Table 4.
Overall Agreement of Observer-Recorded Race Values with Self-reported Race in Various Groupings* (N = 979,415)
| Race/Ethnicity Grouping | Number Agreeing | Percent Agreeing | Kappa |
| White, AA, Hispanic, Other | 932,315 | 95.2 | 0.881 (0.880–0.882) |
| White, AA, Other | 933,652 | 95.3 | 0.884 (0.883–0.885) |
| White, Other | 937,129 | 95.7 | 0.885 (0.884–0.886) |
| AA, Other | 958,140 | 97.8 | 0.927 (0.926–0.929) |
*AA indicates African American. Veterans with multiracial values and veterans with Hispanic ethnicity and non-AA minority races were excluded.