in the research community. 

GAO Report, May 2000: Recommendations and Actions Taken

Following a Congressional request for an assessment of NIH progress in implementing the1994 

guidelines on including women in clinical research, the GAO issued another report in May, 2000, entitled 

Women’s Health - NIH Has Increased Its Efforts to Include Women in Research.

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It concluded that NIH 

had made significant progress in implementing a strengthened policy on including women in clinical 

research over the past decade. 

The GAO report also included two specific recommendations to the Director of NIH: 

that the requirement be implemented so that Phase III clinical trials must be designed and carried out 

to allow for the valid analysis of differences between women and men, and this requirement be 

communicated to applicants as well as requiring peer review groups to determine whether each 

proposed Phase III clinical trial is required to have such a study design, and that summary statements 

document the decision of the initial reviewers; and

that NIH staff members who transmit data to the inclusion tracking data system receive ongoing 

training on the requirements and purpose of the system.

Immediately following the release of this report, an NIH Subcommittee Reviewing Inclusion Issues was 

formed, consisting of representatives from several ICs, ORWH, OER, and OIR, to reexamine NIH’s 

system for tracking data on the inclusion of women and minorities in clinical research, recommend any 

necessary changes to improve its accuracy and performance, and reiterate the NIH policy. Several actions 

resulted to clarify the requirements for the inclusion of women and minority groups in NIH-funded 

clinical research where scientifically appropriate. In addition, NIH-defined Phase III clinical trials are 

required to include plans for analyzing, sex/gender, racial, and/or ethnic differences. Significant actions in 

2001 included: 

Updating the NIH Policy and Guidelines on the Inclusion of Women and Minorities as Subjects in 

Clinical Research7and posting it on the ORWH home page 

http://orwh.od.nih.gov/research/inclusion/index.asp and NIH web page, Inclusion of Women and 

Minorities Policy Implementation at: 

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/women_min/women_min.htm

 

6 Women’s Health: NIH Has Increased Its Efforts to Include Women in Research (GAO/HEHS-00-96, May, 2000).

7 NIH Policy and Guidelines on the Inclusion of Women and Minorities as Subjects in Clinical Research, NIH Guide 

for Grants and Contracts, Amended 2001. Note: Current NIH policy guidelines are available in Appendix B of this 

report.
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Developing a new term and condition for awards made after October 1, 2000 that have NIH-defined 

Phase III clinical trials. 

Incorporating language in NIH solicitations for grant applications and contract proposals to clarify the 

submission requirement for NIH-defined Phase III clinical trials, a description of plans for 

sex/gender, racial, and/or ethnic analysis, including subgroups if applicable, and reporting enrollment 

annually and results of analyses as appropriate. 

Guidelines and instructions for reviewers and Scientific Review Officers (SROs) were developed to 

emphasize and clarify the need to review research projects that are classified as NIH-defined Phase III 

clinical trials for inclusion requirements and issues related to analyses by sex/gender, race, and/or 

ethnicity. Instructions were developed for properly documenting adherence to these policies in the 

summary statement. 

Training was provided to NIH program and review officials, grants and contracts management staff, and 

current and prospective research investigators to ensure compliance with this policy. Several initiatives 

have been implemented for review, grants management, and program staff since 2000, including topics 

addressing revisions to the NIH Inclusion policy, a grants policy update, and Scientific Review Officer 

(SRO) orientation on issues related to review meetings and proceedings. 

Format Changes for Reporting Race and Ethnicity Data as of FY2002

Beginning in FY2002, NIH changed data reporting based on the 1997 Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) revisions to the 1977 Directive 15 “Race and Ethnic Standards for Federal Statistics and 

Administrative Reporting,” which provides minimum standards for maintaining, collecting, and reporting 

data on race and ethnicity. In October 1997, OMB published “Revisions to the Standards for the 

Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity.” Implementation of the 1997 OMB standards 

involved a number of changes, including collecting and reporting information on race and ethnicity 

separately, whereas the 1977 OMB standards used a combined race and ethnicity format. NIH aggregate 

population data tables describe data using both the 1997 and 1977 OMB standards for reporting data on 

race and ethnicity. Since 2002, the number of studies reporting data using the 1997 format (NEW FORM) 

has steadily increased, whereas the number of studies using the 1977 format (OLD FORM) has steadily 

decreased as the studies funded prior to FY2002 are completed. 

The 1997 OMB reporting format (NEW FORM) and minimum standards do not allow for direct 

comparison of ethnic and racial data with similar data collected under the 1977 OMB reporting format 

(OLD FORM) and standards because the categories and methods for collecting the data are fundamentally 

different. Efforts to standardize definitions and business rules across NIH for data entered in the NIH

electronic inclusion data system are reflected in data reported beginning in FY2002. Direct comparisons 

with data originating prior to FY 2002 data are difficult although trends can be approximated. 

As demonstrated below, the primary differences between the 1977 (OLD FORM) and 1997 OMB (NEW 

FORM) minimum standards are: (1) the Hispanic population is considered an ethnic category and 

reported separately from racial data; (2) there are separate racial categories for Asian population data and

Hawaiian and Pacific Islander population data; and 3) respondents are given the option of selecting more 

than one racial category and investigators aggregate and report these selections under the “More than one 

race” category on the form.

Racial and ethnic data from the OLD and NEW Forms are combined differently, as described below, for 

the purpose of reporting on the minority population enrolled in NIH clinical research:
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The OLD FORM uses the 1977 OMB combined Race and Ethnicity Format, which has mutually 

exclusive categories, and allows Hispanics to be reported in a single category.

The NEW FORM uses the 1997 OMB Race and Ethnicity Categories, with separate reporting for 

Ethnicity (Hispanic or Latino; Not Hispanic or Latino) and Race (Part A); in this format, an 

individual is classified both by Ethnic Category and by Race Category. Part B of the NEW FORM 

therefore provides a distribution of only "Hispanics or Latinos" by the Race categories. Since 

minority categories are defined to include both "Hispanic or Latino ethnicity" and non-white racial 

categories when providing summary totals of minorities, it is necessary to add Hispanics who identify 

as White and Hispanics who identify as Unknown/Not Reported race based on their ethnicity to the 

non-white racial categories.

Hispanics are defined by country of origin and may be identified as belonging to any one race, or 

more than one racial category.

Comparison of Old (1977) versus New (1997) Forms

I. Old Form (1977 OMB Race/Ethnicity Categories)

Race/Ethnicity Category

Inclusion in 

Minority Total

American Indian/Alaska Native X

Asian/Pacific Islander X

Black or African American X

Hispanic, Not White X

White

Unknown/Other

II. New Form (1997 OMB Race./Ethnicity Categories)

Part A. Total Enrollment Report

Racial / Ethnic Categories

Racial or Ethnic 

Category

Inclusion in 

Minority Total

American Indian/Alaska Native Racial X

Asian Racial X

Black or African American Racial X

Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Racial X

White Racial

More Than One Race Racial X

Unknown/Other Racial

Racial Categories: Total of all Subjects Racial Total*

Hispanic or Latino Ethnic**

Not Hispanic or Latino Ethnic

Unknown (ethnicity not reported) Ethnic

Ethnic Categories: Total of All Subjects Ethnic Total*
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Part B: Hispanic Enrollment Report

Racial / Ethnic Categories

Racial or Ethnic 

Category

Inclusion in 

Minority Total

American Indian/Alaska Native Ethnic

Asian Ethnic

Black or African American Ethnic

Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Ethnic

White (Hispanic) Ethnic X

More Than One Race Ethnic

Unknown/Other (Hispanic) Ethnic X

Racial Categories: Total of Hispanics or Latinos Ethnic Total**

* The "Ethnic Categories: Total of All Subjects" must be equal to the "Racial Categories: Total of All Subjects"

** The "Hispanic or Latino"(Part A) must be equal to "Racial Categories: Total of Hispanics or Latinos"(Part B).

CONTINUING IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING ACTIVITIES

The Public Health Service 398 grant application for competing awards (PHS 398) has been significantly 

revised to provide additional instructions concerning the Women and Minorities Inclusion Policy. These 

PHS 398 instructions are also included in the federal application form SF-424 (R&R) for NIH grants 

using the federal Grants.gov system (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/ElectronicReceipt/index.htm) along 

with two significant changes in definitions. First, NIH requires use of a revised definition of clinical 

research that was reported in the 1997 Report of the NIH Director’s Panel on Clinical Research and 

adopted by NIH. Second, NIH adopted the 1997 revisions to OMB Directive 15, “Race and Ethnic 

Standards for Federal Statistics and Administrative Reporting” and requires use of the revised categories 

when reporting racial and ethnic data (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-01-

053.html). In addition, NIH policy reemphasized that NIH-defined Phase III clinical trials must be 

designed and conducted in a manner to allow for a valid analysis of whether the interventions being 

studied affect women or members of minority groups differently than other subjects.

In FY 2007, two training sessions were developed for NIH staff involved in the management or review of 

clinical research studies. Approximately 300 NIH staff members attended each session in person, and 

additional staff participated in the training via webcast. 

Communication and Outreach Efforts to the Scientific Community

NIH staff members provide outreach to help increase the scientific community’s understanding of NIH 

inclusion policies. These training and outreach efforts improve understanding of the inclusion policy and 

assist extramural and NIH intramural investigators to appropriately address these issues throughout the 

research funding process. Investigators are instructed to address women and minority inclusion issues in 

the development of their applications and proposals for clinical research. 

Reference documents such as the Outreach Notebook for the NIH Guidelines on Inclusion of Women and 

Minorities as Subjects in Clinical Research (http://orwh.od.nih.gov/research/inclusion/outreach.asp) and 

the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for the Inclusion , Recruitment and Retention of Women and 

Minority Subjects in Clinical Research (http://orwh.od.nih.gov/research/inclusion/outreach.asp) have 

been published and distributed for investigators and NIH staff. These publications discuss the elements of 

recruitment and retention, the NIH inclusion policy, current OMB requirements for reporting race and 

ethnicity data, and information for application submission, peer review, and funding. Both the Outreach 

Notebook and the FAQs are posted on the ORWH website http://orwh.od.nih.gov/index.asp as well as on 
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the NIH website for the inclusion of women and minorities policy implementation at: 

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/women_min/women_min.htm. The revised Outreach Notebook and 

FAQs continue to be available to the research community to further explore the inclusion policy and its 

intent.

Monitoring Compliance: Extramural and Intramural Population Data Analysis

Inclusion enrollment data from each NIH Institute and Center are presented in this report in summary 

figures and aggregate data tables8; providing documentation of inclusion monitoring with some degree of 

analysis of data. Caution should be used in interpreting these figures. Conclusions that can be reasonably 

drawn from the data are provided. 

When assessing inclusion data, enrollment figures should not be directly compared to the national 

census figures. The goal of the NIH policy is to conduct biomedical and behavioral research in such a 

manner that the scientific knowledge acquired will ultimately be generalizable to the entire population of 

the United States, and not to satisfy any proportional target based upon census data. The number of 

women, men, and/or representatives of racial/ethnic groups included in a particular study depends upon 

the scientific question addressed in the study and the prevalence among women, men and/or racial/ethnic 

groups of the disease, disorder, or condition under investigation. 

Scientific Review Groups are instructed to focus on scientific considerations when assessing the planned 

enrollment described in a NIH grant application for a proposed study. The Scientific Review Group 

(SRG) evaluates the inclusion plan and finds it unacceptable if it: 1) fails to provide sufficient information 

about planned enrollment; 2) does not adequately justify limited or lack of inclusion of women or 

minorities; or 3) does not realistically address recruitment. For NIH-defined Phase III clinical trials, the 

SRG also evaluates the description of plans to conduct analyses to address differences in the intervention 

effect by sex/gender, racial, and/or ethnic groups, as appropriate. Applications with unacceptable 

inclusion plans cannot be funded until NIH staff members are assured that revised plans meet the 

inclusion policy requirements. Research awards covered by this policy require the funded investigator to 

report annually on the sex/gender, race, and ethnicity of research participants so that enrollment can be 

monitored.

NIH has monitored aggregate inclusion data for study populations since FY1994. Monitoring compliance 

with the NIH Inclusion policy is well established in all ICs. In May 2002, the NIH successfully deployed 

an electronic data system for monitoring inclusion data that was designed to provide easier entry of 

investigator-reported enrollment data and project monitoring for NIH staff. 

Current Status

In the fall of 2009, the NIH Deputy Director requested that an internal task force be formed to advise the 

Director on the most effective ways for NIH to respond to PL 103-43 related to the inclusion of women 

and minorities as subjects in clinical research. The Task Force on Inclusion of Women, Minorities, and 

Other Populations in Clinical Research considered the strengths and weaknesses of the current NIH 

approach and potential alternative approaches for accomplishing the goals of NIH’s current policy for 

including women and minorities in all NIH funded clinical research and specifically Phase III clinical 

trials. 

A specific recommendation involved restructuring the governance of inclusion to more closely align it 

with the overall governance structure in place at the NIH. The Extramural Activities Working Group 

 

8 The aggregate data tables are available in Appendix A.
7

(EAWG) Subcommittee on Inclusion Governance (E-SIG) was formed in November 2011. It is currently

co-chaired by the Director of the NIH ORWH and the Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National 

Institute for Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). Membership primarily includes senior 

level staff from the NIH Office of the Director and different Institutes and Centers (ICs) with participation 

of individuals from both extramural and intramural divisions.

The E-SIG has been meeting twice a month to discuss policy issues related to inclusion. In addition, 

OER has appointed a permanent NIH Inclusion Policy Officer to coordinate inclusion efforts across the 

NIH. The OER also received funds to re-engineer the data systems and workflow used to collect planned 

and actual enrollment data from investigators. It is anticipated that this new system will be released for 

use starting in 2014. 

NIH staff continues to monitor, document, and work with grantees and contractors to ensure compliance 

with the inclusion policy. Program Officers/staff provide technical assistance to investigators as they 

develop their applications and proposals throughout the application process. Scientific Review Officers 

introduce and discuss with reviewers the guidelines and instructions for reviewing the inclusion of 

women and minorities in clinical research as well as the instructions and requirements for designing NIHdefined Phase III clinical trials in order that valid analyses can be conducted for sex/gender, racial, and/or 

ethnic differences. At the time of award and submission of progress reports, program officials monitor 

and verify that inclusion policy requirements are met. When new and competing continuation applications 

selected for payment are deficient in meeting policy requirements, grants management and program 

officials are required to withhold funding until the principal investigator has satisfactorily addressed the 

policy requirements. 
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Summary Report of NIH Inclusion Data: 

Comparison of FY2011 and FY2012 and Five and Ten Year Trend Data

INTRODUCTION

Data on inclusion are tabulated from human subject populations in NIH-defined clinical research9and

NIH-defined Phase III clinical trials. Identification with specific sex/gender, racial, and ethnic categories 

is based on self-identification by the participants; participants always have the option to not identify. The 

NIH is mandated to monitor inclusion in all clinical research projects conducted or supported by the NIH; 

however, for the purpose of the summary report, the primary focus of the racial and ethnic analyses is on 

studies involving domestic populations. Appendix A contains all available data tables. 

Because new clinical research studies begin each year while other studies may be ending, the inclusion 

data will vary from year to year due to the scientific topics under study and the prevalence of the diseases 

or conditions within each individual study. 

Analysis of aggregate NIH inclusion data for FY2011 and FY2012 demonstrates that substantial numbers 

of women and men, and individuals of different races and ethnicities have been included as research 

subjects in NIH clinical research studies and NIH-defined Phase III clinical trials supported. In addition, 

five and ten year data have been provided to demonstrate trends in inclusion data over time. Caution

should be utilized to avoid over-interpreting the figures and data tables that are provided.

The purpose of many of the summary figures in the body of the report is to demonstrate the relative 

distributions of participants on the basis of sex/gender, race, and/or ethnicity.

Some key trends:

Total enrollment has ranged from approximately 14.8 million individuals in FY2003 to a high of 

over 23 million in FY2010. The most recent reported FY (FY2012) indicates participation of 

approximately 17.7 million individuals10. 

Between FY2003 and FY2012, percent enrollment of females has ranged from a low of 56.1% in 

FY2010 to a high of 63.9% in FY2006. In FY2012, females comprised 57% of enrollment. 

These tables also include data on the participation of females excluding female-only studies11. 

Total enrollment of minorities in clinical research has varied from a low of 28.6% in FY2008 to a 

high of 43.1%in FY2006. In FY2012, 36.5% of participants were from minority categories12. 

Total enrollment of minorities in NIH-defined Phase III clinical trials has generally been on an 

increasing trend with a low of 24.7% in FY2003 to a high of 65.8% in FY201213. These data are 

 

9 NIH defines human clinical research as research with human subjects that is: (1) Patient-Oriented Research. 

Research Conducted with human subjects (or on material of human origin such as tissues, specimens, and cognitive 

phenomena) for which an investigator (or colleague) directly interacts with human subjects. Excluded from this 

definition are in vitro studies that utilize human tissues that cannot be linked to a living individual. Patient-oriented 

research includes (a) mechanisms of human disease, (b) therapeutic interventions, (c) clinical studies, or (d) 

development of new technologies. (2) Epidemiologic and Behavioral Studies. (3) Outcomes Research and Health 

Services Research. Note: Studies falling under Exemption 4 for human subjects research are not considered clinical 

research by this definition.

10 From Table 2A: Total Enrollment for All NIH Clinical Research from FY2003-FY2012 (10 Year Trend)

11From Table 2A: Total Enrollment for All NIH Clinical Research from FY2003-FY2012 (10 Year Trend)

12 From Table 3A: Total Enrollment and Minority Enrollment for All NIH Clinical Research from FY2003-FY2012 

(10 Year Trend). Note that these data also include foreign participants. Refer to additional tables in Section 3 of 

Appendix A for more summary data on percent of minorities enrolled in domestic research.
9

significantly impacted by the inclusion of foreign participants. In domestic NIH-defined Phase 

III trials, the five year trend (FY2008-FY2012) indicates a range of 20.2% in FY2008 to a high of 

29% in FY201214. 

Previous inclusion reports and aggregate enrollment figures for sex/gender, race, and ethnicity for 

FY1994 to the present can be found on the ORWH website at 

http://orwh.od.nih.gov/research/inclusion/index.asp. 

 

13 From Table 4A: Total Enrollment and Minority Enrollment for All NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials from 

FY2003-FY2012 (10 Year Trend)

14 From Table 4B: Total Enrollment and Minority Enrollment for Domestic NIH-Defined Phase III Trials (Five Year 

Trend)
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Acceptability of Inclusion Plans for Extramural Research Awards

Figure 1 depicts the percentage of competing clinical research awards in which the plans for the inclusion 

of women and minorities were found to be acceptable or unacceptable for fiscal years (FY) 2003 through 

2012. The data indicate that the vast majority of applications have acceptable plans for the inclusion of 

women and minorities during the peer review process ranging from 97% acceptable/3% unacceptable 

starting in 2003 and improving to 99% acceptable/1% unacceptable for 2011 and 2012. This trend is 

quite stable.

Metrics Based on 

Enrollment Records

Figure 2 illustrates the 

trend data for the 

number of data records 

(also referred to as 

protocols) reporting 

enrollment each fiscal 

year since 2003. In 

2003, there were 10,216 

data records with 

enrollment. The 

highest number in the 

past ten years was 

12,079 in FY2010. In 

FY2011 and FY2012,
11

there are decreases in the number of data records with 11,296 and 10,774 respectively. Interpretation of 

these data should be approached with caution, because investigators and Institute/Center (IC) staff have

some latitude in how inclusion data are reported and whether a given study will be divided into separate 

data records (often the case for multi-site studies or studies spanning multiple awards) or consolidate the 

data under a single record. In addition, these data only reflect those data records for which actual 

enrollment has been reported to the NIH; those where recruitment has not begun are not included. The 

decrease over the past two fiscal years may reflect the end of the ARRA (American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009) funding period as well as a level NIH budget. 

Figure 3 indicates the number of data records reporting enrollment for NIH-defined Phase III clinical 

trials. These data have ranged 

from a high of 852 in FY2003 

to a low of 547 in FY2005. 

The data then increased 

starting in FY2006 and 

stabilized until declines for 

FY2011 (582) and FY2012

(548). These declines may be 

a result of a level NIH budget 

and/or the end of ARRA

funding. Caution should be 

used in over-interpreting these 

data shifts given that PIs and 

the ICs have latitude in how to 

report inclusion data on data 

records.

Figure 4 illustrates the distribution of 

sex/gender across data records for all NIH 

clinical research and NIH-defined Phase 

III clinical trials for FY2011 and FY2012. 

While the overall number of data records 

has decreased from FY2011 to FY2012

for both NIH clinical research and NIHdefined Phase III clinical trials, the

percent distribution of male-only, femaleonly, and studies with males and females 

(excluding male-only and female-only) 

has remained quite stable. For NIH 

clinical research, there were no changes 

between FY2011 and FY2012 in percent 

distribution across data record groups 

with 11% for female-only data records, 

6% for male-only data records, and 83% 

for data records excluding male-only and 

female-only studies. For NIH-defined 

Phase III clinical trials, there was a 2%
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decrease in the proportion of female-only data records and a 2% increase in data records excluding maleonly and female-only studies. The male-only data record distribution remained stable at 6%.

Metrics Based on Aggregate Enrollment: Sex/Gender: 

Figure 5 illustrates the long term trend of recruitment by sex/gender in all NIH clinical research. In 

FY2003, there were 57.6% females and 41.4% males. This ten year trend has remained relatively stable

with a return to 57% 

females and 41.8% 

males in FY2012. 

The ten year trend 

ranges from 56.1% 

females and 43.0% 

males (FY2010) to

63.9% females and

34.9% males

(FY2006).

15

 

Figures 6 and 7 

compare the percent 

enrollment by 

sex/gender for

FY2011 and FY2012 

for all NIH-defined 

clinical research. 

Figure 6 includes the 

percent enrollment totals for females, males, and unknowns; Figure 7 presents these data excluding 

female-only and male-only studies. In Figure 6, there appears to be a slight shift in the ratio of males to 

females enrolled in FY2012 as compared to FY2011 with a decrease in the proportion of females in 

FY2012 (from 60% to 57%) and a 3% increase in the proportion of males. This trend appears to mostly

be the result of shifts in female-only or male-only studies. In Figure 7, there was only a 1% shift in the 

 

15 In Figure 5, the percentage of females and males does not total to 100% in each fiscal year because there is also a 

small percentage of individuals reported with unknown sex/gender in each fiscal year. 
13

proportion of females relative to males when female-only and male-only studies are excluded from the 

analysis.

Figure 8 indicates the 

long term trend data of 

enrollment by 

sex/gender in NIHdefined Phase III clinical 

trials. There is an 

increase in the number 

of females (62.1%) in 

FY2012 over FY2011 

(57%). The ten year 

trend ranges from 53% 

females and 42.3% 

males (FY2009) to 

62.9% females and 

36% males 

(FY2006)16. It is not 

entirely clear what is 

contributing to the 

differences in the 

distribution of females relative to males. It is possible that there have been changes in single 

sex/gender studies (beginning or ending) as well as shifts in the rate of participation of a given 

sex/gender in studies recruiting males and females. 

In Figures 9 and 10, the distribution of enrollment by sex/gender in NIH-defined Phase III clinical trials is 

compared for FY2011 and FY2012. For all NIH-Defined Phase III clinical trials as well as those 

excluding male-only or female-only studies, there appears to be a modest increase in the number of 

females relative to males in these studies. This shift suggests that, at least for FY2011 and FY2012, the 

changes in proportion are due to changes in enrollment of trials including females and males rather than 

trials enrolling only females or only males. 

 

16 In Figure 8, the percentage of females and males does not total to 100% in each fiscal year because there is also a 

small percentage of individuals reported with unknown sex/gender in each fiscal year. 
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Metrics Based on Aggregate Enrollment: Race and Ethnicity

Figure 11 illustrates the percent of minority enrollment over the past five years in domestic clinical 

research. From FY2008-FY2011, there was a trend of increased enrollment which slightly decreased for 

FY2012. Specifically, there was 24.1% in FY2008, 27.8% in FY2009, 28.1% in FY2010, 32.6% in 

FY2011, and 28.7% in FY2012. 

The percent total enrollment for racial categories in domestic clinical research is presented for FY2011 

and FY2012 in Figure 12. The proportions of most racial categories decreased or remained stable in 

FY2012 including 

American 

Indian/Alaska 

Native (-0.3%), 

Asian (-2.3%), 

Black or African 

American (-0.9%),

Native Hawaiian or 

Pacific Islander 

(0.0%), White (-

7.8%), and More 

than one race (-

0.2%). There is an

increase from 10.0% 

to 21.7% (+11.7%)

in proportion of 

individuals in the

Unknown/Not 

Reported category. 

These data are likely 

affected by a large 

study in the 
15

intramural division of the National Cancer Institute where sex/gender data were available from the health 

records dataset used; however, race and ethnicity information were not available to the investigator. 

In Figure 13, the percent total enrollment for ethnic categories in domestic clinical research is illustrated 

for FY2011 and FY2012. The proportion of Not Hispanic participants decreased from 80% to 67.1% (-

12.9%) with a smaller decrease in the proportion of Hispanic or Latino participants (-0.2%). The same 

trend observed in Figure 12 of an increase in the percentage of Unknown/Not Reported individuals is also 

observed in Figure 13(+13.1%) and is likely a result of the same intramural study where race and 

ethnicity of the dataset were unknown to the investigator.

Figure 14 illustrates percent

minority enrollment in domestic 

NIH-defined Phase III clinical 

trials. The overall trend in Phase 

III trials has been for modest 

increases in the proportion of 

minority populations enrolled over 

the past five years. Specifically, 

enrollment in FY2008 was 20.2% 

minority and has increased to 

29.0% for FY2012. 
16

Figure 15 provides the percent 

total enrollment for racial 

categories in domestic NIHdefined Phase III clinical trials. 

Increases from FY2011 to 

FY2012 are noted in the 

following racial categories: 

American Indian/Alaska Native

(+0.1%), Black or African 

American (+3.3%), More than 

one race (+0.3%), and 

Unknown/Not Reported (+1.5%). 

Decreases from FY2011 to 

FY2012 are noted for the Asian (-

0.5%) and White (-4.5%)

categories; Native Hawaiian or 

Pacific Islander remained stable at 

0.3% of the distribution. 

In Figure 16, the percent total enrollment for ethnic categories in domestic NIH-defined Phase III clinical 

trials indicates increases from FY2011 to FY2012 in the proportion of Hispanic or Latino (+0.9%) and 

Unknown/Not Reported (+2.3%) participants while the proportion of individuals in the Not Hispanic or 

Latino category decreased (-3.2%).
17

Metrics Based on Aggregate Enrollment: Domestic Race and Ethnicity by Sex/Gender

Figure 17 indicates the five year trend for percent minority enrollment broken out by sex/gender in

domestic clinical research. The trend remained relatively stable through FY2008 (60.2% females, 39.4% 

males), FY2009 (59.9% females, 39.8% males), and FY2010 (58.9% females, 40.5% males). There is an

increase in the proportion of female enrollment relative to male enrollment in FY2011 (62.5% females, 

37.0% males) and a slight decrease in the percent female enrollment relative to male enrollment in 

FY2012 (55.9% females, 43.4% males)17. The decrease in the percent of male participants in FY2011 is 

likely influenced by conclusion of a large clinical study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health 

on suicide prevention in military personnel where the population consisted of more men than women. It 

is not clear what is contributing to the proportional shift back to closer relative distributions of males and 

females in FY2012 but could be the typical fluctuations observed due to changes in funding that occur 

each year. The overall trend suggests fairly stable distributions.

In Figures 18 and 19, percent total enrollment figures are provided for each racial (Figure 18) and ethnic 

(Figure 19) category within the sex/gender categories of female, male, and unknown/not reported for 

domestic clinical research. When comparing the percent distribution of females across racial categories

(Figure 18) for FY2011 and FY2012, there was a decrease in proportion of participants identifying as 

American Indian/Alaska Native (-0.4%), Asian (-3.5%), Black or African American (-0.6%), White 

(-11.3%), and More than one race (-0.2%). Increased proportions were observed for female participants 

identifying as Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (+0.1%) and females in the Unknown/Not Reported

racial category (+16.0%). 

 

17 In Figure 17, the percentage of females and males does not total to 100% in each fiscal year because there is also a 

small percentage of individuals reported with unknown sex/gender in each fiscal year. 
18

When comparing the percent distribution of males across racial categories (Figure 18) for FY2011 and 

FY2012, there was a decrease in the proportion of males identifying as American Indian/Alaska Native 

(-0.1%), Asian (-0.5%), Black or African American (-1.5%), White (-4.2%), and More than one race 

(-0.3%). There was no change in the percent enrollment of Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander males, 

and there was an increase in the proportion of males with Unknown/Not Reported race (+6.7%). 

When comparing individuals of unknown or not reported sex/gender, there were increased proportions of 

Asians (+2.8%), White (+3.6%), and More than one race (+0.2%). No changes in the percent enrollment 

were observed for individuals identifying as American Indian/Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian or 

Pacific Islander. Decreases in the percent enrollment were noted for Black or African American (-0.6%) 

and individuals of Unknown/Not Reported race (-5.9%). 
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Figure 19 illustrates the percent enrollment of ethnicity by sex/gender for FY2011 and FY2012. When

comparing the percent enrollment of females by ethnicity in domestic clinical research for FY2011 and 

FY2012, Not Hispanic or Latino and Hispanic or Latino categories decreased (-19.2% and -1.2% 

respectively) while the proportion of females of Unknown/Not Reported ethnicity increased substantially

(+20.4%). However, for males, increased percent enrollment was observed for Hispanic or Latino males

(+1.1%) and males of Unknown/Not Report ethnicity (+4.2%) in FY2012 compared to FY2011. Males of 

Not Hispanic or Latino ethnicity decreased somewhat (-5.3%) from FY2011 to FY2012. These data may 

be affected by a large study in the intramural division of the National Cancer Institute where sex/gender 

data were available from the health records dataset used; however, race and ethnicity information were 

not available to the investigator.

When comparing individuals of unknown or not reported sex/gender, there were increased proportions of 

individuals identifying as Not Hispanic or Latino (+7.2%) and individuals identifying as Hispanic or 

Latino (+0.2%). A decrease in the percent enrollment was noted for individuals of Unknown/Not 

Reported sex/gender and ethnicity (-7.4%). 
20

Figure 20 indicates the five year trend for percent minority enrollment broken out by sex/gender in 

domestic NIH-defined Phase III clinical trials. The trend has remained relatively stable with a range of 

56.2% females to 43.3% males (FY2010) to 61.4% females to 38.0% males (FY2011), with a slight 

decrease in female enrollment relative to male enrollment in FY2012 (59.9% females, 39.4% males)18. 

 

18 In Figure 20, the percentage of females and males does not total to 100% in each fiscal year because there is also a 

small percentage of individuals reported with unknown sex/gender in each fiscal year. 
21

In Figures 21 and 22, percent enrollment figures are provided for each racial (Figure 21) and ethnic 

(Figure 22) category within the sex/gender categories of female, male, and unknown for domestic NIHdefined Phase III clinical trials. When comparing the proportion of females for each racial category

(Figure 21) between FY2011 and FY2012, decreases were observed for Asian (-0.9%) and White (-4.1%)

racial categories, with increased percent enrollment for American Indian/Alaska Native (+0.1%), Black or 

African American (+3.7%), More than one race (+0.3%), and Unknown/Not Reported race (+0.8%). No 

change in percent distribution was observed for Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. 

When comparing FY2011 and FY2012 percent enrollment of males across racial categories for domestic 

NIH-defined Phase III clinical trials, the same pattern is observed with decreased proportions in the racial 

categories of Asian (-0.2%) and White (-5.1%), with increases in American Indian/Alaska Native 

(+0.1%), Black or African American (+3.8%), More than one race (+0.2%), and Unknown/Not Reported 

race (+1.1%). No change in percent distribution was observed for Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. 
22

Figure 22 depicts the FY2011 and FY2012 percent enrollment for ethnicity broken out by sex/gender in 

domestic NIH-defined Phase III clinical trials. For females, a decrease in the proportion of Not Hispanic 

or Latino individuals is observed from FY2011 to FY2012 (-1.8%) while there is an increase in Hispanic 

or Latino (+1.0%) and Unknown/Not Reported (+0.9%) categories. The same pattern is observed for the 

percent enrollment of males for Not Hispanic or Latino (-4.4%), Hispanic or Latino (+1.3%), and 

Unknown/Not Reported ethnicity (+3.2%). For individuals of unknown sex/gender, there is a slight 

increase in the percent enrollment of Not Hispanic or Latino individuals (+0.2%) and Hispanic or Latino 

individuals (+0.1%) as well as a small decrease in those with Unknown/Not Reported ethnicity (-0.3%).

Summary

In summary, the overall trends demonstrate relatively stable inclusion of women and minorities in clinical 

research and NIH-defined Phase III clinical trials over time particularly with respect to the proportion of

minority enrollment. Some variability in the distribution of males and females has been observed. Trend 

data will vary because the data for each year represent the net total of data resulting from: (1) studies 

continuing from the prior year; (2) the addition of new studies reported; and (3) the subtraction of studies 

that are no longer reported. When a large scale trial starts or ends, this can be illustrated by a shift in 

distributions of sex/gender and/or race and ethnicity. In addition, as noted in the report, an increase in 

racial and ethnic unknowns in the clinical research category was observed in FY2012 relative to FY2011 

likely due to a large study in the intramural program using an existing dataset where sex/gender 

information was available to the investigator but racial and ethnic composition was not. 
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Appendix A

Aggregate Enrollment Data Tables: FY2011-FY2012 Data,

Five Year (FY2008-FY2012) Trend Data, and 

Ten Year (FY2003-FY2012) Trend Data
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Section 1: Metrics Based on Data Records

Table 1A: Total Number of Data Records for All NIH Clinical Research Reported from FY2003-FY2012

Fiscal Year 

(FY)

Total 

Number of 

Data 

Records

Data 

Records

without 

Enrollment

Data 

Records

with 

Enrollment

Domestic 

Data 

Records

Foreign 

Data 

Records

Data 

Records for 

FemaleOnly 

Studies

Data 

Records for 

Male-Only 

Studies

Data 

Records for 

Studies

Excluding 

Male-only 

and 

Femaleonly 

studies*

FY2003 14,041 3,825 10,216 9,578 638 1,404 614 8,198

FY2004 14,512 4,387 10,125 9,760 365 1,470 511 8,144

FY2005 14,798 4,565 10,233 9,862 371 1,326 559 8,348

FY2006 15,320 4,562 10,758 10,294 464 1,338 581 8,839

FY2007 15,567 4,653 10,914 10,463 451 1,340 517 9,057

FY2008 15,598 4,553 11,045 10,548 497 1,272 529 9,244

FY2009 16,689 5,518 11,171 10,269 902 1,356 624 9,191

FY2010 17,251 5,172 12,079 11,189 890 1,373 691 10,015

FY2011 15,843 4,547 11,296 10,500 796 1,286 617 9,393

FY2012 15,541 4,767 10,774 9,982 792 1,222 618 8,934

* Data records excluding male-only and female-only include unknown gender, and combination of unknown and any gender(s).

Table 1B: Total Number of Data Records for All NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials Reported 

from FY2003-FY2012

Fiscal Year 

(FY)

Total 

Number of

Data 

Records

Data 

Records 

without 

Enrollment

Data 

Records 

with 

Enrollment

Domestic 

Data 

Records

Foreign 

Data 

Records

Data 

Records for 

FemaleOnly 

Studies

Data 

Records for 

Male-Only 

Studies

Data 

Records for 

Studies 

Excluding 

Male-only 

and 

Femaleonly 

studies

*

FY2003 965 113 852 643 209 189 84 591

FY2004 689 116 573 549 24 147 34 395

FY2005 665 118 547 517 30 127 34 386

FY2006 760 136 624 564 60 118 47 459

FY2007 749 96 653 609 44 121 41 491

FY2008 726 87 639 585 54 126 42 471

FY2009 662 32 630 457 173 151 48 431

FY2010 743 47 696 540 156 140 61 495

FY2011 628 46 582 461 121 109 36 437

FY2012 565 17 548 441 107 95 31 422

* Data records excluding male-only and female-only include unknown gender, and combination of unknown and any gender(s).
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Section 2: Metrics Based on Aggregate Enrollment by Sex/Gender

Table 2A: Total Enrollment for All NIH Clinical Research from FY2003-FY2012 (10 Year Trend)

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

Total 

Enrollment

Total 

Number of 

Females

Total % 

of 

Females

Total 

Number of 

Males

Total 

% of 

Males

Total 

Number of 

Unknown 

Sex/Gender

Total % of 

Unknown 

Sex/Gender

Number 

Enrolled 

in 

Femaleonly 

Studies

% 

Enrolled 

in 

Femaleonly 

Studies

Number 

Enrolled 

in Maleonly 

Studies

% 

Enrolled 

in Maleonly 

Studies

Number 

of 

Females, 

Excluding 

Femaleonly 

Studies

% of 

Females, 

Excluding 

Femaleonly 

Studies

Number 

of Males, 

Excluding 

Maleonly 

Studies

% of 

Males, 

Excluding 

Maleonly 

Studies

FY2003 14,772,254 8,514,481 57.6 6,121,496 41.4 136,277 0.9 3,044,558 20.6 351,987 2.4 5,469,923 37.0 5,769,509 39.1

FY2004 18,923,920 10,889,097 57.5 7,741,892 40.9 292,931 1.5 3,256,634 17.2 245,482 1.3 7,632,463 40.3 7,496,410 39.6

FY2005 15,722,752 9,503,922 60.4 5,941,907 37.8 276,923 1.8 3,469,692 22.1 317,697 2.0 6,034,230 38.4 5,624,210 35.8

FY2006 14,830,930 9,473,273 63.9 5,172,205 34.9 185,452 1.3 4,120,055 27.8 336,717 2.3 5,353,218 36.1 4,835,488 32.6

FY2007 17,448,458 10,152,589 58.2 6,887,791 39.5 408,078 2.3 9,000,648 51.6 377,803 2.2 1,151,941 6.6 6,509,988 37.3

FY2008 15,412,355 9,243,966 60.0 5,991,739 38.9 176,650 1.1 7,507,149 48.7 361,434 2.3 1,736,817 11.3 5,630,305 36.5

FY2009 19,138,738 11,439,143 59.8 7,570,646 39.6 128,949 0.7 4,830,093 25.2 396,076 2.1 6,609,050 34.5 7,174,570 37.5

FY2010 23,363,635 13,102,832 56.1 10,044,444 43.0 216,359 0.9 4,440,402 19.0 1,328,551 5.7 8,662,430 37.1 8,715,893 37.3

FY2011 15,992,456 9,499,682 59.4 6,287,306 39.3 205,468 1.3 4,562,652 28.5 1,210,876 7.6 4,937,030 30.9 5,076,430 31.7

FY2012 17,655,238 10,071,897 57.0 7,382,884 41.8 200,457 1.1 3,713,994 21.0 1,096,914 6.2 6,357,903 36.0 6,285,970 35.6

Table 2B: Total Enrollment for Domestic NIH Clinical Research from FY 2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

Total 

Enrollment

Total 

Number of 

Females

Total % 

of 

Females

Total 

Number 

of Males

Total 

% of 

Males

Total 

Number of 

Unknown 

Sex/Gender

Total % of 

Unknown 

Sex/Gender

Number 

Enrolled 

in Femaleonly 

Studies

% 

Enrolled 

in 

Femaleonly 

Studies

Number 

Enrolled 

in Maleonly 

Studies

% 

Enrolled 

in Maleonly 

Studies

Number 

of 

Females, 

Excluding 

Femaleonly 

Studies

% of 

Females, 

Excluding 

Femaleonly 

Studies

Number 

of Males, 

Excluding 

Male-only 

Studies

% of 

Males, 

Excluding 

Maleonly 

Studies

FY2008 14,134,627 8,514,768 60.2 5,451,624 38.6 168,235 1.2 7,206,906 51.0 322,164 2.3 1,307,156 9.2 5,130,166 36.3

FY2009 17,962,879 10,748,744 59.8 7,093,702 39.5 120,433 0.7 4,619,125 25.7 347,894 1.9 6,129,619 34.1 6,745,808 37.6

FY2010 21,523,076 12,018,942 55.8 9,301,128 43.2 203,006 0.9 4,202,962 19.5 1,286,256 6.0 7,815,980 36.3 8,014,872 37.2

FY2011 13,470,269 7,974,958 59.2 5,314,952 39.5 180,359 1.3 4,318,845 32.1 1,172,588 8.7 3,656,113 27.1 4,142,364 30.8

FY2012 15,077,760 8,490,785 56.3 6,408,209 42.5 178,766 1.2 3,471,881 23.0 1,064,581 7.1 5,018,904 33.3 5,343,628 35.4
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Table 2C: Total Enrollment for Domestic Extramural NIH Clinical Research from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal 

Year (FY)

Total 

Enrollment

Total 

Number of 

Females

Total % 

of 

Females

Total 

Number 

of Males

Total % 

of 

Males

Total 

Number of 

Unknown 

Sex/Gender

Total % of 

Unknown 

Sex/Gender

Number 

Enrolled 

in 

Femaleonly 

Studies

% 

Enrolled 

in 

Femaleonly 

Studies

Number 

Enrolled 

in Maleonly 

Studies

% 

Enrolled 

in Maleonly 

Studies

Number 

of 

Females, 

Excluding 

Femaleonly 

Studies

% of 

Females, 

Excluding 

Femaleonly 

Studies

Number 

of Males, 

Excluding 

Male-only 

Studies

% of 

Males, 

Excluding 

Maleonly 

Studies

FY2008 11,797,605 7,618,658 64.6 4,043,042 34.3 135,905 1.2 6,805,570 57.7 314,494 2.7 813,088 6.9 3,728,548 31.6

FY2009 15,546,350 9,842,191 63.3 5,624,890 36.2 79,269 0.5 4,460,062 28.7 338,422 2.2 5,382,129 34.6 5,286,468 34.0

FY2010 18,974,363 11,039,610 58.2 7,795,110 41.1 139,643 0.7 4,004,391 21.1 1,274,647 6.7 7,035,219 37.1 6,520,463 34.4

FY2011 10,853,602 6,961,241 64.1 3,779,319 34.8 113,042 1.0 4,108,737 37.9 1,162,408 10.7 2,852,504 26.3 2,616,911 24.1

FY2012 11,066,707 6,173,108 55.8 4,770,436 43.1 123,163 1.1 2,089,973 18.9 1,054,158 9.5 4,083,135 36.9 3,716,278 33.6

Table 2D: Total Enrollment for Domestic Intramural NIH Clinical Research from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal 

Year (FY)

Total 

Enrollment

Total 

Number 

of 

Females

Total % 

of 

Females

Total 

Number 

of Males

Total % 

of 

Males

Total 

Number of 

Unknown 

Sex/Gender

Total % of 

Unknown 

Sex/Gender

Number 

Enrolled 

in 

Femaleonly 

Studies

% 

Enrolled 

in 

Femaleonly 

Studies

Number 

Enrolled 

in Maleonly 

Studies

% 

Enrolled 

in Maleonly 

Studies

Number 

of 

Females, 

Excluding 

Femaleonly 

Studies

% of 

Females, 

Excluding 

Femaleonly 

Studies

Number 

of Males, 

Excluding 

Male-only 

Studies

% of 

Males, 

Excluding 

Maleonly 

Studies

FY2008 2,337,022 895,404 38.3 1,409,288 60.3 32,330 1.4 401,336 17.2 7,670 0.3 494,068 21.1 1,401,618 60.0

FY2009 2,416,529 906,553 37.5 1,468,812 60.8 41,164 1.7 159,063 6.6 9,472 0.4 747,490 30.9 1,459,340 60.4

FY2010 2,548,713 979,332 38.4 1,506,018 59.1 63,363 2.5 198,571 7.8 11,609 0.5 780,761 30.6 1,494,409 58.6

FY2011 2,616,667 1,013,717 38.7 1,535,633 58.7 67,317 2.6 210,108 8.0 10,180 0.4 803,609 30.7 1,525,453 58.3

FY2012 4,011,053 2,317,677 57.8 1,637,773 40.8 55,603 1.4 1,381,908 34.5 10,423 0.3 935,769 23.3 1,627,350 40.6
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Table 2E: Total Enrollment for All NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials from FY2003-FY2012 (10 Year Trend)

Fiscal 

Year (FY)

Total 

Enrollment

Total 

Number 

of 

Females

Total % 

of 

Females

Total 

Number 

of Males

Total % 

of Males

Total 

Number of 

Unknown 

Sex/Gender

Total % of 

Unknown 

Sex/Gender

Number 

Enrolled 

in 

Femaleonly 

Studies

% 

Enrolled 

in 

Femaleonly 

Studies

Number 

Enrolled 

in Maleonly 

Studies

% 

Enrolled 

in Maleonly 

Studies

Number 

of 

Females, 

Excluding 

Femaleonly 

Studies

% of 

Females, 

Excluding 

Femaleonly 

Studies

Number 

of Males, 

Excluding 

Maleonly 

Studies

% of 

Males, 

Excluding 

Maleonly 

Studies

FY2003 536,267 294,950 55.0 239,403 44.6 1,914 0.4 163,220 30.4 71,985 13.4 131,730 24.6 167,418 31.2

FY2004 545,367 301,353 55.3 242,913 44.5 1,101 0.2 160,148 29.4 72,762 13.3 141,205 25.9 170,151 31.2

FY2005 493,000 290,977 59.0 197,300 40.0 4,723 1.0 157,329 31.9 56,191 11.4 133,648 27.1 141,109 28.6

FY2006 499,430 314,066 62.9 179,975 36.0 5,389 1.1 167,624 33.6 27,723 5.6 146,442 29.3 152,252 30.5

FY2007 591,159 324,694 54.9 249,633 42.2 16,832 2.8 181,625 30.7 79,434 13.4 143,069 24.2 170,199 28.8

FY2008 792,578 455,612 57.5 319,732 40.3 17,234 2.2 219,673 27.7 79,613 10.0 235,939 29.8 240,119 30.3

FY2009 652,300 345,748 53.0 276,159 42.3 30,393 4.7 141,892 21.8 65,516 10.0 203,856 31.3 210,643 32.3

FY2010 769,885 408,181 53.0 330,808 43.0 30,896 4.0 119,103 15.5 62,315 8.1 289,078 37.5 268,493 34.9

FY2011 584,278 333,293 57.0 222,060 38.0 28,925 5.0 82,315 14.1 26,229 4.5 250,978 43.0 195,831 33.5

FY2012 603,136 374,819 62.1 197,019 32.7 31,298 5.2 58,916 9.8 10,288 1.7 315,903 52.4 186,731 31.0

Table 2F: Total Enrollment for Domestic NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal 

Year (FY)

Total 

Enrollment

Total 

Number 

of 

Females

Total % 

of 

Females

Total 

Number 

of Males

Total % 

of 

Males

Total 

Number of 

Unknown 

Sex/Gender

Total % of 

Unknown 

Sex/Gender

Number 

Enrolled 

in 

Femaleonly 

Studies

% 

Enrolled 

in 

Femaleonly 

Studies

Number 

Enrolled 

in Maleonly 

Studies

% 

Enrolled 

in Maleonly 

Studies

Number 

of 

Females, 

Excluding 

Femaleonly 

Studies

% of 

Females, 

Excluding 

Femaleonly 

Studies

Number 

of Males, 

Excluding 

Male-only 

Studies

% of 

Males, 

Excluding 

Maleonly 

Studies

FY2008 591,105 347,982 58.9 226,266 38.3 16,857 2.9 199,380 33.7 76,537 12.9 148,602 25.1 149,729 25.3

FY2009 590,886 347,533 58.8 226,715 38.4 16,638 2.8 123,192 20.8 59,643 10.1 224,341 38.0 167,072 28.3

FY2010 392,867 197,608 50.3 165,205 42.1 30,054 7.6 89,500 22.8 56,281 14.3 108,108 27.5 108,924 27.7

FY2011 303,916 160,644 52.9 116,345 38.3 26,927 8.9 64,095 21.1 24,337 8.0 96,549 31.8 92,008 30.3

FY2012 280,932 146,991 52.3 106,842 38.0 27,099 9.6 48,345 17.2 10,002 3.6 98,646 35.1 96,840 34.5
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Table 2G: Total Enrollment for Domestic Extramural NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

Total 

Enrollment

Total 

Number 

of 

Females

Total % 

of 

Females

Total 

Number 

of Males

Total 

% of 

Males

Total 

Number of 

Unknown 

Sex/Gender

Total % of 

Unknown 

Sex/Gender

Number 

Enrolled 

in 

Femaleonly 

Studies

% 

Enrolled 

in 

Femaleonly 

Studies

Number 

Enrolled 

in Maleonly 

Studies

% 

Enrolled 

in Maleonly 

Studies

Number of 

Females, 

Excluding 

Femaleonly 

Studies

% of 

Females, 

Excluding 

Femaleonly 

Studies

Number of 

Males, 

Excluding 

Male-only 

Studies

% of 

Males, 

Excluding 

Male-only 

Studies

FY2008 585,023 345,372 59.0 223,021 38.1 16,630 2.8 199,371 34.1 76,378 13.1 146,001 25.0 146,643 25.1

FY2009 584,886 345,144 59.0 223,117 38.1 16,625 2.8 123,187 21.1 59,488 10.2 221,957 37.9 163,629 28.0

FY2010 382,998 190,415 49.7 162,542 42.4 30,041 7.8 84,405 22.0 56,117 14.7 106,010 27.7 106,425 27.8

FY2011 293,864 153,306 52.2 113,644 38.7 26,914 9.2 58,915 20.0 24,179 8.2 94,391 32.1 89,465 30.4

FY2012 270,082 138,811 51.4 104,185 38.6 27,086 10.0 42,375 15.7 9,837 3.6 96,436 35.7 94,348 34.9

Table 2H: Total Enrollment for Domestic Intramural NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

Total 

Enrollment

Total 

Number 

of 

Females

Total % 

of 

Females

Total 

Number 

of Males

Total 

% of 

Males

Total 

Number of 

Unknown 

Sex/Gender

Total % of 

Unknown 

Sex/Gender

Number 

Enrolled 

in 

Femaleonly 

Studies

% 

Enrolled 

in 

Femaleonly 

Studies

Number 

Enrolled 

in Maleonly 

Studies

% 

Enrolled 

in Maleonly 

Studies

Number of 

Females, 

Excluding 

Femaleonly 

Studies

% of 

Females, 

Excluding 

Femaleonly 

Studies

Number of 

Males, 

Excluding 

Male-only 

Studies

% of 

Males, 

Excluding 

Male-only 

Studies

FY2008 6,082 2,610 42.9 3,245 53.4 227 3.7 9 0.1 159 2.6 2,601 42.8 3,086 50.7

FY2009 6,000 2,389 39.8 3,598 60.0 13 0.2 5 0.1 155 2.6 2,384 39.7 3,443 57.4

FY2010 9,869 7,193 72.9 2,663 27.0 13 0.1 5,095 51.6 164 1.7 2,098 21.3 2,499 25.3

FY2011 10,052 7,338 73.0 2,701 26.9 13 0.1 5,180 51.5 158 1.6 2,158 21.5 2,543 25.3

FY2012 10,850 8,180 75.4 2,657 24.5 13 0.1 5,970 55.0 165 1.5 2,210 20.4 2,492 23.0
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Section 3: Metrics Based on Aggregate Enrollment of Race and Ethnicity: Clinical Research

Table 3A: Total Enrollment and Minority Enrollment for All NIH Clinical Research

from FY2003-FY2012 (10 Year Trend)

Fiscal Year (FY) Total Number Enrolled Number of Minorities Enrolled % of Minorities Enrolled

FY2003 14,772,254 5,387,692 36.5

FY2004 18,923,920 7,611,611 40.2

FY2005 15,722,752 6,245,436 39.7

FY2006 14,830,930 6,388,316 43.1

FY2007 17,448,458 5,216,434 29.9

FY2008 15,412,355 4,412,106 28.6

FY2009 19,138,738 5,783,543 30.2

FY2010 23,363,635 7,510,763 32.1

FY2011 15,992,456 6,488,223 40.6

FY2012 17,655,238 6,446,175 36.5

Table 3B: Total Enrollment and Minority Enrollment for Domestic NIH Clinical Research 

(Old and New Forms) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal Year (FY) Total Number Enrolled Number of Minorities Enrolled % of Minorities Enrolled

FY2008 14,134,627 3,521,691 24.1

FY2009 17,962,879 4,998,599 27.8

FY2010 21,523,076 6,041,531 28.1

FY2011 13,470,269 4,390,764 32.6

FY2012 15,077,760 4,332,559 28.7

Table 3C: Total Enrollment and Minority Enrollment for Domestic Extramural NIH Clinical Research 

(Old and New Forms) FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal Year (FY) Total Number Enrolled Number of Minorities Enrolled % of Minorities Enrolled

FY2008 11,797,605 3,092,465 26.2

FY2009 15,546,350 4,419,314 28.4

FY2010 18,974,363 5,423,294 28.6

FY2011 10,853,602 3,746,667 34.5

FY2012 11,066,707 3,634,100 32.8

Table 3D: Total Enrollment and Minority Enrollment for Domestic Intramural NIH Clinical Research 

(Old and New Forms) FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal Year (FY) Total Number Enrolled Number of Minorities Enrolled % of Minorities Enrolled

FY2008 2,337,022 459,360 19.7

FY2009 2,416,529 579,285 24.0

FY2010 2,548,713 618,237 24.3

FY2011 2,616,667 644,097 24.6

FY2012 4,011,053 698,459 17.4
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Table 3E: Total Enrollment for All NIH Clinical Research Racial Categories

(Old Form, 1977 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

Total 

Enrollment

Number 

of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

% of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

American 

Indian/

Alaska 

Native

% 

American 

Indian/

Alaska 

Native

Asian/

Pacific 

Islander

% 

Asian/

Pacific 

Islander

Black or 

African 

American

% Black 

or 

African 

American

Hispanic 

not 

White

% 

Hispanic 

not 

White

White % 

White Unknown/Other % Unknown/Other

FY2008 626,419 146,171 23.3 1,930 0.3 16,258 2.6 99,164 15.8 28,819 4.6 460,533 73.5 19,715 3.1

FY2009 389,466 74,571 19.1 1,213 0.3 11,652 3.0 42,405 10.9 19,301 5.0 299,115 76.8 15,780 4.1

FY2010 266,757 57,755 21.7 682 0.3 9,081 3.4 32,551 12.2 15,441 5.8 203,303 76.2 5,699 2.1

FY2011 18,294 3,824 20.9 60 0.3 382 2.1 1,787 9.8 1,595 8.7 13,950 76.3 520 2.8

FY2012 7,163 3,250 45.4 55 0.8 281 3.9 1,478 20.6 1,436 20.0 3,636 50.8 277 3.9

Table 3F: Total Enrollment for All NIH Clinical Research Racial Categories 

(New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

Total 

Enrollment

Number of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

% of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

American 

Indian/

Alaska 

Native

% American 

Indian/

Alaska 

Native

Asian % 

Asian

Black or 

African 

American

% Black or 

African 

American

Native 

Hawaiian or 

Pacific Islander

% Native 

Hawaiian or 

Pacific Islander

White % 

White

FY2008 14,785,936 4,265,935 28.9 134,494 0.9 1,168,053 7.9 1,835,035 12.4 48,560 0.3 9,651,267 65.3

FY2009 18,749,272 5,708,972 30.4 154,515 0.8 1,840,539 9.8 2,287,577 12.2 50,339 0.3 12,790,945 68.2

FY2010 23,096,878 7,453,008 32.3 361,229 1.6 2,133,596 9.2 2,949,614 12.8 150,856 0.7 15,278,117 66.1

FY2011 15,974,162 6,484,399 40.6 360,626 2.3 2,351,721 14.7 2,112,553 13.2 47,794 0.3 9,154,454 57.3

FY2012 17,648,075 6,442,925 36.5 335,460 1.9 2,157,236 12.2 2,140,641 12.1 56,721 0.3 9,070,528 51.4

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

More than one race % More than one race Unknown/Not Reported % Unknown/Not Reported

FY2008 181,941 1.2 1,766,586 11.9

FY2009 323,839 1.7 1,301,518 6.9

FY2010 358,946 1.6 1,864,520 8.1

FY2011 349,281 2.2 1,597,733 10.0

FY2012 355,539 2.0 3,531,950 20.0
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Table 3G: Total Enrollment for All NIH Clinical Research Ethnic Categories 

(New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal Year (FY) Not Hispanic % Not Hispanic Hispanic or Latino % Hispanic or Latino Unknown/Not Reported % Unknown/Not Reported

FY2008 11,881,644 80.4 1,116,699 7.6 1,787,594 12.1

FY2009 16,033,547 85.5 1,302,944 6.9 1,412,781 7.5

FY2010 18,962,836 82.1 1,958,060 8.5 2,175,982 9.4

FY2011 12,687,228 79.4 1,641,383 10.3 1,645,551 10.3

FY2012 12,091,772 68.5 1,778,148 10.1 3,778,155 21.4
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Table 3H: Total Enrollment for Domestic NIH Clinical Research Racial Categories 

(Old Form, 1977 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

Total 

Enrollment

Number of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

% of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

American 

Indian/

Alaska 

Native

% 

American 

Indian/

Alaska 

Native

Asian/

Pacific 

Islander

% Asian/

Pacific 

Islander

Black or 

African 

American

% Black 

or 

African 

America

n

Hispan

ic, 

not 

White

% 

Hispanic, 

not 

White

White % 

White

Unknown/

Other

% 

Unknow

n/Other

FY2008 622,354 111,795 18.0 12,505 2.0 11,366 1.8 62,753 10.1 25,171 4.0 350,300 56.3 160,259 25.8

FY2009 372,018 72,601 19.5 1,165 0.3 11,204 3.0 42,213 11.3 18,019 4.8 284,717 76.5 14,700 4.0

FY2010 256,522 55,229 21.5 656 0.3 8,510 3.3 31,785 12.4 14,278 5.6 195,779 76.3 5,514 2.1

FY2011 17,878 3,723 20.8 60 0.3 380 2.1 1,730 9.7 1,553 8.7 13,663 76.4 492 2.8

FY2012 7,163 3,250 45.4 55 0.8 281 3.9 1,478 20.6 1,436 20.0 3,636 50.8 277 3.9

Table 3I: Total Enrollment for Domestic NIH Clinical Research Racial Categories 

(New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

Total 

Enrollment

Number of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

% of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

American 

Indian/

Alaska 

Native

% American 

Indian/Alaska 

Native

Asian % 

Asian

Black or 

African 

American

% Black or 

African 

American

Native 

Hawaiian or 

Pacific 

Islander

% Native 

Hawaiian or 

Pacific 

Islander

White % 

White

FY2008 13,512,273 3,409,896 25.2 111,668 0.8 719,287 5.3 1,582,616 11.7 41,780 0.3 9,256,041 68.5

FY2009 17,590,861 4,925,998 28.0 145,541 0.8 1,396,409 7.9 2,066,817 11.7 47,981 0.3 12,387,427 70.4

FY2010 21,266,554 5,986,302 28.1 180,458 0.8 1,396,324 6.6 2,521,997 11.9 150,539 0.7 14,917,917 70.1

FY2011 13,452,391 4,387,041 32.6 153,066 1.1 1,234,591 9.2 1,610,345 12.0 47,247 0.4 8,731,310 64.9

FY2012 15,070,597 4,329,309 28.7 123,329 0.8 1,033,995 6.9 1,665,516 11.1 56,474 0.4 8,598,595 57.1

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

More than one race % More than one race Unknown/Not Reported % Unknown/Not Reported

FY2008 168,750 1.2 1,632,131 12.1

FY2009 302,563 1.7 1,244,123 7.1

FY2010 333,164 1.6 1,766,155 8.3

FY2011 325,613 2.4 1,350,219 10.0

FY2012 329,050 2.2 3,263,638 21.7
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Table 3J: Total Enrollment for Domestic NIH Clinical Research Ethnic Categories 

(New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal Year (FY) Not Hispanic % Not Hispanic Hispanic or Latino % Hispanic or Latino Unknown/Not Reported % Unknown/Not Reported

FY2008 10,871,618 80.5 945,603 7.0 1,695,053 12.5

FY2009 15,090,139 85.8 1,142,171 6.5 1,358,551 7.7

FY2010 17,523,002 82.4 1,650,926 7.8 2,092,626 9.8

FY2011 10,765,968 80.0 1,151,089 8.6 1,535,334 11.4

FY2012 10,115,385 67.1 1,263,122 8.4 3,692,090 24.5
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Table 3K: Total Enrollment for Domestic Extramural NIH Clinical Research Racial Categories

(Old Form, 1977 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

Total 

Enrollment

Number of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

% of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

American 

Indian/

Alaska 

Native

% 

American 

Indian/

Alaska 

Native

Asian/

Pacific 

Islander

% Asian/

Pacific 

Islander

Black or 

African 

American

%

Black or 

African 

American

Hispanic 

not 

White

% 

Hispanic 

not 

White

White % 

White

Unknown/

Other

% 

Unknown/

Other

FY2008 424,022 70,168 16.5 1,610 0.4 9,483 2.2 39,092 9.2 19,983 4.7 337,016 79.5 16,838 4.0

FY2009 210,541 34,534 16.4 884 0.4 4,456 2.1 20,257 9.6 8,937 4.2 163,706 77.8 12,301 5.8

FY2010 92,838 16,843 18.1 348 0.4 1,554 1.7 9,305 10.0 5,636 6.1 73,120 78.8 2,875 3.1

FY2011 17,878 3,723 20.8 60 0.3 380 2.1 1,730 9.7 1,553 8.7 13,663 76.4 492 2.8

FY2012 7,163 3,250 45.4 55 0.8 281 3.9 1,478 20.6 1,436 20.0 3,636 50.8 277 3.9

Table 3L: Total Enrollment for Domestic Extramural NIH Clinical Research Racial Categories

(New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

Total 

Enrollment

Number of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

% of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

American 

Indian/Alaska 

Native

% 

American 

Indian/

Alaska 

Native

Asian % 

Asian

Black or 

African 

American

% Black or 

African 

American

Native 

Hawaiian or 

Pacific 

Islander

% Native 

Hawaiian or 

Pacific 

Islander

White % 

White

FY2008 11,373,583 3,022,297 26.6 91,219 0.8 682,794 6.0 1,342,138 11.8 37,213 0.3 7,673,578 67.5

FY2009 15,335,809 4,384,780 28.6 124,638 0.8 1,359,843 8.9 1,806,313 11.8 46,579 0.3 10,854,012 70.8

FY2010 18,881,525 5,406,451 28.6 157,306 0.8 1,357,807 7.2 2,241,304 11.9 146,735 0.8 13,331,570 70.6

FY2011 10,835,724 3,742,944 34.5 127,914 1.2 1,182,405 10.9 1,295,314 12.0 42,554 0.4 6,986,561 64.5

FY2012 11,059,544 3,630,850 32.8 96,939 0.9 969,446 8.8 1,340,160 12.1 50,939 0.5 6,736,548 60.9

Fiscal 

Year (FY) More than one race % More than one race Unknown/Not Reported % Unknown/Not Reported

FY2008 158,379 1.4 1,388,262 12.2

FY2009 157,430 1.0 986,976 6.4

FY2010 180,093 1.0 1,466,710 7.8

FY2011 178,911 1.7 1,022,065 9.4

FY2012 181,044 1.6 1,684,468 15.2
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Table 3M: Total Enrollment for Domestic Extramural NIH Clinical Research Ethnic Categories (New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions) 

from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal Year (FY) Not Hispanic % Not Hispanic Hispanic or Latino % Hispanic or Latino Unknown/Not Reported % Unknown/Not Reported

FY2008 9,045,771 79.5 867,052 7.6 1,460,761 12.8

FY2009 13,306,619 86.8 1,061,093 6.9 968,097 6.3

FY2010 15,672,806 83.0 1,560,272 8.3 1,648,447 8.7

FY2011 8,715,026 80.4 1,044,252 9.6 1,076,446 9.9

FY2012 8,047,787 72.8 1,128,442 10.2 1,883,315 17.0
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Table 3N: Total Enrollment for Domestic Intramural NIH Clinical Research Racial Categories 

(Old Form, 1977 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)19

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

Total 

Enrollment

Number of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

% of

Minorities 

Enrolled

American 

Indian/

Alaska 

Native

% 

American 

Indian/

Alaska 

Native

Asian/

Pacific 

Islander

% 

Asian/

Pacific 

Islander

Black or 

African 

American

% Black 

or 

African 

American

Hispanic 

not 

White

% 

Hispanic 

not 

White

White % 

White

Unknown/

Other

% 

Unknown/

Other

FY2008 197,916 74,958 37.9 291 0.1 6,681 3.4 60,038 30.3 7,948 4.0 120,201 60.7 2,757 1.4

FY2009 161,477 38,067 23.6 281 0.2 6,748 4.2 21,956 13.6 9,082 5.6 121,011 74.9 2,399 1.5

FY2010 163,684 38,386 23.5 308 0.2 6,956 4.2 22,480 13.7 8,642 5.3 122,659 74.9 2,639 1.6

FY2011 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

FY2012 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

Table 3O: Total Enrollment for Domestic Intramural NIH Clinical Research Racial Categories

(New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

Total 

Enrollment

Number of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

% of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

American 

Indian/Alaska 

Native

% American 

Indian/Alaska 

Native

Asian % 

Asian

Black or 

African 

American

% Black or 

African 

American

Native 

Hawaiian 

or Pacific 

Islander

% Native 

Hawaiian 

or Pacific 

Islander

White % 

White

FY2008 2,139,106 384,402 18.0 21,335 1.0 36,225 1.7 237,793 11.1 4,556 0.2 1,575,167 73.6

FY2009 2,255,052 541,218 24.0 20,903 0.9 36,566 1.6 260,504 11.6 1,384 0.1 1,533,415 68.0

FY2010 2,385,029 579,851 24.3 23,152 1.0 38,517 1.6 280,693 11.8 3,804 0.2 1,586,347 66.5

FY2011 2,616,667 644,097 24.6 25,152 1.0 52,186 2.0 315,031 12.0 4,693 0.2 1,744,749 66.7

FY2012 4,011,053 698,459 17.4 26,390 0.7 64,549 1.6 325,356 8.1 5,535 0.1 1,862,047 46.4

Fiscal 

Year (FY) More than one race % More than one race Unknown/Not Reported % Unknown/Not Reported

FY2008 10,157 0.5 253,873 11.9

FY2009 145,133 6.4 257,147 11.4

FY2010 153,071 6.4 299,445 12.6

FY2011 146,702 5.6 328,154 12.5

FY2012 148,006 3.7 1,579,170 39.4

 

19 Data have zeroes for FY2011 and FY2012 because the intramural programs have migrated all data to the new data form (1997 OMB definitions)
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Table 3P: Total Enrollment for Domestic Intramural NIH Clinical Research Ethnic Categories 

(New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal Year (FY) Not Hispanic % Not Hispanic Hispanic or Latino % Hispanic or Latino Unknown/Not Reported % Unknown/Not Reported

FY2008 1,817,816 85.0 77,927 3.6 243,363 11.4

FY2009 1,783,520 79.1 81,078 3.6 390,454 17.3

FY2010 1,850,196 77.6 90,654 3.8 444,179 18.6

FY2011 2,050,942 78.4 106,837 4.1 458,888 17.5

FY2012 2,067,598 51.5 134,680 3.4 1,808,790 45.1
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Section 4: Metrics Based on Aggregate Enrollment of Race and Ethnicity:

NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials

Table 4A: Total Enrollment and Minority Enrollment for All NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials

from FY2003-FY2012 (10 Year Trend)

Fiscal Year (FY) Total Number Enrolled Number of Minorities Enrolled % of Minorities Enrolled

FY2003 536,267 132,302 24.7

FY2004 545,367 150,456 27.6

FY2005 493,000 154,191 31.3

FY2006 499,430 167,446 33.5

FY2007 591,159 244,932 41.4

FY2008 792,578 270,899 34.2

FY2009 652,300 291,949 44.8

FY2010 769,885 447,187 58.1

FY2011 584,278 347,770 59.5

FY2012 603,136 396,714 65.8

Table 4B: Total Enrollment and Minority Enrollment for Domestic NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials

(Old and New Forms) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal Year (FY) Total Number Enrolled Number of Minorities Enrolled % of Minorities Enrolled

FY2008 591,105 119,582 20.2

FY2009 433,895 97,079 22.4

FY2010 392,867 92,509 23.5

FY2011 303,916 76,415 25.1

FY2012 280,932 81,420 29.0

Table 4C: Total Enrollment and Minority Enrollment for Domestic Extramural NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical 

Trials (Old and New Forms) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal Year (FY) Total Number Enrolled Number of Minorities Enrolled % of Minorities Enrolled

FY2008 585,023 117,869 20

FY2009 427,895 95,512 22

FY2010 382,998 89,006 23

FY2011 293,864 72,819 25

FY2012 270,082 77,371 29

Table 4D: Total Enrollment and Minority Enrollment for Domestic Intramural NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical 

Trials (Old and New Forms) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal Year (FY) Total Number Enrolled Number of Minorities Enrolled % of Minorities Enrolled

2008 6,082 1,713 28.2

2009 6,000 1,567 26.1

2010 9,869 3,503 35.5

2011 10,052 3,596 35.8

2012 10,850 4,049 37.3
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Table 4E: Total Enrollment for All NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials Racial Categories

(Old Form, 1977 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

Total 

Enrollment

Number 

of Data 

Records

Number of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

% of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

American 

Indian/

Alaska 

Native

% 

American 

Indian/

Alaska 

Native

Asian/

Pacific 

Islander

% Asian/

Pacific 

Islander

Black or 

African 

American

% Black 

or African 

American

Hispanic 

not 

White

% 

Hispanic 

not 

White

White % 

White

Unknown

/Other

% 

Unknown

/Other

FY2008 232,544 164 37,529 16.1 900 0.4 4,542 2.0 22,445 9.7 9,642 4.1 190,753 82.0 4,262 1.8

FY2009 165,737 196 25,344 15.3 613 0.4 3,291 2.0 14,956 9.0 6,484 3.9 136,082 82.1 4,311 2.6

FY2010 78,435 62 11,601 14.8 296 0.4 1,192 1.5 6,888 8.8 3,225 4.1 66,085 84.3 749 1.0

FY2011 1,159 3 13 1.1 1 0.1 3 0.3 9 0.8 0 0.0 1,088 93.9 58 5.0

FY2012 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

Table 4F: Total Enrollment for All NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials Racial Categories 

(New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

Total 

Enrollment

Number 

of 

Protocols

Number of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

% of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

American 

Indian/Alaska 

Native

% American 

Indian/Alaska 

Native

Asian % 

Asian

Black or 

African 

American

% Black or 

African 

American

Native 

Hawaiian 

or Pacific 

Islander

% Native 

Hawaiian 

or Pacific 

Islander

White % 

White

FY2008 560,034 475 270,889 48.4 15,006 2.7 95,296 17.0 103,166 18.4 716 0.1 281,344 50.2

FY2009 486,563 434 266,605 54.8 17,509 3.6 92,868 19.1 116,233 23.9 859 0.2 189,527 39.0

FY2010 691,450 634 435,586 63.0 15,846 2.3 113,042 16.3 254,738 36.8 936 0.1 229,410 33.2

FY2011 583,119 579 347,757 59.6 26,035 4.5 179,062 30.7 89,538 15.4 1,043 0.2 213,182 36.6

FY2012 603,136 548 396,714 65.8 28,352 4.7 214,542 35.6 96,158 15.9 967 0.2 182,936 30.3

Fiscal 

Year (FY) More than one race % More than one race Unknown/Not Reported % Unknown/Not Reported

FY2008 12,136 2.2 52,370 9.4

FY2009 4,676 1.0 64,891 13.3

FY2010 8,258 1.2 69,220 10.0

FY2011 7,668 1.3 66,591 11.4

FY2012 6,398 1.1 73,783 12.2

Table 4G: Total Enrollment for All NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials Ethnic Categories 
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(New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal Year (FY) Not Hispanic % Not Hispanic Hispanic or Latino % Hispanic or Latino Unknown/Not Reported % Unknown/Not Reported

FY2008 11,881,644 80.4 1,116,699 7.6 1,787,594 12.1

FY2009 16,033,547 85.5 1,302,944 6.9 1,412,781 7.5

FY2010 18,962,836 82.1 1,958,060 8.5 2,175,982 9.4

FY2011 12,687,228 79.4 1,641,383 10.3 1,645,551 10.3

FY2012 12,091,772 68.5 1,778,148 10.1 3,778,155 21.4
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Table 4H: Total Enrollment for Domestic NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials Racial Categories

(Old Form, 1977 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

Total 

Enrollment

Number of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

% of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

American 

Indian/

Alaska 

Native

% 

American 

Indian/

Alaska 

Native

Asian/

Pacific 

Islander

% Asian/

Pacific 

Islander

Black

or 

African 

American

% Black 

or 

African 

American

Hispanic 

not 

White

% 

Hispanic 

not 

White

White % 

White

Unknown

/Other

% Unknown/

Other

FY2008 229,348 37,458 16.3 885 0.4 4,506 2.0 22,431 9.8 9,636 4.2 187,719 81.8 4,171 1.8

FY2009 150,439 24,468 16.3 569 0.4 2,861 1.9 14,768 9.8 6,270 4.2 122,713 81.6 3,258 2.2

FY2010 70,513 11,268 16.0 270 0.4 1,026 1.5 6,816 9.7 3,156 4.5 58,678 83.2 567 0.8

FY2011 929 12 1.3 1 0.1 2 0.2 9 1.0 0 0.0 882 94.9 35 3.8

FY2012 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

Table 4I: Total Enrollment for Domestic NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials Racial Categories 

(New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

Total 

Enrollment

Number of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

% of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

American 

Indian/Alaska 

Native

% American 

Indian/Alaska 

Native

Asian % 

Asian

Black or 

African 

American

% Black or 

African 

American

Native 

Hawaiian 

or Pacific 

Islander

% Native 

Hawaiian 

or Pacific 

Islander

White % 

White

FY2008 361,757 81,924 22.6 2,256 0.6 6,314 1.7 25,753 7.1 713 0.2 276,406 76.4

FY2009 283,456 72,611 25.6 5,349 1.9 11,752 4.1 23,520 8.3 844 0.3 183,320 64.7

FY2010 322,354 81,241 25.2 3,231 1.0 6,899 2.1 32,467 10.1 901 0.3 217,844 67.6

FY2011 302,987 76,403 25.2 3,390 1.1 7,720 2.5 27,134 9.0 1,014 0.3 204,315 67.4

FY2012 280,932 81,420 29.0 3,397 1.2 5,504 2.0 34,495 12.3 943 0.3 176,627 62.9

Fiscal 

Year (FY) More than one race % More than one race Unknown/Not Reported % Unknown/Not Reported

FY2008 11,836 3.3 38,479 10.6

FY2009 4,672 1.6 53,999 19.1

FY2010 6,326 2.0 54,686 17.0

FY2011 6,142 2.0 53,272 17.6

FY2012 6,396 2.3 53,570 19.1
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Table 4J: Total Enrollment for Domestic NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials Ethnic Categories 

(New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal Year (FY) Not Hispanic % Not Hispanic Hispanic or Latino % Hispanic or Latino Unknown/Not Reported % Unknown/Not Reported

FY2008 289,525 80.0 42,003 11.6 30,229 8.4

FY2009 212,327 74.9 32,101 11.3 39,028 13.8

FY2010 246,756 76.5 34,635 10.7 40,963 12.7

FY2011 230,759 76.2 34,308 11.3 37,920 12.5

FY2012 205,055 73.0 34,255 12.2 41,622 14.8
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Table 4K: Total Enrollment for Domestic Extramural NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials Racial Categories

(Old Form, 1977 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

Total 

Enrollment

Number of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

% of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

American 

Indian/

Alaska 

Native

% 

American 

Indian/

Alaska 

Native

Asian/

Pacific 

Islander

% 

Asian/

Pacific 

Islander

Black or 

African 

American

% Black 

or 

African 

American

Hispanic 

not 

White

% 

Hispanic 

not 

White

White % 

White

Unknown/

Other

% 

Unknown/

Other

FY2008 226,137 36,952 16.3 880 0.4 4,442 2.0 22,069 9.8 9,561 4.2 185,032 81.8 4,153 1.8

FY2009 147,399 24,097 16.3 565 0.4 2,799 1.9 14,542 9.9 6,191 4.2 120,068 81.5 3,234 2.2

FY2010 67,454 10,894 16.2 265 0.4 963 1.4 6,586 9.8 3,080 4.6 56,016 83.0 544 0.8

FY2011 929 12 1.3 1 0.1 2 0.2 9 1.0 0 0.0 882 94.9 35 3.8

FY2012 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

Table 4L: Total Enrollment for Domestic Extramural NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials Racial Categories

(New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

Total 

Enrollment

Number of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

% of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

American 

Indian/

Alaska Native

% American 

Indian/

Alaska Native

Asian % 

Asian

Black or 

African 

American

% Black or 

African 

American

Native 

Hawaiian 

or Pacific 

Islander

% Native 

Hawaiian 

or Pacific 

Islander

White % 

White

FY2008 358,886 80,917 22.5 2,449 0.7 6,192 1.7 24,843 6.9 636 0.2 275,071 76.6

FY2009 280,496 71,415 25.5 5,173 1.8 11,727 4.2 22,694 8.1 843 0.3 182,692 65.1

FY2010 315,544 78,112 24.8 2,947 0.9 6,700 2.1 30,058 9.5 900 0.3 213,988 67.8

FY2011 292,935 72,807 24.9 3,092 1.1 7,451 2.5 24,435 8.3 1,011 0.3 197,742 67.5

FY2012 270,082 77,371 28.6 3,091 1.1 5,207 1.9 31,609 11.7 938 0.3 169,553 62.8

Fiscal 

Year (FY) More than one race % More than one race Unknown/Not Reported % Unknown/Not Reported

FY2008 11,832 3.3 37,863 10.6

FY2009 4,668 1.7 52,699 18.8

FY2010 6,321 2.0 54,630 17.3

FY2011 6,131 2.1 53,073 18.1

FY2012 6,377 2.4 53,307 19.7
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Table 4M: Total Enrollment for Domestic Extramural NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials Ethnic Categories 

(New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal Year (FY) Not Hispanic % Not Hispanic Hispanic or Latino % Hispanic or Latino Unknown/Not Reported % Unknown/Not Reported

FY2008 287,156 80.0 41,914 11.7 29,816 8.3

FY2009 209,846 74.8 31,936 11.4 38,714 13.8

FY2010 240,203 76.1 34,403 10.9 40,938 13.0

FY2011 221,136 75.5 33,942 11.6 37,857 12.9

FY2012 194,915 72.2 33,657 12.5 41,510 15.4
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Table 4N: Total Enrollment for Domestic Intramural NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials Racial Categories

(Old Form, 1977 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)20

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

Total 

Enrollment

Number of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

% of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

American 

Indian/

Alaska 

Native

% 

American 

Indian/

Alaska 

Native

Asian/

Pacific 

Islander

% Asian/

Pacific 

Islander

Black or 

African 

American

% Black 

or 

African 

American

Hispanic, 

not 

White

% 

Hispanic, 

not White

White % 

White

Unknown/

Other

% Unknown/

Other

FY2008 3,211 506 15.8 5 0.2 64 2.0 362 11.3 75 2.3 2,687 83.7 18 0.6

FY2009 3,040 371 12.2 4 0.1 62 2.0 226 7.4 79 2.6 2,645 87.0 24 0.8

FY2010 3,059 374 12.2 5 0.2 63 2.1 230 7.5 76 2.5 2,662 87.0 23 0.8

FY2011 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

FY2012 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

Table 4O: Total Enrollment for Domestic Intramural NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials Racial Categories 

(New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

Total 

Enrollment

Number of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

% of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

American 

Indian/Alaska 

Native

% American 

Indian/Alaska 

Native

Asian % 

Asian

Black or 

African 

American

% Black or 

African 

American

Native 

Hawaiian or 

Pacific 

Islander

% Native 

Hawaiian or 

Pacific 

Islander

White % 

White

FY2008 2,871 1,207 42.0 7 0.2 122 4.2 910 31.7 77 2.7 1,335 46.5

FY2009 2,960 1,196 40.4 176 5.9 25 0.8 826 27.9 1 0.0 628 21.2

FY2010 6,810 3,129 45.9 284 4.2 199 2.9 2,409 35.4 1 0.0 3,856 56.6

FY2011 10,052 3,596 35.8 298 3.0 269 2.7 2,699 26.9 3 0.0 6,573 65.4

FY2012 10,850 4,049 37.3 306 2.8 297 2.7 2,886 26.6 5 0.0 7,074 65.2

Fiscal 

Year (FY) More than one race % More than one race Unknown/Not Reported % Unknown/Not Reported

FY2008 4 0.1 416 14.5

FY2009 4 0.1 1,300 43.9

FY2010 5 0.1 56 0.8

FY2011 11 0.1 199 2.0

FY2012 19 0.2 263 2.4

 

20 Data have zeroes for FY2011 and FY2012 because the intramural programs have migrated all data to the new data form (1997 OMB definitions)
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Table 4P: Total Enrollment of Domestic Intramural NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials Ethnic Categories 

(New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions) from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal Year (FY) Not Hispanic % Not Hispanic Hispanic or Latino % Hispanic or Latino Unknown/Not Reported % Unknown/Not Reported

FY2008 2,369 82.5 89 3.1 413 14.4

FY2009 2,481 83.8 165 5.6 314 10.6

FY2010 6,553 96.2 232 3.4 25 0.4

FY2011 9,623 95.7 366 3.6 63 0.6

FY2012 10,140 93.5 598 5.5 112 1.0
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Section 5: Metrics Based on Aggregate Enrollment: Sex/Gender by Race and Ethnicity

for NIH Clinical Research

Table 5A: Minority Enrollment by Sex/Gender for All NIH Clinical Research from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal 

Year (FY) Sex/Gender

Total Number of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

% of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

Number of Minorities 

Enrolled and Reported 

on OLD Form

% of Minorities 

Enrolled and 

Reported on OLD 

Form

Number of Minorities 

Enrolled and Reported 

on NEW Form

% of Minorities 

Enrolled and 

Reported on NEW 

Form

FY2008 Female 9,243,966 60.0 86,903 59.5 2,522,763 59.1

FY2008 Male 5,991,739 38.9 59,249 40.5 1,725,239 40.4

FY2008 Unknown Sex/Gender 176,650 1.1 19 0.0 17,933 0.4

FY2009 Female 3,438,992 59.5 38,109 51.1 3,400,883 59.6

FY2009 Male 2,325,402 40.2 36,455 48.9 2,288,947 40.0

FY2009 Unknown Sex/Gender 19,149 0.3 7 0.0 19,142 0.0

FY2010 Female 4,423,474 58.9 27,730 48.0 4,395,744 59.0

FY2010 Male 3,041,396 40.5 29,882 51.7 3,011,514 40.4

FY2010 Unknown Sex/Gender 45,893 0.6 143 0.2 45,750 0.6

FY2011 Female 4,018,450 62.3 1,619 49.8 4,016,831 62.3

FY2011 Male 2,430,139 37.7 2,204 67.8 2,427,935 37.7

FY2011 Unknown Sex/Gender 39,634 0.6 1 0.0 39,633 0.6

FY2012 Female 3,742,903 58.1 1,333 41.0 3,741,570 58.1

FY2012 Male 2,661,413 41.3 1,916 59.0 2,659,497 41.3

FY2012 Unknown Sex/Gender 41,859 0.6 1 0.0 41,858 0.6
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Table 5B: FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for All NIH Clinical Research: Sex/Gender by Race (Old Form, 1977 OMB Definitions)

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

Sex/Gender

American 

Indian/

Alaska 

Native

% American 

Indian/

Alaska 

Native

Asian/

Pacific Islander

% Asian/

Pacific Islander

Black or 

African 

American

% Black or 

African 

American

Hispanic 

not White

% Hispanic 

not White White % White Unknown/ Other

% Unknown/ 

Other

FY2011 Female 28 0.3 192 2.3 676 8.1 723 8.7 6,545 78.6 167 2.0

FY2011 Male 32 0.3 189 1.9 1,111 11.2 872 8.8 7,402 74.5 332 3.3

FY2011 Unknown Sex/Gender 0 0.0 1 4.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 12.0 21 84.0

FY2012 Female 27 0.9 134 4.3 516 16.4 656 20.8 1,697 53.8 122 3.9

FY2012 Male 28 0.7 146 3.7 962 24.1 780 19.5 1,939 48.5 142 3.6

FY2012 Unknown Sex/Gender 0 0.0 1 7.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 13 92.9

Table 5C: FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for All NIH Clinical Research: Sex/Gender by Race (New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions)

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

Sex/Gender

American 

Indian/

Alaska 

Native

% 

American 

Indian/

Alaska

Native

Asian %

Asian

Black or 

African 

American

%

Black or 

African 

American

Native 

Hawaiian or 

Pacific 

Islander

%

Native 

Hawaiian 

or

Pacific 

Islander

White %

White

More than 

one race

%

More than 

one race

Unknown/

Not Reported

% 

Unknown/

Not 

Reported

FY2011 Female 215,720 2.3 1,607,044 16.9 1,181,791 12.5 27,304 0.3 5,342,673 56.3 197,882 2.1 918,937 9.7

FY2011 Male 144,147 2.3 732,466 11.7 911,489 14.5 20,374 0.3 3,790,071 60.4 150,575 2.4 528,246 8.4

FY2011 Unknown Sex/Gender 759 0.4 12,211 5.9 19,273 9.4 116 0.1 21,710 10.6 824 0.4 150,550 73.3

FY2012 Female 188,522 1.9 1,380,540 13.7 1,189,565 11.8 33,115 0.3 4,734,414 47.0 196,008 1.9 2,346,581 23.3

FY2012 Male 146,418 2.0 758,732 10.3 937,078 12.7 23,490 0.3 4,308,675 58.4 158,484 2.1 1,046,010 14.2

FY2012 Unknown Sex/Gender 520 0.3 17,964 9.0 13,998 7.0 116 0.1 27,439 13.7 1,047 0.5 139,359 69.5

Table 5D: FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for All NIH Clinical Research: Sex/Gender by Ethnicity (New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions)

Fiscal Year (FY) Sex/Gender Not Hispanic % Not Hispanic Hispanic or Latino % Hispanic or Latino Unknown/Not Reported % Unknown/Not Reported

FY2011 Female 7,651,179 80.6 995,980 10.5 844,192 8.9

FY2011 Male 4,990,330 79.5 636,549 10.1 650,489 10.4

FY2011 Unknown Sex/Gender 45,719 22.3 8,854 4.3 150,870 73.4

FY2012 Female 6,490,049 64.5 967,926 9.6 2,610,770 25.9

FY2012 Male 5,544,566 75.1 801,398 10.9 1,032,923 14.0

FY2012 Unknown Sex/Gender 57,157 28.5 8,824 4.4 134,462 67.1
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Table 5E: Minority Enrollment by Sex/Gender for Domestic NIH Clinical Research from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal 

Year (FY) Sex/Gender

Total Number of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

% of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

Number of Minorities 

Enrolled and Reported 

on OLD Form

% of Minorities 

Enrolled and 

Reported on OLD 

Form

Number of Minorities 

Enrolled and Reported

on NEW Form

% of Minorities 

Enrolled and 

Reported on NEW 

Form

FY2008 Female 2,121,057 60.2 86,451 77.3 2,034,606 59.7

FY2008 Male 1,386,456 39.4 25,121 22.5 1,361,335 39.9

FY2008 Unknown Sex/Gender 14,178 0.4 223 0.2 13,955 0.4

FY2009 Female 2,924,019 59.9 36,421 50.2 2,887,598 60.0

FY2009 Male 1,943,741 39.8 36,174 49.8 1,907,567 39.6

FY2009 Unknown Sex/Gender 16,034 0.3 6 0.0 16,028 0.3

FY2010 Female 3,557,029 58.9 25,909 46.9 3,531,120 59.0

FY2010 Male 2,444,784 40.5 29,177 52.8 2,415,607 40.4

FY2010 Unknown Sex/Gender 39,718 0.7 143 0.3 39,575 0.7

FY2011 Female 2,744,151 62.5 1,567 42.1 2,742,584 62.5

FY2011 Male 1,625,743 37.0 2,155 57.9 1,623,588 37.0

FY2011 Unknown Sex/Gender 20,870 0.5 1 0.0 20,869 0.5

FY2012 Female 2,423,584 55.9 1,333 41.0 2,422,251 56.0

FY2012 Male 1,882,114 43.4 1,916 59.0 1,880,198 43.4

FY2012 Unknown Sex/Gender 26,861 0.6 1 0.0 26,860 0.6
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Table 5F: FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for Domestic NIH Clinical Research: Sex/Gender by Race (Old Form, 1977 OMB Definitions)

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

Sex/Gender

American 

Indian/Alaska 

Native

% American 

Indian/Alaska 

Native

Asian/Pacific 

Islander

% 

Asian/Pacific 

Islander

Black or 

African 

American

% Black 

or 

African 

American

Hispanic 

not White

% 

Hispanic 

not 

White

White % 

White

Unknown/ 

Other

% 

Unknown/ 

Other

FY2011 Female 28 0.3 190 2.3 647 7.9 702 8.6 6,420 78.9 155 1.9

FY2011 Male 32 0.3 189 1.9 1,083 11.2 851 8.8 7,242 74.6 316 3.3

FY2011 Unknown Sex/Gender 0 0.0 1 4.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 4.3 21 91.3

FY2012 Female 27 0.9 134 4.3 516 16.4 656 20.8 1,697 53.8 122 3.9

FY2012 Male 28 0.7 146 3.7 962 24.1 780 19.5 1,939 48.5 142 3.6

FY2012 Unknown Sex/Gender 0 0.0 1 7.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 13 92.9

Table 5G: FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for Domestic NIH Clinical Research: Sex/Gender by Race (New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions)

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

Sex/Gender

American 

Indian/

Alaska 

Native

% 

American 

Indian/

Alaska 

Native

Asian % 

Asian

Black or 

African 

American

% Black 

or 

African 

American

Native 

Hawaiian 

or Pacific 

Islander

% Native 

Hawaiian 

or Pacific 

Islander

White % 

White

More 

than 

one 

race

% 

More 

than 

one 

race

Unknown

/Not 

Reported

% 

Unknown

/Not 

Reported

FY2011 Female 99,355 1.2 900,326 11.3 883,925 11.1 27,038 0.3 5,087,456 63.9 185,336 2.3 783,380 9.8

FY2011 Male 53,107 1.0 331,188 6.2 714,528 13.5 20,093 0.4 3,625,113 68.3 139,495 2.6 421,715 7.9

FY2011 Unknown Sex/Gender 604 0.3 3,077 1.7 11,892 6.6 116 0.1 18,741 10.4 782 0.4 145,124 80.5

FY2012 Female 66,154 0.8 662,431 7.8 887,422 10.5 32,962 0.4 4,465,700 52.6 179,017 2.1 2,193,947 25.8

FY2012 Male 56,695 0.9 363,506 5.7 767,298 12.0 23,396 0.4 4,107,877 64.1 149,024 2.3 936,416 14.6

FY2012 Unknown Sex/Gender 480 0.3 8,058 4.5 10,796 6.0 116 0.1 25,018 14.0 1,009 0.6 133,275 74.6

Table 5H: FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for Domestic NIH Clinical Research: Sex/Gender by Ethnicity (New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions)

Fiscal Year

(FY) Sex/Gender Not Hispanic % Not Hispanic Hispanic or Latino % Hispanic or Latino Unknown/Not Reported % Unknown/Not Reported

FY2011 Female 6,453,744 81.0 721,924 9.1 791,148 9.9

FY2011 Male 4,282,102 80.7 422,490 8.0 600,647 11.3

FY2011 Unknown Sex/Gender 30,122 16.7 6,675 3.7 143,539 79.6

FY2012 Female 5,246,806 61.8 671,787 7.9 2,569,040 30.3

FY2012 Male 4,825,831 75.4 584,353 9.1 994,028 15.5

FY2012 Unknown Sex/Gender 42,748 23.9 6,982 3.9 129,022 72.2
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Table 5I: Minority Enrollment by Sex/Gender for Domestic Extramural NIH Clinical Research from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal 

Year (FY) Sex/Gender

Total Number of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

% of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

Number of Minorities 

Enrolled and Reported 

on OLD Form

% of Minorities 

Enrolled and 

Reported on OLD 

Form

Number of Minorities 

Enrolled and Reported

on NEW Form

% of Minorities 

Enrolled and 

Reported on NEW 

Form

FY2008 Female 1,946,882 63.0 47,117 67.1 1,899,765 62.9

FY2008 Male 1,131,742 36.6 23,032 32.8 1,108,710 36.7

FY2008 Unknown Sex/Gender 13,841 0.4 19 0.0 13,822 0.5

FY2009 Female 2,697,251 62.8 15,710 45.5 2,681,541 62.8

FY2009 Male 1,595,146 37.2 18,821 54.5 1,576,325 36.9

FY2009 Unknown Sex/Gender 1,211 0.0 3 0.0 12,109 0.3

FY2010 Female 3,304,953 60.9 4,986 29.6 3,299,967 61.0

FY2010 Male 2,084,271 38.4 11,718 69.6 2,072,553 38.3

FY2010 Unknown Sex/Gender 34,070 0.6 139 0.8 33,931 0.6

FY2011 Female 2,478,812 66.2 1,567 42.1 2,477,245 66.2

FY2011 Male 1,254,173 33.5 2,155 57.9 1,252,018 33.5

FY2011 Unknown Sex/Gender 13,682 0.4 1 0.0 13,681 0.4

FY2012 Female 2,128,669 58.6 1,333 41.0 2,127,336 58.6

FY2012 Male 1,480,077 40.7 1,916 59.0 1,478,161 40.7

FY2012 Unknown Sex/Gender 25,354 0.7 1 0.0 25,353 0.7
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Table 5J: FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for Domestic Extramural NIH Clinical Research: Sex/Gender by Race (Old Form, 1977 OMB Definitions)

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

Sex/Gender

American 

Indian/Alaska 

Native

% American 

Indian/Alaska 

Native

Asian/Pacific 

Islander

% 

Asian/Pacific 

Islander

Black or 

African 

American

% Black 

or 

African 

American

Hispanic 

not White

% 

Hispanic 

not 

White

White % 

White

Unknown/ 

Other

% 

Unknown/ 

Other

FY2011 Female 28 0.3 190 2.3 647 7.9 702 8.6 6,420 78.9 155 1.9

FY2011 Male 32 0.3 189 1.9 1,083 11.2 851 8.8 7,242 74.6 316 3.3

FY2011 Unknown Sex/Gender 0 0.0 1 4.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 4.3 21 91.3

FY2012 Female 27 0.9 134 4.3 516 16.4 656 20.8 1,697 53.8 122 3.9

FY2012 Male 28 0.7 146 3.7 962 24.1 780 19.5 1,939 48.5 142 3.6

FY2012 Unknown Sex/Gender 0 0.0 1 7.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 13 92.9

Table 5K: FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for Domestic Extramural NIH Clinical Research: Sex/Gender by Race 

(New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions)

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

Sex/Gender

American 

Indian/

Alaska 

Native

% 

American 

Indian/

Alaska 

Native

Asian % 

Asian

Black or 

African 

American

% Black 

or 

African 

American

Native 

Hawaiian 

or Pacific 

Islander

% Native 

Hawaiian 

or Pacific 

Islander

White % 

White

More 

than 

one 

race

% 

More 

than 

one 

race

Unknown/

Not 

Reported

% 

Unknown/ 

Not 

Reported

FY2011 Female 87,237 1.3 874,313 12.6 786,178 11.3 24,616 0.4 4,388,684 63.1 108,137 1.6 683,934 9.8

FY2011 Male 40,101 1 305,047 8 504,320 13 17,823 0 2,584,091 69 70,006 2 248,218 7

FY2011 Unknown Sex/Gender 576 0.5 3,045 2.7 4,816 4.3 115 0.1 13,786 12.2 768 0.7 89,913 79.6

FY2012 Female 53,419 0.9 630,562 10.2 780,065 12.6 30,096 0.5 3,715,392 60.2 101,137 1.6 859,285 13.9

FY2012 Male 43,046 0.9 331,040 6.9 550,500 11.5 20,728 0.4 3,001,289 63.0 78,915 1.7 740,921 15.5

FY2012 Unknown Sex/Gender 474 0.4 7,844 6.4 9,595 7.8 115 0.1 19,867 16.1 992 0.8 84,262 68.4

Table 5L: FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for Domestic Extramural NIH Clinical Research: Sex/Gender by Ethnicity 

(New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions)

Fiscal Year (FY) Sex/Gender Not Hispanic % Not Hispanic Hispanic or Latino % Hispanic or Latino Unknown/Not Reported % Unknown/Not Reported

FY2011 Female 5,654,058 81.3 669,615 9.6 629,426 9.1

FY2011 Male 3,042,902 81 368,001 10 358,703 10

FY2011 Unknown Sex/Gender 18,066 16.0 6,636 5.9 88,317 78.1

FY2012 Female 4,425,687 71.7 607,349 9.8 1,136,920 18.4

FY2012 Male 3,585,665 75.2 514,185 10.8 666,589 14.0

FY2012 Unknown Sex/Gender 36,435 29.6 6,908 5.6 79,806 64.8
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Table 5M: Minority Enrollment by Sex/Gender for Domestic Intramural NIH Clinical Research from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)21

Fiscal 

Year (FY) Sex/Gender

Total Number of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

% of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

Number of Minorities 

Enrolled and Reported 

on OLD Form

% of Minorities 

Enrolled and 

Reported on OLD 

Form

Number of Minorities 

Enrolled and Reported 

on NEW Form

% of Minorities 

Enrolled and 

Reported on NEW 

Form

FY2008 Female 172,273 37.5 39,295 52.4 132,978 34.6

FY2008 Male 286,978 62.5 35,663 47.6 251,315 65.4

FY2008 Unknown Sex/Gender 109 0.0 0 0.0 109 0.0

FY2009 Female 226,768 39.1 20,711 54.4 206,057 38.1

FY2009 Male 348,595 60.2 17,353 45.6 331,242 61.2

FY2009 Unknown Sex/Gender 3,922 0.7 3 0.0 3,919 0.7

FY2010 Female 252,076 40.8 20,923 54.5 231,153 39.9

FY2010 Male 360,513 58.3 17,459 45.5 343,054 59.2

FY2010 Unknown Sex/Gender 5,648 0.9 4 0.0 5,644 1.0

FY2011 Female 265,339 41.2 0 0.0 265,339 41.2

FY2011 Male 371,570 57.7 0 0.0 371,570 57.7

FY2011 Unknown Sex/Gender 7,188 1.1 0 0.0 7,188 1.1

FY2012 Female 294,915 42.2 0 0.0 294,915 42.2

FY2012 Male 402,037 57.6 0 0.0 402,037 57.6

FY2012 Unknown Sex/Gender 1,507 0.2 0 0.0 1,507 0.2

 

21 Data have zeroes for FY2011 and FY2012 because the intramural programs have migrated all data to the new data form (1997 OMB definitions)
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Table 5N: FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for Domestic Intramural NIH Clinical Research: Sex/Gender by Race (Old Form, 1977 OMB Definitions)22

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

Sex/Gender

American 

Indian/Alaska 

Native

% American 

Indian/Alaska 

Native

Asian/Pacific 

Islander

% 

Asian/Pacific 

Islander

Black or 

African 

American

% Black or 

African 

American

Hispanic 

not 

White

% 

Hispanic 

not 

White

White % 

White

Unknown/ 

Other

% 

Unknown/ 

Other

FY2011 Female 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

FY2011 Male 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

FY2011 Unknown Sex/Gender 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

FY2012 Female 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

FY2012 Male 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

FY2012 Unknown Sex/Gender 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

Table 5O: FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for Domestic Intramural NIH Clinical Research: Sex/Gender by Race (New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions)

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

Sex/Gender

American 

Indian/

Alaska 

Native

% 

American 

Indian/

Alaska 

Native

Asian % 

Asian

Black or 

African 

American

% Black 

or 

African 

American

Native 

Hawaiian 

or Pacific 

Islander

% Native 

Hawaiian 

or Pacific 

Islander

White % 

White

More 

than 

one 

race

% 

More 

than 

one 

race

Unknown/

Not 

Reported

% 

Unknown/ 

Not 

Reported

FY2011 Female 12,118 1.2 26,013 2.6 97,747 9.6 2,422 0.2 698,772 68.9 77,199 7.6 99,446 9.8

FY2011 Male 13,006 1 26,141 2 210,208 14 2,270 0 1,041,022 68 69,489 5 173,497 11.3

FY2011 Unknown Sex/Gender 28 0.0 32 0.0 7,076 10.5 1 0.0 4,955 7.4 14 0.0 55,211 82.0

FY2012 Female 12,735 0.5 31,869 1.4 107,357 4.6 2,866 0.1 750,308 32.4 77,880 3.4 1,334,662 57.6

FY2012 Male 13,649 0.8 32,466 2.0 216,798 13.2 2,668 0.2 1,106,588 67.6 70,109 4.3 195,495 11.9

FY2012 Unknown Sex/Gender 6 0.0 214 0.4 1,201 2.2 1 0.0 5,151 9.3 17 0.0 49,013 88.1

Table 5P: FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for Domestic Intramural NIH Clinical Research: Sex/Gender by Ethnicity (New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions)

Fiscal Year (FY) Sex/Gender Not Hispanic % Not Hispanic Hispanic or Latino % Hispanic or Latino Unknown/Not Reported % Unknown/ Not Reported

FY2011 Female 799,686 78.9 52,309 5.2 161,722 16.0

FY2011 Male 1,239,200 122 54,489 4 241,944 15.8

FY2011 Unknown Sex/Gender 12,056 1.2 39 0.1 55,222 82.0

FY2012 Female 821,119 35.4 64,438 2.8 1,432,120 61.8

FY2012 Male 1,240,166 75.7 70,168 4.3 327,439 20.0

FY2012 Unknown Sex/Gender 6,313 11.4 74 0.1 49,216 88.5

 

22 Data have zeroes because the intramural programs have migrated all data to the new data form (1997 OMB definitions)
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Section 6: Metrics Based on Aggregate Enrollment: Sex/Gender by Race and Ethnicity

NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials

Table 6A: Minority Enrollment by Sex/Gender for All NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials

from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal 

Year (FY) Sex/Gender

Total Number of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

% of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

Number of Minorities 

Enrolled and Reported 

on OLD Form

% of Minorities 

Enrolled and 

Reported on OLD 

Form

Number of Minorities 

Enrolled and Reported 

on NEW Form

% of Minorities 

Enrolled and 

Reported on NEW 

Form

FY2008 Female 169,540 55.0 23,466 62.5 146,074 53.9

FY2008 Male 137,983 44.7 14,062 37.5 123,921 45.7

FY2008 Unknown Sex/Gender 895 0.3 1 0.0 894 0.3

FY2009 Female 157,952 54.1 11,213 44.2 146,739 55.0

FY2009 Male 133,282 45.7 14,129 55.7 119,153 44.7

FY2009 Unknown Sex/Gender 715 0.2 2 0.0 713 0.3

FY2010 Female 250,716 56.1 2,741 23.6 247,975 56.9

FY2010 Male 195,249 43.7 8,860 76.4 186,389 42.8

FY2010 Unknown Sex/Gender 1,222 0.3 0 0.0 1,222 0.3

FY2011 Female 214,756 61.8 6 46.2 214,750 61.8

FY2011 Male 130,546 37.5 7 53.8 130,539 37.5

FY2011 Unknown Sex/Gender 2,468 0.7 0 0.0 2,468 0.7

FY2012 Female 273,477 68.9 0 0.0 273,477 68.9

FY2012 Male 118,517 29.9 0 0.0 118,517 29.9

FY2012 Unknown Sex/Gender 4,720 1.2 0 0.0 4,720 1.2
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Table 6B: FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for All NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials: Sex/Gender by Race (Old Form, 1977 OMB Definitions)

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

Sex/Gender

American 

Indian/Alaska 

Native

% American 

Indian/Alaska 

Native

Asian/Pacific 

Islander

% 

Asian/Pacific 

Islander

Black or 

African 

American

% Black 

or 

African 

American

Hispanic 

not White

% 

Hispanic 

not 

White

White % White Unknown/ 

Other

% 

Unknown/ 

Other

FY2011 Female 1 0.2 3 0.6 2 0.4 0 0.0 468 94.2 23 4.6

FY2011 Male 0 0.0 0 0.0 7 1.1 0 0.0 617 93.6 35 5.3

FY2011 Unknown Sex/Gender 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.455235 0 0.0

FY2012 Female 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

FY2012 Male 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

FY2012 Unknown Sex/Gender 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

Table 6C: FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for All NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials: Sex/Gender by Race (New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions)

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

Sex/Gender

American 

Indian/Alaska 

Native

% American 

Indian/Alaska 

Native

Asian % 

Asian

Black or 

African 

American

% Black 

or 

African 

American

Native 

Hawaiian 

or Pacific 

Islander

% Native 

Hawaiian 

or Pacific 

Islander

White % 

White

More 

than 

one 

race

% 

More 

than 

one 

race

Unknown/ 

Not 

Reported

% 

Unknown/ 

Not 

Reported

FY2011 Female 15,546 4.7 109,835 33.0 55,397 16.6 553 0.2 121,282 36.4 2,995 0.9 27,188 8.2

FY2011 Male 10,424 4.7 67,414 30.4 33,897 15.3 483 0.2 90,997 41.1 4,602 2.1 13,584 6.1

FY2011 Unknown Sex/Gender 65 0.2 1,813 6.3 244 0.8 7 0.0 903 3.1 71 0.2 25,819 89.3

FY2012 Female 20,461 5.5 147,568 39.4 67,023 17.9 482 0.1 103,716 27.7 3,252 0.9 32,317 8.6

FY2012 Male 7,854 4.0 63,009 32.0 28,797 14.6 478 0.2 78,254 39.7 3,073 1.6 15,554 7.9

FY2012 Unknown Sex/Gender 37 0.1 3,965 12.7 338 1.1 7 0.0 966 3.1 73 0.2 25,912 82.8

Table 6D: FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for All NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials: Sex/Gender by Ethnicity (New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions)

Fiscal Year (FY) Sex/Gender Not Hispanic % Not Hispanic Hispanic or Latino % Hispanic or Latino Unknown/ Not Reported % Unknown/ Not Reported

FY2011 Female 277,170 83.3 45,823 13.8 9,803 2.9

FY2011 Male 185,527 83.8 25,827 11.7 10,047 4.5

FY2011 Unknown Sex/Gender 3,017 10.4 348 1.2 25,557 88.4

FY2012 Female 310,773 82.9 55,079 14.7 8,967 2.4

FY2012 Male 161,842 82.1 23,366 11.9 11,811 6.0

FY2012 Unknown Sex/Gender 5,293 16.9 352 1.1 25,653 82.0
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Table 6E: Minority Enrollment by Sex/Gender for Domestic NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials

from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal 

Year (FY) Sex/Gender

Total Number of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

% of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

Number of Minorities 

Enrolled and Reported 

on OLD Form

% of Minorities 

Enrolled and 

Reported on OLD 

Form

Number of Minorities 

Enrolled and Reported 

on NEW Form

% of Minorities 

Enrolled and 

Reported on NEW 

Form

FY2008 Female 68,672 57.4 23,397 62.5 45,275 55.1

FY2008 Male 50,392 42.1 14,060 37.5 36,332 44.2

FY2008 Unknown Sex/Gender 518 0.4 1 0.0 517 0.6

FY2009 Female 58,301 60.1 10,580 43.2 47,721 65.7

FY2009 Male 38,266 39.4 13,887 56.8 24,379 33.6

FY2009 Unknown Sex/Gender 512 0.5 1 0.0 511 0.7

FY2010 Female 52,003 56.2 2,522 22.4 49,481 60.9

FY2010 Male 40,099 43.3 8,746 77.6 31,353 38.6

FY2010 Unknown Sex/Gender 407 0.4 0 0.0 407 0.5

FY2011 Female 46,895 61.4 5 41.7 46,890 61.4

FY2011 Male 29,040 38.0 7 58.3 29,033 38.0

FY2011 Unknown Sex/Gender 480 0.6 0 0.0 480 0.6

FY2012 Female 48,783 59.9 0 0.0 48,783 59.9

FY2012 Male 32,106 39.4 0 0.0 32,106 39.4

FY2012 Unknown Sex/Gender 531 0.7 0 0.0 531 0.7
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Table 6F: FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for Domestic NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials: Sex/Gender by Race (Old Form, 1977 OMB Definitions)

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

Sex/Gender

American 

Indian/Alaska 

Native

% American 

Indian/Alaska 

Native

Asian/Pacific 

Islander

% 

Asian/Pacific 

Islander

Black or 

African 

American

% Black 

or 

African 

American

Hispanic 

not White

% Hispanic 

not White White % White

Unknown/ 

Other

% 

Unknown/ 

Other

FY2011 Female 1 0.0 2 0.0 2 0.0 0 0.0 372 0.0 12 0.0

FY2011 Male 0 0.0 0 0.0 7 0.0 0 0.0 509 0.0 23 0.0

FY2011 Unknown Sex/Gender 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0

FY2012 Female 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

FY2012 Male 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

FY2012 Unknown Sex/Gender 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

Table 6G: FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for Domestic NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials: Sex/Gender by Race 

(New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions)

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

Sex/Gender

American 

Indian/Alaska 

Native

% American 

Indian/Alaska 

Native

Asian % 

Asian

Black or 

African 

American

% Black 

or 

African 

American

Native 

Hawaiian 

or Pacific 

Islander

% Native 

Hawaiian 

or Pacific 

Islander

White % 

White

More 

than 

one 

race

% 

More 

than 

one 

race

Unknown/ 

Not 

Reported

% 

Unknown/ 

Not 

Reported

FY2011 Female 1,820 1.1 4,857 3.0 17,929 11.2 539 0.3 116,491 72.7 2,991 1.9 15,628 9.8

FY2011 Male 1,542 1.3 2,822 2.4 9,138 7.9 468 0.4 86,926 75.1 3,080 2.7 11,830 10.2

FY2011 Unknown Sex/Gender 28 0.1 41 0.2 67 0.2 7 0.0 898 3.3 71 0.3 25,814 95.9

FY2012 Female 1,821 1.2 3,091 2.1 21,849 14.9 471 0.3 100,857 68.6 3,250 2.2 15,652 10.6

FY2012 Male 1,548 1.4 2,371 2.2 12,549 11.7 465 0.4 74,810 70.0 3,073 2.9 12,026 11.3

FY2012 Unknown Sex/Gender 28 0.1 42 0.2 97 0.4 7 0.0 960 3.5 73 0.3 25,892 95.5

Table 6H: FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for Domestic NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials: Sex/Gender by Ethnicity 

(New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions)

Fiscal Year (FY) Sex/Gender Not Hispanic % Not Hispanic Hispanic or Latino % Hispanic or Latino Unknown/ Not Reported % Unknown/ Not Reported

FY2011 Female 132,640 82.8 20,393 12.7 7,222 4.5

FY2011 Male 97,050 83.8 13,606 11.7 5,150 4.4

FY2011 Unknown Sex/Gender 1,069 4.0 309 1.1 25,548 94.9

FY2012 Female 119,053 81.0 20,066 13.7 7,872 5.4

FY2012 Male 84,873 79.4 13,862 13.0 8,107 7.6

FY2012 Unknown Sex/Gender 1,129 4.2 327 1.2 25,643 94.6
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Table 6I: Minority Enrollment by Sex/Gender for Domestic Extramural NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)

Fiscal 

Year (FY) Sex/Gender

Total Number of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

% of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

Number of Minorities 

Enrolled and Reported 

on OLD Form

% of Minorities 

Enrolled and 

Reported on OLD 

Form

Number of Minorities 

Enrolled and Reported 

on NEW Form

% of Minorities 

Enrolled and 

Reported on NEW 

Form

FY2008 Female 67,801 57.5 23,224 62.8 44,577 55.1

FY2008 Male 49,563 42.0 13,727 37.1 35,836 44.3

FY2008 Unknown Sex/Gender 505 0.4 1 0.0 504 0.6

FY2009 Female 57,483 60.2 10,461 43.4 47,022 65.8

FY2009 Male 37,530 39.3 13,635 56.6 23,895 33.5

FY2009 Unknown Sex/Gender 499 0.5 1 0.0 498 0.7

FY2010 Female 49,166 55.2 2,402 22.0 46,764 59.9

FY2010 Male 39,446 44.3 8,492 78.0 30,954 39.6

FY2010 Unknown Sex/Gender 394 0.4 0 0.0 394 0.5

FY2011 Female 43,996 60.4 5 41.7 43,991 60.4

FY2011 Male 28,356 38.9 7 58.3 28,349 38.9

FY2011 Unknown Sex/Gender 467 0.6 0 0.0 467 0.6

FY2012 Female 45,421 58.7 0 0.0 45,421 58.7

FY2012 Male 31,432 40.6 0 0.0 31,432 40.6

FY2012 Unknown Sex/Gender 518 0.7 0 0.0 518 0.7
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Table 6J: FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for Domestic Extramural NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials: Sex/Gender by Race 

(Old Form, 1977 OMB Definitions)

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

Sex/Gender

American 

Indian/Alaska 

Native

% American 

Indian/Alaska 

Native

Asian/Pacific 

Islander

% 

Asian/Pacific 

Islander

Black or 

African 

American

% Black or 

African 

American

Hispanic 

not 

White

% 

Hispanic, 

not White

White % 

White

Unknown/ 

Other

% 

Unknown/ 

Other

FY2011 Female 1 0.0 2 0.0 2 0.0 0 0.0 372 0.0 12 0.0

FY2011 Male 0 0.0 0 0.0 7 0.0 0 0.0 509 0.0 23 0.0

FY2011 Unknown Sex/Gender 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0

FY2012 Female 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

FY2012 Male 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

FY2012 Unknown Sex/Gender 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

Table 6K: FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for Domestic Extramural NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials: Sex/Gender by Race 

(New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions)

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

Sex/Gender

American 

Indian/

Alaska 

Native

% American 

Indian/

Alaska 

Native

Asian % 

Asian

Black or 

African 

American

% Black or 

African 

American

Native 

Hawaiian 

or Pacific 

Islander

% Native 

Hawaiian 

or Pacific 

Islander

White % 

White

More 

than one 

race

% More 

than 

one 

race

Unknown/ 

Not 

Reported

% 

Unknown/ 

Not 

Reported

FY2011 Female 1,578 1.0 4,658 3.0 15,727 10.3 538 0.4 111,919 73.2 2,983 2.0 15,514 10.1

FY2011 Male 1,486 1.3 2,752 2.4 8,654 7.7 466 0.4 84,925 75.1 3,077 2.7 11,745 10.4

FY2011 Unknown Sex/Gender 28 0.1 41 0.2 54 0.2 7 0.0 898 3.3 71 0.3 25,814 95.9

FY2012 Female 1,575 1.1 2,863 2.1 19,453 14.0 468 0.3 95,753 69.0 3,237 2.3 15,462 11.1

FY2012 Male 1,488 1.4 2,302 2.2 12,072 11.6 463 0.4 72,840 69.9 3,067 2.9 11,953 11.5

FY2012 Unknown Sex/Gender 28 0.1 42 0.2 84 0.3 7 0.0 960 3.5 73 0.3 25,892 95.6

Table 6L: FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for Domestic Extramural NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials: 

Sex/Gender by Ethnicity (New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions)

Fiscal Year (FY) Sex/Gender Not Hispanic % Not Hispanic Hispanic or Latino % Hispanic or Latino Unknown/Not Reported % Unknown/Not Reported

FY2011 Female 125,630 82.2 20,098 13.1 7,189 4.7

FY2011 Male 94,450 83.5 13,535 12.0 5,120 4.5

FY2011 Unknown Sex/Gender 1,056 3.9 309 1.1 25,548 94.9

FY2012 Female 111,487 80.3 19,532 14.1 7,792 5.6

FY2012 Male 82,312 79.0 13,798 13.2 8,075 7.8

FY2012 Unknown Sex/Gender 1,116 4.1 327 1.2 25,643 94.7
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Table 6M: Minority Enrollment by Sex/Gender for Domestic Intramural NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials 

from FY2008-FY2012 (Five Year Trend)23

Fiscal 

Year (FY) Sex/Gender

Total Number of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

% of 

Minorities 

Enrolled

Number of Minorities 

Enrolled and Reported 

on OLD Form

% of Minorities 

Enrolled and 

Reported on OLD 

Form

Number of Minorities 

Enrolled and Reported 

on NEW Form

% of Minorities 

Enrolled and 

Reported on NEW 

Form

FY2008 Female 871 50.8 173 34.2 698 57.8

FY2008 Male 829 48.4 333 65.8 496 41.1

FY2008 Unknown Sex/Gender 13 0.8 0 0.0 13 1.1

FY2009 Female 818 52.2 119 32.1 699 58.4

FY2009 Male 736 47.0 252 67.9 484 40.5

FY2009 Unknown Sex/Gender 13 0.8 0 0.0 13 1.1

FY2010 Female 2,837 81.0 120 32.1 2,717 86.8

FY2010 Male 653 18.6 254 67.9 399 12.8

FY2010 Unknown Sex/Gender 13 0.4 0 0.0 13 0.4

FY2011 Female 2,899 80.6 0 0.0 2,899 80.6

FY2011 Male 684 19.0 0 0.0 684 19.0

FY2011 Unknown Sex/Gender 13 0.4 0 0.0 13 0.4

FY2012 Female 3,362 83.0 0 0.0 3,362 83.0

FY2012 Male 674 16.6 0 0.0 674 16.6

FY2012 Unknown Sex/Gender 13 0.3 0 0.0 13 0.3

 

23 Data have zeroes for FY2011 and FY2012 because the intramural programs have migrated all data to the new data form (1997 OMB definitions)
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Table 6N: FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for Domestic Intramural NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials: 

Sex/Gender by Race (Old Form, 1977 OMB Definitions)24

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

Sex/Gender

American 

Indian/Alaska 

Native

% American 

Indian/Alaska 

Native

Asian/Pacific 

Islander

% 

Asian/Pacific 

Islander

Black or 

African 

American

% Black 

or 

African 

American

Hispanic 

not White

% Hispanic 

not White White % White

Unknown/ 

Other

% 

Unknown/ 

Other

FY2011 Female 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

FY2011 Male 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

FY2011 Unknown Sex/Gender 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

FY2012 Female 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

FY2012 Male 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

FY2012 Unknown Sex/Gender 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

Table 6O: FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for Domestic Intramural NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials: 

Sex/Gender by Race (New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions)

Fiscal 

Year

(FY)

Sex/Gender

American 

Indian/

Alaska 

Native

% American 

Indian/

Alaska 

Native

Asian % 

Asian

Black or 

African 

American

% Black or 

African 

American

Native 

Hawaiian 

or Pacific 

Islander

% Native 

Hawaiian

or Pacific 

Islander

White % 

White

More 

than 

one 

race

% More 

than one 

race

Unknown/ 

Not 

Reported

% 

Unknown/ 

Not 

Reported

FY2011 Female 242 3.3 199 2.7 2,202 30.0 1 0.0 4,572 62.3 8 0.1 114 1.6

FY2011 Male 56 2.1 70 2.6 484 17.9 2 0.1 2,001 74.1 3 0.1 85 3.1

FY2011 Unknown Sex/Gender 0 0.0 0 0.0 13 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

FY2012 Female 246 3.0 228 2.8 2,396 29.3 3 0.0 5,104 62.4 13 0.2 190 2.3

FY2012 Male 60 2.3 69 2.6 477 18.0 2 0.1 1,970 74.1 6 0.2 73 2.7

FY2012 Unknown Sex/Gender 0 0.0 0 0.0 13 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

Table 6P: FY2011 and FY2012 Enrollment for Domestic Intramural NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials: 

Sex/Gender by Ethnicity (New Form, 1997 OMB Definitions)

Fiscal Year (FY) Sex/Gender Not Hispanic % Not Hispanic Hispanic or Latino % Hispanic or Latino Unknown/Not Reported % Unknown/Not Reported

FY2011 Female 7,010 95.5 295 4.0 33 0.4

FY2011 Male 2,600 96.3 71 2.6 30 1.1

FY2011 Unknown Sex/Gender 13 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

FY2012 Female 7,566 92.5 534 6.5 80 1.0

FY2012 Male 2,561 96.4 64 2.4 32 1.2

FY2012 Unknown Sex/Gender 13 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

 

24 Data have zeroes because the intramural programs have migrated all data to the new data form (1997 OMB definitions)
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Appendix B

NIH Policy and Guidelines on the Inclusion of Women and Minorities as Subjects in 

Clinical Research Amended, October 2001

NOTE: Additional information concerning the NIH Policy on Inclusion of Women and Minorities as 

Subjects in Clinical Research is available at 

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/women_min/women_min.htm.

SUMMARY: This notice updates the NIH policy on the inclusion of women and minorities as subjects in 

clinical research. It supersedes the 1994 Federal Register notice (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/noticefiles/not94-100.html) and the August 2000 notice in the NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts 

(http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-00-048.html). It incorporates the definition of 

clinical research as reported in the 1997 Report of the NIH Director’s Panel on Clinical research. Also, 

this notice provides additional guidance on reporting analyses of sex/gender and racial/ethnic differences 

in intervention effects for NIH-defined Phase III clinical trials. The guidelines ensure that all NIH-funded 

clinical research will be carried out in a manner sufficient to elicit information about individuals of both 

sexes/genders and diverse racial and ethnic groups and, particularly in NIH-defined Phase III clinical 

trials, to examine differential effects on such groups. Since a primary aim of research is to provide 

scientific evidence leading to a change in health policy or standard of care, it is imperative to determine 

whether the intervention or therapy being studied affects women or men or members of minority groups 

and their subpopulations differently.

In June 2001, NIH adopted the definition of clinical research as: (1) Patient-oriented research. Research 

conducted with human subjects (or on material of human origin such as tissues, specimens and cognitive 

phenomena) for which an investigator (or colleague) directly interacts with human subjects. Excluded 

from this definition are in vitro studies that utilize human tissues that cannot be linked to a living 

individual. Patient-oriented research includes: (a) mechanisms of human disease, (b) therapeutic 

interventions, (c) clinical trials, and (d) development of new technologies; (2) Epidemiologic and 

behavioral studies; and (3) Outcomes research and health services research 

http://www.nih.gov/news/crp/97report/execsum.htm.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This amended policy is effective immediately and applies to all grants and 

cooperative agreements currently active and to be awarded. Contract solicitations issued as of October 

2001 must adhere to the amended policy.

I. LEGISLATIVE BACKGROUND

The NIH Revitalization Act of 1993, PL 103-43, signed into law on June 10, 1993, directed the NIH to 

establish guidelines for inclusion of women and minorities in clinical research. 

The statute states that:

In conducting or supporting clinical research for the purposes of this title, the Director of NIH 

shall ... ensure that (a) women are included as subjects in each project of such research; and (b) 

members of minority groups are included in such research. 492B(a)(1) 

The statute further directed the NIH to establish guidelines to specify: 
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(a) the circumstances under which the inclusion of women and minorities as subjects in projects 

of clinical research is inappropriate; 

(b) the manner in which clinical trials are required to be designed and carried out; and 

(c) the operation of outreach programs, 492B(d)(1)

The statute defines "clinical research" to include "clinical trials" and states that: 

In the case of any clinical trial in which women or members of minority groups will be included 

as subjects, the Director of NIH shall ensure that the trial is designed and carried out in a manner 

sufficient to provide for valid analysis of whether the variables being studied in the trial affect 

women or members of minority groups, as the case may be, differently than other subjects in the 

trial. 492B(c)

Specifically addressing the issue of minority groups, the statute states that:

The term "minority group" includes subpopulations of minority groups. The Director of NIH 

shall, through the guidelines established...define the terms "minority group" and "subpopulation" 

for the purposes of the preceding sentence. 492B(g)(2)

The statute speaks specifically to outreach and states that:

The Director of NIH, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Research on Women's 

Health and the Director of the Office of Research on Minority Health, shall conduct or support 

outreach programs for the recruitment of women and members of minority groups as subjects in 

the projects of clinical research. 492B(a)(2)

The statute includes a specific provision pertaining to the cost of clinical research and, in particular 

clinical trials.

(A)(i) In the case of a clinical trial, the guidelines shall provide that the costs of such inclusion in 

the trial is (sic) not a permissible consideration in determining whether such inclusion is 

inappropriate. 492B(d)(2)

(ii) In the case of other projects of clinical research, the guidelines shall provide that the costs of 

such inclusion in the project is (sic) not a permissible consideration in determining whether such 

inclusion is inappropriate unless the data regarding women or members of minority groups, 

respectively, that would be obtained in such project (in the event that such inclusion were 

required) have been or are being obtained through other means that provide data of comparable 

quality. 492B(d)(2)

Exceptions to the requirement for inclusion of women and minorities are stated in the statute, as follows:

The requirements established regarding women and members of minority groups shall not apply 

to the project of clinical research if the inclusion, as subjects in the project, of women and 

members of minority groups, respectively-

(1) is inappropriate with respect to the health of the subjects; 

(2) is inappropriate with respect to the purpose of the research; or 
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(3) is inappropriate under such other circumstances as the Director of NIH may designate. 

492B(b) 

(B) In the case of a clinical trial, the guidelines may provide that such inclusion in the trial is not 

required if there is substantial scientific data demonstrating that there is no significant difference 

between-

(i) the effects that the variables to be studied in the trial have on women or members of minority 

groups, respectively; and 

(ii) the effects that the variables have on the individuals who would serve as subjects in the trial in 

the event that such inclusion were not required. 492B(d)(2)

II. POLICY

A. Inclusion of Women and Minorities as Subjects in Clinical Research

It is the policy of NIH that women and members of minority groups and their subpopulations must be 

included in all NIH-funded clinical research, unless a clear and compelling rationale and justification 

establishes to the satisfaction of the relevant Institute/Center Director that inclusion is inappropriate with 

respect to the health of the subjects or the purpose of the research. Exclusion under other circumstances 

may be made by the Director, NIH, upon the recommendation of an Institute/Center Director based on a 

compelling rationale and justification. Cost is not an acceptable reason for exclusion except when the 

study would duplicate data from other sources. Women of childbearing potential should not be routinely 

excluded from participation in clinical research. This policy applies to research subjects of all ages in all 

NIH-supported clinical research studies.

The inclusion of women and members of minority groups and their subpopulations must be addressed in 

developing a research design or contract proposal appropriate to the scientific objectives of the 

study/contract. The research plan/proposal should describe the composition of the proposed study 

population in terms of sex/gender and racial/ethnic group, and provide a rationale for selection of such 

subjects. Such a plan/proposal should contain a description of the proposed outreach programs for 

recruiting women and minorities as participants. 

B. NIH-defined Phase III Clinical Trials: Planning, Conducting, and Reporting of Analyses for 

Sex/Gender and Race/Ethnicity Differences.

When an NIH-defined Phase III clinical trial is proposed, evidence must be reviewed to show whether or 

not clinically important sex/gender and race/ethnicity differences in the intervention effect are to be 

expected. This evidence may include, but is not limited to, data derived from prior animal studies, clinical 

observations, metabolic studies, genetic studies, pharmacology studies, and observational, natural history, 

epidemiology and other relevant studies.

Investigators must consider the following when planning, conducting, analyzing, and reporting an NIHDefined Phase III clinical trial. Based on prior studies, one of the three situations below will apply:

1. Prior Studies Support the Existence of Significant Differences
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If the data from prior studies strongly support the existence of significant differences of clinical or public 

health importance in intervention effect based on sex/gender, racial/ethnic, and relevant subpopulation 

comparisons, the primary question(s) to be addressed by the proposed NIH-defined Phase III clinical trial 

and the design of that trial must specifically accommodate this. For example, if men and women are 

thought to respond differently to an intervention, then the Phase III clinical trial must be designed to 

answer two separate primary questions, one for men and the other for women, with adequate sample size 

for each. 

The Research Plan (for grant applications) or Proposal (for contract solicitations) must include a 

description of plans to conduct analyses to detect significant differences in intervention effect (see 

DEFINITIONS - Significant Difference) by sex/gender, racial/ethnic groups, and relevant subpopulations, 

if applicable. The final protocol(s) approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) must include these 

plans for analysis. The award will require that for each funded protocol, investigators must report in their 

annual Progress Report cumulative subject accrual and progress in conducting analyses for sex/gender 

and race/ethnicity differences. If final analyses of sex/gender and race/ethnicity are not available at the 

time of the Final Progress Report or Competing Continuation for the grant, a justification and plan 

ensuring completion and reporting of the analyses are required. If final analyses are required as part of the 

contract, these analyses must be included as part of the deliverables. These requirements will be cited in 

the terms and conditions of all awards for grants, cooperative agreements and contracts supporting NIHdefined Phase III clinical trials.

Inclusion of the results of sex/gender, race/ethnicity and relevant subpopulations analyses is strongly 

encouraged in all publication submissions. If these analyses reveal no differences, a brief statement to that 

effect, indicating the groups and/or subgroups analyzed, will suffice. 

2. Prior Studies Support No Significant Differences

If the data from prior studies strongly support no significant differences of clinical or public health 

importance in intervention effect based on sex/gender, racial/ethnic and/or relevant subpopulation 

comparisons, then sex/gender and race/ethnicity will not be required as subject selection criteria. 

However, the inclusion and analysis of sex/gender and/or racial/ethnic subgroups is still strongly 

encouraged.

3. Prior Studies Neither Support nor Negate Significant Differences

If the data from prior studies neither strongly support nor strongly negate the existence of significant 

differences of clinical or public health importance in intervention effect based on sex/gender, 

racial/ethnic, and relevant subpopulation comparisons, then the NIH-defined Phase III clinical trial will be 

required to include sufficient and appropriate entry of sex/gender and racial/ethnic participants, so that 

valid analysis of the intervention effects can be performed. However, the trial will not be required to 

provide high statistical power for these comparisons. 

The Research Plan (for grant applications) or Proposal (for contract solicitations) must include a 

description of plans to conduct valid analysis (see DEFINITIONS - Valid Analysis) by sex/gender, 

racial/ethnic groups, and relevant subpopulations, if applicable. The final protocol(s) approved by the 

Institutional Review Board (IRB) must include these plans for analysis. The award will require that for 

each funded protocol, investigators must report in their annual Progress Report cumulative subject accrual 

and progress in conducting analyses for sex/gender and race/ethnicity differences. If final analyses of 

sex/gender and race/ethnicity are not available at the time of the Final Progress Report or Competing 

Continuation for the grant, a justification and plan ensuring completion and reporting of the analyses are 
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required. If final analyses are required as part of the contract, these analyses must be included as part of 

the deliverables. These requirements will be cited in the terms and conditions of all awards for grants, 

cooperative agreements and contracts supporting NIH-defined Phase III clinical trials.

Inclusion of the results of sex/gender, race/ethnicity and relevant subpopulations analyses is strongly 

encouraged in all publication submissions. If these analyses reveal no differences, a brief statement to that 

effect, indicating the groups and/or subgroups analyzed, will suffice. 

For all three situations, cost is not an acceptable reason for exclusion of women and minorities from 

clinical trials. 

III. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

While this policy applies to all applicants/offerors for NIH-supported clinical research, certain individuals 

and groups have special roles and responsibilities with regard to its implementation.

1. NIH Staff

The NIH staff provides educational opportunities for the extramural and intramural communities 

concerning this policy; monitor its implementation during the development, review, award and conduct of 

research; and manage the NIH research portfolio to comply with the policy. 

2. Principal Investigators

Principal investigators should assess the theoretical and/or scientific linkages between sex/gender, 

race/ethnicity, and their topic of study. Following this assessment, the principal investigator and the 

applicant/offeror institution will address the policy in each application and proposal, providing the 

required information on inclusion of women and minorities and their subpopulations in clinical research 

projects, and any required justifications for exceptions to the policy.

For foreign awards and domestic awards with a foreign component, the NIH policy on inclusion of 

women and minority groups in research is the same as that for research conducted in the U.S. If there is 

scientific rationale for examining subpopulation group differences within the foreign population, 

investigators should consider designing their studies to accommodate these differences.

Investigators and their staff(s) are urged to develop appropriate and culturally sensitive outreach programs 

and activities commensurate with the goals of the study or objectives of the contract. The objective should 

be to actively recruit and retain the most diverse study population consistent with the purposes of the 

research project. Indeed, the purpose should be to establish a relationship between the investigator(s) and 

staff(s) and populations and community(ies) of interest such that mutual benefit is derived for participants 

in the study. Investigator(s) should take precautionary measures to ensure that ethical issues are 

considered, such that there is minimal possibility of coercion or undue influence in the incentives or 

rewards offered in recruiting into or retaining participants in studies.

To assist investigators and potential study participants, NIH staff have prepared educational materials, 

including a notebook titled the, "NIH Outreach Notebook On the Inclusion of Women and Minorities in 

Biomedical and Behavioral Research." The notebook as well as the Frequently Asked Questions 

document, is located at the following URL: 

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/women_min/women_min.htm
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3. Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

It is the responsibility of the IRBs to address the ethical issues as outlined in Section IV(2) for Principal 

Investigators. As the IRBs implement the regulation for the protection of human subjects as described in 

Title 45 CFR Part 46, "Protection of Human Subjects", 

http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/humansubjects/guidance/45cfr46.html they must also attend to the guidelines 

for the inclusion of women and minorities and their subpopulations in clinical research. They should take 

into account the Food and Drug Administration's "Guidelines for the Study and Evaluation of Gender 

Differences in the Clinical Evaluation of Drugs," Vol. 58 Federal Register 39406 

http://www.fda.gov/cder/guidance/old036fn.pdf.

4. Peer Review Groups

In conducting peer review for scientific and technical merit, appropriately constituted initial review 

groups (including study sections), technical evaluation groups, and intramural review panels are 

instructed, as follows:

to evaluate the proposed plan for the inclusion of minorities and both genders for appropriate 

representation or to evaluate the proposed justification when representation is limited or absent, 

to evaluate the proposed exclusion of minorities and women on the basis that a requirement for 

inclusion is inappropriate with respect to the health of the subjects,

to evaluate the proposed exclusion of minorities and women on the basis that a requirement for 

inclusion is inappropriate with respect to the purpose of the research,

to determine whether the design of clinical trials is adequate to measure differences when warranted,

to evaluate the plans for valid analysis for NIH-defined Phase III clinical trials,

to evaluate the plans for recruitment/outreach for study participants, and

to include these criteria as part of the scientific assessment and evaluation. 

The review instructions for grants are available on line at the following URL: 

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/peer/hs_review_inst.pdf

For contracts, the contracting officer will provide instructions for contract reviewers. Further information 

on instructions for contracts may be obtained at the following URL: 

http://oa.od.nih.gov/oamp/index.html. 

Or contact:

National Institutes of Health

Division of Acquisition Policy and Evaluation

Office of Acquisition Management and Policy

6100 Executive Boulevard, Room 6C01

Phone: 301-496-6014

Fax: 301- 402-1199
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5. NIH Advisory Councils

In addition to other responsibilities for review of projects where the peer review groups have raised 

questions about the appropriate inclusion of women and minorities, the Advisory Council/Board of each 

Institute/Center shall prepare biennial reports, for inclusion in the overall NIH Director's biennial report, 

describing the manner in which the Institute/Center has complied with the provisions of the statute.

6. Institute/Center Directors

Institute/Center Directors and their staff shall ensure compliance with the policy.

7. NIH Director

The NIH Director may approve, on a case-by-case basis, the exclusion of projects, as recommended by 

the Institute/Center Director, that may be inappropriate to include within the requirements of these 

guidelines on the basis of circumstances other than the health of the subjects, the purpose of the research, 

or costs. 

IV. DEFINITIONS

Throughout the section of the statute pertaining to the inclusion of women and minorities, terms are used 

which require definition for the purpose of implementing these guidelines. These terms, drawn directly 

from the statute, are defined below.

A. Clinical Research

Clinical research is defined as:

(1) Patient-oriented research. Research conducted with human subjects (or on material of human origin 

such as tissues, specimens and cognitive phenomena) for which an investigator (or colleague) directly 

interacts with human subjects. Excluded from this definition are in vitro studies that utilize human tissues 

that cannot be linked to a living individual. Patient-oriented research includes: (a) mechanisms of human 

disease, (b) therapeutic interventions, (c) clinical trials, and (d) development of new technologies, (2) 

Epidemiologic and behavioral studies, (3) Outcomes research and health services research. 

http://www.nih.gov/news/crp/97report/execsum.htm

B. NIH-defined Clinical Trial

For the purpose of these guidelines, an NIH-defined "clinical trial" is a broadly based prospective Phase 

III clinical investigation, usually involving several hundred or more human subjects, for the purpose of 

evaluating an experimental intervention in comparison with a standard or control intervention or 

comparing two or more existing treatments. Often the aim of such investigation is to provide evidence 

leading to a scientific basis for consideration of a change in health policy or standard of care. The 

definition includes pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic, and behavioral interventions given for disease 

prevention, prophylaxis, diagnosis, or therapy. Community trials and other population-based intervention 

trials are also included.
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C. Valid Analysis

The term "valid analysis" means an unbiased assessment. Such an assessment will, on average, yield the 

correct estimate of the difference in outcomes between two groups of subjects. Valid analysis can and 

should be conducted for both small and large studies. A valid analysis does not need to have a high 

statistical power for detecting a stated effect. The principal requirements for ensuring a valid analysis of 

the question of interest are:

allocation of study participants of both sexes/genders (males and females) and different racial/ethnic 

groups to the intervention and control groups by an unbiased process such as randomization,

unbiased evaluation of the outcome(s) of study participants, and

use of unbiased statistical analyses and proper methods of inference to estimate and compare the 

intervention effects among the sex/gender and racial/ethnic groups.

D. Significant Difference

For purposes of this policy, a "significant difference" is a difference that is of clinical or public health 

importance, based on substantial scientific data. This definition differs from the commonly used 

"statistically significant difference," which refers to the event that, for a given set of data, the statistical 

test for a difference between the effects in two groups achieves statistical significance. Statistical 

significance depends upon the amount of information in the data set. With a very large amount of 

information, one could find a statistically significant, but clinically small difference that is of very little 

clinical importance. Conversely, with less information one could find a large difference of potential 

importance that is not statistically significant.

E. Racial and Ethnic Categories

1. Minority Groups

A minority group is a readily identifiable subset of the U.S. population that is distinguished by racial, 

ethnic, and/or cultural heritage.

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Directive No. 15 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg/ombdir15.html defines minimum standards for maintaining, 

collecting and presenting data on race and ethnicity for all Federal reporting. NIH is required to use these 

definitions to allow comparisons to other federal databases, especially the census and national health 

databases. The categories in this classification are social-political constructs and should not be interpreted 

as anthropological in nature. 

When an investigator is planning data collection on race and ethnicity, these categories shall be used. The 

collection of greater detail is encouraged. However, more detailed items should be designed in a way that 

they can be aggregated into these required categories. Using respondent self-report or self-identification 

to collect an individual’s data on ethnicity and race, investigators should use two separate questions with 

ethnicity information collected first followed by the option to select more than one racial designation. 

Respondents shall be offered the opportunity to select more than one racial designation. When data are 

collected separately, provision shall be made to report the number of respondents in each racial category 

who are Hispanic or Latino. 
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The following definitions apply for ethnic categories.

Hispanic or Latino - a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other 

Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race. The term "Spanish origin" can also be used in addition to 

"Hispanic or Latino."

Not Hispanic or Latino

The following definitions apply for racial categories.

American Indian or Alaska Native - a person having origins in any of the original peoples of North, 

Central, or South America, and who maintains tribal affiliations or community attachment.

Asian - a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the 

Indian subcontinent including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, 

the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam. (Note: Individuals from the Philippine Islands have been 

recorded as Pacific Islanders in previous data collection strategies.)

Black or African American - a person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. Terms 

such as "Haitian" or "Negro" can be used in addition to "Black or African American."

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander - a person having origins in any of the original peoples of 

Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. 

2. Majority Group

White - a person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North 

Africa.

NIH recognizes the diversity of the U.S. population and that changing demographics are reflected in the 

changing racial and ethnic composition of the population. The terms "minority groups" and "minority 

subpopulations" are meant to be inclusive, rather than exclusive, of differing racial and ethnic categories.

3. Subpopulations

Each racial and ethnic group contains subpopulations that are delimited by geographic origins, national 

origins and/or cultural differences. It is recognized that there are different ways of defining and reporting 

racial and ethnic subpopulation data. The subpopulation to which an individual is assigned depends on 

self-reporting of specific origins and/or cultural heritage. Attention to subpopulations also applies to 

individuals who self-identify with more than one race or ethnicity. Researchers should be cognizant of the 

possibility that these racial/ethnic combinations may have biomedical, behavioral, and/or social-cultural 

implications related to the scientific question under study.

F. Outreach Strategies

These are outreach efforts by investigators and their staff(s) to appropriately recruit and retain populations 

of interest into research studies. Such efforts should represent a thoughtful and culturally sensitive plan of 

outreach and generally include involvement of other individuals and organizations relevant to the 

populations and communities of interest, e.g., family, religious organizations, community leaders and 
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informal gatekeepers, and public and private institutions and organizations. The objective is to establish 

appropriate lines of communication and cooperation to build mutual trust and cooperation such that both 

the study and the participants benefit from such collaboration.
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Appendix C

NIH Policy on Reporting Race and Ethnicity Data: Subjects in Clinical Research

Release Date: August 8, 2001

NOTICE: NOT-OD-01-053

National Institutes of Health

POLICY: The NIH has adopted the 1997 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) revised minimum 

standards for maintaining, collecting, and presenting data on race and ethnicity for all grant applications, 

contract and intramural proposals and for all active research grants, cooperative agreements, contract and 

intramural projects. The minimum standards are described in the 1997 OMB Directive 15, 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg/directive_15.html. 

SUMMARY: This document provides additional guidance and instruction for using the revised minimum 

standards for maintaining, collecting, and presenting data on race and ethnicity found in the PHS 398 

(rev. 5/01) and PHS 2590 (rev.5/01) instructions and forms http://grants.nih.gov/grants/forms.htm. 

Comparable information will be provided in research and development contract solicitations and awards 

for intramural projects. This document should be used in conjunction with the instructions in the PHS 

398 and PHS 2590 instructions and forms.

The 1997 OMB revised minimum standards include two ethnic categories (Hispanic or Latino, and Not 

Hispanic or Latino) and five racial 

categories (American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or 

Other Pacific Islander, and White). The categories in this classification are social-political constructs and 

should not be interpreted as being anthropological in nature. Using self-reporting or self-identification to 

collect an individual’s data on ethnicity and race, investigators should use two separate questions with 

ethnicity information collected first followed by the option to select more than one racial designation.

Collection of this information and use of these categories is required for research that meets the NIH 

definition of clinical research. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: This policy applies to all new applications and proposals, annual progress reports, 

competing continuation applications, competing supplement applications for research grants, contracts, 

and intramural projects as of January 10, 2002. 

I. Revised Minimum Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and 

Ethnicity

The following are the ethnic and racial definitions for the minimum standard categories (1997 OMB 

Directive 15).

Ethnic Categories:

Hispanic or Latino: A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other 

Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race. The term “Spanish origin” can also be used in addition to 

“Hispanic or Latino.”

Not Hispanic or Latino
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Racial Categories:

American Indian or Alaska Native: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North, 

Central, or South America, and who maintains tribal affiliations or community attachment.

Asian: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the 

Indian subcontinent including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, 

the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam. (Note: Individuals from the Philippine Islands have been 

recorded as Pacific Islanders in previous data collection strategies.)

Black or African American: A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. Terms 

such as “Haitian” or “Negro” can be used in addition to “Black or African American.”•

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of 

Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.

White: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North 

Africa.

Using respondent self-report or self-identification to collect an individual’s data on ethnicity and race, 

investigators should use two separate questions with ethnicity information collected first followed by the 

option to select more than one racial designation. 

When reporting these data in the aggregate, investigators should report: (a) the number of respondents in 

each ethnic category; (b) the number of respondents who selected only one category for each of the five 

racial categories; (c) the total number of respondents who selected multiple racial categories reported as 

the “number selecting more than one race”; and, (d) the number of respondents in each racial category 

who are Hispanic or Latino. Investigators may provide the detailed distributions, including all possible 

combinations, of multiple responses to the racial designations as additional information. However, more 

detailed items should be designed in a way that they can be aggregated into the required categories for 

reporting purposes. NIH is required to use these definitions to allow comparisons to other federal 

databases, especially the census and national health databases. Federal agencies will not present data on 

detailed categories if doing so would compromise data quality or confidentiality standards.

II. Guidance on Reporting Ethnicity/Race and Sex/Gender in Clinical Research

NIH requires all grants, contracts, and intramural projects conducting clinical research to address the 

Inclusion of Women and Minorities (see 

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/women_min/women_min.htm). NIH defines clinical research as: (1) 

Patient-oriented research. Research conducted with human subjects (or on material of human origin such 

as tissues, specimens and cognitive phenomena) for which an investigator (or colleague) directly interacts 

with human subjects. Excluded from this definition are in vitro studies that utilize human tissues that 

cannot be linked to a living individual. Patient-oriented research includes: (a) mechanisms of human 

disease, (b) therapeutic interventions, (c) clinical trials, or (d) development of new technologies. (2) 

Epidemiologic and behavioral studies. (3) Outcomes research and health services research. 

New Applications (type 1), Competing Continuations (type 2), Requests for Proposals, and Intramural 

Projects

Submitting Applications or Proposals Involving the Collection of New/Additional Data in Clinical 

Research: 
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Investigators are instructed to provide plans for the total number of subjects proposed for the study and to 

provide the distribution by ethnic/racial categories and sex/gender. This information must be reported 

using the newly revised categories and according to the new format provided in the Targeted/Planned 

Enrollment table http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/enrollment.pdf

Submitting Applications or Proposals Using Existing Data in Clinical Research with No Plans for 

Collecting New/Additional Data: 

Investigators are instructed to provide plans for the total number of subjects proposed for the study and to 

provide the distribution by ethnic/racial categories and sex/gender. Under these circumstances, 

investigators are not required to re-contact subjects solely to comply with the newly revised categories. If 

the existing data on ethnicity and race allows accurate correspondence with the new categories, the 

investigator can use the format in the Targeted/Planned Enrollment table. However, if the existing data do 

not allow accurate correspondence with the new categories, information may be reported using the former 

categories and according to the format in the 4/98 Version of the Inclusion Table 

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/women_min/InclusionOld_Form.pdf

Annual Progress Reports (type 5) and Competing Supplement Applications

In Annual Progress Reports and Competing Supplement Applications, investigators conducting clinical 

research are required to provide the cumulative total enrollment of subjects to-date (as well as any 

proposed additions to the Targeted/Planned enrollment in the case of Competing Supplement 

Applications) and to present the distribution by ethnic/racial categories and sex/gender.

If Data Collection is Ongoing, Such that New Subjects Will be Enrolled and/or Additional Data Will be 

Collected from Human Subjects: 

Investigators may choose to report ethnicity/race and sex/gender sample composition using EITHER the 

format in the former 4/98 Version of the Inclusion Table OR the new Inclusion Enrollment Report 

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/enrollmentreport.pdf [Note: If investigators with on-going 

data collection choose to report information using the new Inclusion Enrollment Report, they must 

continue to use this format for the remaining years of the project.]

If Data Collection is Complete, Such that No New/Additional Subject Contact is Planned:

Investigators may EITHER continue to report using the former categories and according to the 4/98 

Version of the Inclusion Table, OR, if data allow accurate correspondence with the new categories, use 

the format in the new Inclusion Enrollment Report. 

III. Frequently Asked Questions

1. What categories should I use in my application to estimate race and ethnicity, given the new OMB 

standards? 

Investigators should use the categories described in the PHS 398 instructions and listed in the table 

“Targeted/Planned Enrollment Table” for New Applications. First, the investigator should report the 

anticipated total number of males and females to be enrolled by Ethnicity (Hispanic or Latino, Not 

Hispanic or Latino). Then, the investigator should report the anticipated total number of males and 

females by Racial Categories (American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Other 

Pacific Islander, Black or African American, White). The total number of subjects in the Ethnic Category 
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section of the table should equal the total number of subjects in the Racial Categories section. 

Investigators do not need to estimate the anticipated number of individuals reporting multiple racial 

categories (either total number reporting multiple categories or number reporting specific combinations)

for New Applications. However, the investigator must follow the OMB guidelines, which include 

allowing respondents to select multiple race categories, once data collection commences.

 

2. What if my new application involves analyzing secondary data in which the race and ethnicity 

categories do not comply with the new OMB guidelines?

If an investigator is using secondary data sets that do not conform to the new OMB guidelines and does 

not plan to collect any new/additional data from the subjects, this should be noted in the New Application. 

In this circumstance, the investigator should complete the “Targeted/Planned Enrollment Table” for a 

New Application and the “Inclusion Enrollment Report” for Continuation Applications, Competing 

Supplement Applications, and Annual Grant Progress Reports if the data allow. However, if the existing 

data do not allow accurate correspondence with the new categories, the investigator should report the 

information using the prior categories and use the 4/98 Version of the Inclusion Table. 

3. There are many ways of tabulating the multiple race and ethnicity responses, particularly since the race 

and ethnicity categories are not mutually exclusive. Do the numbers I report have to “add up”?

The numbers in several parts of the two tables must be the same. In both the “Targeted/Planned 

Enrollment Table” for a New Application and the “Inclusion Enrollment Report” for Continuation 

Applications, Competing Supplement Applications, and Annual Progress Reports, the sum in “Ethnic 

Category: Total of All Subjects” must equal the sum in “Racial Categories: Total of All Subjects.” In 

addition, the “Racial Categories: Total Hispanics or Latinos” in Part B of the “Inclusion Enrollment 

Report Table” must equal the Total Hispanic or Latino number reported in Part A of the “Inclusion 

Enrollment Report.” Footnotes in the tables clearly identify which numbers must be the same.

4. Can I use the Targeted/Planned Enrollment Table or the Enrollment Inclusion Report to collect data 

from individuals? 

Neither the Targeted/Planned Enrollment Tablet nor the Enrollment Inclusion Report should be used for 

collecting data from individuals. These tables are only to be used for reporting aggregate data.

To collect data from an individual respondent, investigators should use respondent self-report or selfidentification and use two separate questions. The first question should be about ethnicity, followed by a 

question that provides the option of selecting one or more racial designations. An example of a format for 

collecting information from an individual can be found in the “Ethnic Origin and Race” section of the 

Personal Data Form Page in the PHS 398 (rev. 5/01) 

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/personal.pdf

5. Can I ask more detailed questions about ethnicity and race than these guidelines indicate? 

The revised OMB guidelines provide minimal standards for data collection. Indeed, researchers are 

encouraged to explore collecting additional types of information on race and ethnicity that will provide 

additional insights into the relationships between race and ethnicity and health. For example, after asking 

the ethnicity and then the race questions, researchers may opt to ask study participants who choose 

multiple categories to identify the group that they identify with primarily. Further questions identifying 

membership in subpopulations within the ethnic and racial categories provided by OMB may also be 

considered. The scientific question being addressed in the study should guide investigators’ decisions 
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regarding collection of any additional information on ethnicity or race. Information on subpopulations 

may be reported by listing the information in an attachment to the required table. 

6. I have already begun data collection and my categories do not comply with the new OMB standards. 

Do I need to change my questions on race and ethnicity in the middle of the study?

If data collection has already begun, we do not expect investigators to change their questions on race and 

ethnicity prior to the completion of the study. For Annual Progress Reports, in this circumstance, 

investigators should note that the research project was initiated prior to the implementation of the new 

reporting guidelines. If the data do not accurately correspond with the new categories, the investigator 

may continue to use the format in the 4/98 Version of the Inclusion Table. 

7. I began data collection prior to the new standards, but my race and ethnicity questions comply with the 

new standards. I submitted my original estimates of the study composition using the old standards. How 

should I present the data in the progress report?

If you began your data collection prior to the implementation of the new standards but your questions on 

race and ethnicity comply with the new standards, the choice is left up to the investigator as to how to 

present the data for Annual Progress Reports. We suggest completion of the new Inclusion Enrollment 

Report.

8. How should I report race and ethnicity data when my research involves a foreign population?

Investigators are encouraged to design their data collection instruments in ways that allow respondent 

self-identification of their racial and ethnic affiliation. However, these items should be designed in a way 

that they can be aggregated into the required categories. Also, the investigator can report on any 

racial/ethnic subpopulations by listing this information in an attachment to the required table. This may be 

particularly useful when distinctive subpopulations are relevant to the scientific hypotheses being studied.

When completing the tables, investigators should asterisk and footnote the table indicating that data 

includes foreign participants. If the aggregated data only includes foreign participants, the investigator 

should provide information in one table with an asterisk and footnote. However, if the study includes both 

domestic and foreign participants, we suggest the investigator complete two separate tables â€“ one for 

domestic data and one for foreign data, with an asterisk and footnote accompanying the table with foreign 

data.

9. How do the 1997 OMB revised standards differ from the previous standards?

OMB issued the previous standards for maintaining, collecting, and presenting data on race and ethnicity 

in 1977. The minimum acceptable categories were: American Indian or Alaska Native; Asian or Pacific 

Islander; Black, not of Hispanic origin; Hispanic; White, not of Hispanic origin. 

The 1997 OMB revised standards now include two ethnic categories (Hispanic or Latino or Not Hispanic 

or Latino) and five racial categories (American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African 

American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and White). When using self-reporting or selfidentification to collect data on ethnicity and race, investigators should use two separate questions with 

ethnicity information collected first followed by the option to select more than one racial designation. 
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Appendix D: Glossary of Important Terms for Inclusion

Clinical Research as defined by the 1997 Report of the NIH Director’s Panel on Clinical Research

(1) Patient-oriented research. Research conducted with human subjects (or on material of human origin 

such as tissues, specimens and cognitive phenomena) for which an investigator (or colleague) directly 

interacts with human subjects. Excluded from this definition are in vitro studies that utilize human tissues 

that cannot be linked to a living individual. Patient-oriented research includes: (a) mechanisms of human 

disease, (b) therapeutic interventions, (c) clinical trials, and (d) development of new technologies; 

(2) Epidemiologic and behavioral studies; and (3) Outcomes research and health services research. Note: 

This definition excludes projects that qualify for IRB Exemption #4.

NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trial

For the purpose of these guidelines, a NIH-defined “Phase III clinical trial" is a broadly based prospective 

clinical investigation, usually involving several hundred or more human subjects, for the purpose of 

evaluating an experimental intervention in comparison with a standard or control intervention or 

comparing two or more existing treatments. Often the aim of such investigation is to provide evidence 

leading to a scientific basis for consideration of a change in health policy or standard of care. The 

definition includes pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic, and behavioral interventions given for disease 

prevention, prophylaxis, diagnosis, or therapy. Community trials and other population-based intervention 

trials are also included.

Valid Analysis

The term "valid analysis" means an unbiased assessment. Such an assessment will, on average, yield the 

correct estimate of the difference in outcomes between two groups of subjects. Valid analysis can and 

should be conducted for both small and large studies. A valid analysis does not need to have a high 

statistical power for detecting a stated effect. The principal requirements for ensuring a valid analysis of 

the question of interest are:

allocation of study participants of both sexes/genders (males and females) and different racial/ethnic

groups to the intervention and control groups by an unbiased process such as randomization,

unbiased evaluation of the outcome(s) of study participants, and

use of unbiased statistical analyses and proper methods of inference to estimate and compare the 

intervention effects among the sex/gender and racial/ethnic groups.

Significant Difference

For purposes of this policy, a "significant difference" is a difference that is of clinical or public health 

importance, based on substantial scientific data. This definition differs from the commonly used 

"statistically significant difference," which refers to the event that, for a given set of data, the statistical 

test for a difference between the effects in two groups achieves statistical significance. Statistical 

significance depends upon the amount of information in the data set. With a very large amount of 

information, one could find a statistically significant, but clinically small difference that is of very little 

clinical importance. Conversely, with less information one could find a large difference of potential 

importance that is not statistically significant.