Table 11.  NCHS vs Census race distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error   
                                      (using NCHS race of mother -- unknown recoded to Black)

  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                 0.64801     0.66381      0.34421     0.32679      0.00108     0.00349      0.00670     0.00591    22.5352
 ALASKA                  0.68157     0.69012      0.04617     0.05704      0.23341     0.22186      0.03886     0.03099    12.7246
 ARIZONA                 0.85365     0.83399      0.03717     0.04436      0.09452     0.10464      0.01465     0.01700    10.5144
 ARKANSAS                0.75630     0.75934      0.23281     0.22788      0.00480     0.00632      0.00609     0.00646     8.0793
 CALIFORNIA              0.81796     0.79884      0.08364     0.09242      0.00577     0.01068      0.09263     0.09806    15.8440
 COLORADO                0.91670     0.90875      0.05246     0.05847      0.00916     0.01226      0.02168     0.02052    10.5373
 CONNECTICUT             0.84969     0.85233      0.12922     0.12705      0.00184     0.00254      0.01925     0.01809     9.0239
 DELAWARE                0.75141     0.76447      0.23443     0.21922      0.00141     0.00257      0.01275     0.01373    15.2841
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA    0.15712     0.21009      0.81859     0.77497      0.00077     0.00154      0.02352     0.01341    39.0653
 FLORIDA                 0.75466     0.76531      0.23234     0.21888      0.00171     0.00295      0.01129     0.01286    15.4114
 GEORGIA                 0.62906     0.63816      0.35698     0.34764      0.00099     0.00194      0.01297     0.01227    14.6520
 HAWAII                  0.30525     0.36750      0.03476     0.04403      0.00938     0.00673      0.65061     0.58173    22.2772
 IDAHO                   0.96707     0.96206      0.00251     0.00552      0.02030     0.02270      0.01012     0.00971    17.4437
 ILLINOIS                0.74877     0.77516      0.22406     0.19562      0.00149     0.00251      0.02568     0.02671    15.6418
 INDIANA                 0.88223     0.88453      0.10929     0.10646      0.00106     0.00237      0.00742     0.00663    17.4780
 IOWA                    0.95688     0.95279      0.02654     0.03061      0.00471     0.00506      0.01187     0.01154     5.8729
 KANSAS                  0.89243     0.88626      0.08438     0.08695      0.00737     0.01217      0.01581     0.01462    12.7949
 KENTUCKY                0.89723     0.89484      0.09522     0.09800      0.00092     0.00136      0.00662     0.00580    12.3222
 LOUISIANA               0.57691     0.59286      0.40895     0.39110      0.00320     0.00504      0.01095     0.01101    11.0703
 MAINE                   0.98324     0.97829      0.00448     0.00825      0.00654     0.00601      0.00574     0.00745    19.4835
 MARYLAND                0.65909     0.67544      0.30922     0.29216      0.00182     0.00289      0.02987     0.02951    11.6068
 MASSACHUSETTS           0.86906     0.87712      0.09424     0.08703      0.00186     0.00279      0.03485     0.03306    11.9865
 MICHIGAN                0.77911     0.77776      0.20437     0.20196      0.00575     0.00765      0.01077     0.01263    10.2317
 MINNESOTA               0.91292     0.90498      0.03645     0.04153      0.01998     0.02181      0.03065     0.03168     6.1925
 MISSISSIPPI             0.51411     0.53287      0.47398     0.45577      0.00500     0.00501      0.00690     0.00635     4.0563
 MISSOURI                0.81918     0.83610      0.16741     0.15130      0.00312     0.00405      0.01028     0.00854    14.0138
 MONTANA                 0.86889     0.87508      0.00295     0.00513      0.12086     0.11322      0.00729     0.00657    15.2641
 NEBRASKA                0.92002     0.91910      0.05544     0.05818      0.01449     0.01420      0.01004     0.00852     6.1785
 NEVADA                  0.85944     0.84941      0.09170     0.09664      0.01633     0.02315      0.03252     0.03081    10.3141
 NEW HAMPSHIRE           0.98489     0.97846      0.00662     0.01004      0.00136     0.00186      0.00713     0.00964    21.9367
 NEW JERSEY              0.76581     0.77916      0.19495     0.17597      0.00196     0.00241      0.03729     0.04246    10.8151
 NEW MEXICO              0.82164     0.81533      0.01921     0.02682      0.14960     0.14733      0.00955     0.01051     9.9721
 NEW YORK                0.74121     0.73239      0.21575     0.22109      0.00209     0.00516      0.04096     0.04136    16.0375
 NORTH CAROLINA          0.68215     0.68639      0.29344     0.28762      0.01446     0.01603      0.00995     0.00996     3.1336
 NORTH DAKOTA            0.89186     0.90019      0.00812     0.01369      0.09085     0.07913      0.00917     0.00700    21.8700
 OHIO                    0.83783     0.83829      0.15281     0.15131      0.00115     0.00189      0.00822     0.00851    10.9203
 OKLAHOMA                0.79482     0.76121      0.10759     0.10902      0.08488     0.11747      0.01271     0.01230     9.2037
 OREGON                  0.93102     0.92488      0.02296     0.02600      0.01750     0.02088      0.02852     0.02824     7.3800
 PENNSYLVANIA            0.83802     0.85103      0.14613     0.13351      0.00106     0.00147      0.01478     0.01399    11.1826
 RHODE ISLAND            0.88319     0.89074      0.07628     0.07297      0.00825     0.00561      0.03227     0.03067    14.4051
 SOUTH CAROLINA          0.60495     0.61110      0.38631     0.38030      0.00153     0.00224      0.00722     0.00636    12.0133
 SOUTH DAKOTA            0.83500     0.83919      0.00613     0.01073      0.15173     0.14444      0.00714     0.00563    18.7844
 TENNESSEE               0.75779     0.76385      0.23338     0.22722      0.00131     0.00161      0.00753     0.00732     6.3523
 TEXAS                   0.84050     0.83291      0.13857     0.14327      0.00188     0.00393      0.01906     0.01989    15.1386
 UTAH                    0.94958     0.94618      0.00624     0.00944      0.02123     0.02313      0.02295     0.02125    12.6118
 VERMONT                 0.99019     0.98534      0.00383     0.00669      0.00155     0.00235      0.00442     0.00563    24.6074
 VIRGINIA                0.73206     0.73585      0.23962     0.23536      0.00099     0.00232      0.02733     0.02646    15.6940
 WASHINGTON              0.88560     0.88003      0.03824     0.04500      0.02474     0.02684      0.05142     0.04813     7.5782
 WEST VIRGINIA           0.95875     0.95268      0.03704     0.04264      0.00054     0.00124      0.00367     0.00344    19.1170
 WISCONSIN               0.87026     0.86954      0.09620     0.09457      0.01113     0.01331      0.02241     0.02258     4.7219
 WYOMING                 0.94455     0.94296      0.01097     0.01366      0.03643     0.03698      0.00805     0.00640    11.7556
 US Total                0.79163     0.79291      0.16559     0.16185      0.00969     0.01214      0.03309     0.03311     5.6783