Table 19.  NCHS vs Census race distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute  percent error 
                                      (using NCHS race of child -- unknowns recoded randomly)

  Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census
  Internet Release date: June 1997


                       proportion   proportion  proportion   proportion  proportion   proportion  proportion   proportion
                          White       White        Black       Black      Am Indian   Am Indian      Asian       Asian
 STATE                  from NCHS  from Census   from NCHS  from Census   from NCHS  from Census   from NCHS  from Census    MAPE

 ALABAMA                 0.64413     0.66381      0.34673     0.32679      0.00179     0.00349      0.00736     0.00591    20.5960
 ALASKA                  0.63961     0.69012      0.06138     0.05704      0.25344     0.22186      0.04556     0.03099    19.0525
 ARIZONA                 0.83811     0.83399      0.04556     0.04436      0.09862     0.10464      0.01771     0.01700     3.2796
 ARKANSAS                0.74711     0.75934      0.23713     0.22788      0.00840     0.00632      0.00736     0.00646    13.0842
 CALIFORNIA              0.79094     0.79884      0.09749     0.09242      0.00904     0.01068      0.10254     0.09806     6.6008
 COLORADO                0.90116     0.90875      0.06164     0.05847      0.01248     0.01226      0.02472     0.02052     7.1349
 CONNECTICUT             0.83482     0.85233      0.14109     0.12705      0.00260     0.00254      0.02149     0.01809     8.6327
 DELAWARE                0.74550     0.76447      0.23884     0.21922      0.00206     0.00257      0.01360     0.01373     8.0695
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA    0.15951     0.21009      0.81380     0.77497      0.00068     0.00154      0.02600     0.01341    44.6415
 FLORIDA                 0.74492     0.76531      0.23941     0.21888      0.00295     0.00295      0.01272     0.01286     3.2967
 GEORGIA                 0.62102     0.63816      0.36343     0.34764      0.00150     0.00194      0.01405     0.01227    11.0609
 HAWAII                  0.23009     0.36750      0.04795     0.04403      0.00958     0.00673      0.71238     0.58173    27.7597
 IDAHO                   0.95720     0.96206      0.00478     0.00552      0.02413     0.02270      0.01389     0.00971    15.8382
 ILLINOIS                0.73706     0.77516      0.23298     0.19562      0.00219     0.00251      0.02777     0.02671    10.1677
 INDIANA                 0.87241     0.88453      0.11630     0.10646      0.00220     0.00237      0.00909     0.00663    13.7379
 IOWA                    0.94882     0.95279      0.03177     0.03061      0.00587     0.00506      0.01354     0.01154     9.3920
 KANSAS                  0.87585     0.88626      0.09551     0.08695      0.01100     0.01217      0.01765     0.01462    10.3397
 KENTUCKY                0.89131     0.89484      0.09995     0.09800      0.00134     0.00136      0.00740     0.00580     7.8403
 LOUISIANA               0.57308     0.59286      0.41062     0.39110      0.00474     0.00504      0.01156     0.01101     4.8043
 MAINE                   0.97543     0.97829      0.00718     0.00825      0.01039     0.00601      0.00700     0.00745    23.0006
 MARYLAND                0.64361     0.67544      0.32127     0.29216      0.00268     0.00289      0.03244     0.02951     8.0082
 MASSACHUSETTS           0.85315     0.87712      0.10629     0.08703      0.00274     0.00279      0.03782     0.03306    10.3090
 MICHIGAN                0.76982     0.77776      0.20995     0.20196      0.00824     0.00765      0.01200     0.01263     4.4203
 MINNESOTA               0.89849     0.90498      0.04398     0.04153      0.02421     0.02181      0.03333     0.03168     5.6964
 MISSISSIPPI             0.51128     0.53287      0.47588     0.45577      0.00543     0.00501      0.00741     0.00635     8.3607
 MISSOURI                0.80836     0.83610      0.17433     0.15130      0.00548     0.00405      0.01183     0.00854    23.0623
 MONTANA                 0.84258     0.87508      0.00590     0.00513      0.14249     0.11322      0.00903     0.00657    20.5230
 NEBRASKA                0.90895     0.91910      0.06228     0.05818      0.01704     0.01420      0.01173     0.00852    16.4592
 NEVADA                  0.83799     0.84941      0.10064     0.09664      0.02224     0.02315      0.03912     0.03081     9.0910
 NEW HAMPSHIRE           0.97792     0.97846      0.01087     0.01004      0.00181     0.00186      0.00940     0.00964     3.3904
 NEW JERSEY              0.75323     0.77916      0.20472     0.17597      0.00256     0.00241      0.03949     0.04246     8.2613
 NEW MEXICO              0.80542     0.81533      0.02702     0.02682      0.15587     0.14733      0.01169     0.01051     4.7290
 NEW YORK                0.72791     0.73239      0.22631     0.22109      0.00288     0.00516      0.04290     0.04136    12.7459
 NORTH CAROLINA          0.67101     0.68639      0.30052     0.28762      0.01728     0.01603      0.01119     0.00996     6.7258
 NORTH DAKOTA            0.87173     0.90019      0.01244     0.01369      0.10508     0.07913      0.01075     0.00700    24.6790
 OHIO                    0.82571     0.83829      0.16250     0.15131      0.00222     0.00189      0.00957     0.00851     9.8227
 OKLAHOMA                0.75081     0.76121      0.11671     0.10902      0.11784     0.11747      0.01464     0.01230     6.9462
 OREGON                  0.90933     0.92488      0.02939     0.02600      0.02523     0.02088      0.03604     0.02824    15.8013
 PENNSYLVANIA            0.82304     0.85103      0.15895     0.13351      0.00195     0.00147      0.01606     0.01399    17.3412
 RHODE ISLAND            0.86783     0.89074      0.08688     0.07297      0.01006     0.00561      0.03522     0.03067    28.9421
 SOUTH CAROLINA          0.59910     0.61110      0.39065     0.38030      0.00234     0.00224      0.00792     0.00636     8.3208
 SOUTH DAKOTA            0.82016     0.83919      0.01117     0.01073      0.16015     0.14444      0.00852     0.00563    17.0909
 TENNESSEE               0.75012     0.76385      0.23931     0.22722      0.00209     0.00161      0.00848     0.00732    13.0685
 TEXAS                   0.83038     0.83291      0.14582     0.14327      0.00302     0.00393      0.02078     0.01989     7.3901
 UTAH                    0.93566     0.94618      0.01014     0.00944      0.02482     0.02313      0.02939     0.02125    13.5218
 VERMONT                 0.98828     0.98534      0.00466     0.00669      0.00191     0.00235      0.00514     0.00563    14.4210
 VIRGINIA                0.72137     0.73585      0.24722     0.23536      0.00169     0.00232      0.02972     0.02646    11.6547
 WASHINGTON              0.85614     0.88003      0.05308     0.04500      0.03085     0.02684      0.05993     0.04813    15.0337
 WEST VIRGINIA           0.95313     0.95268      0.04166     0.04264      0.00095     0.00124      0.00426     0.00344    12.3148
 WISCONSIN               0.86163     0.86954      0.10036     0.09457      0.01401     0.01331      0.02400     0.02258     4.6533
 WYOMING                 0.93197     0.94296      0.01551     0.01366      0.04287     0.03698      0.00966     0.00640    20.3727
 US Total                0.77700     0.79291      0.17437     0.16185      0.01211     0.01214      0.03652     0.03311     5.0711