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. 2008 Oct;43(5 Pt 1):1722–1736. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2008.00854.x

Table 3.

Comparing Overall Racial/Ethnic Prevalence Estimates to Self-Report Estimates (n=1,973,362)

Estimated Percentage in Each Group

Hispanic Asian Black White/Other Weighted Average Overall Deviation from Self-Report
SELF-REPORT 8.9 5.0 8.0 78.1 (0)
BSG 10.0 4.5 9.1 76.4 1.6%
GO 10.8 4.2 9.0 76.0 2.0%
CSG 9.2 2.9 3.0 84.9 6.2%

Ninety-five percent margins of sampling error are <0.1% for a single prevalence estimate, a difference in prevalences estimates across methods.