Lk_Race

Controlled vocabulary for Race that follows the census designation and OMB Directive 15.

Columns
Name Type Description Foreign Key
name varchar(50) Name or identifier
description varchar(1000) Free text to expand upon details
link varchar(2000) Link to URL
Indexes
Name Column Description
PRIMARY name BTREE
Tables that Reference this Table
Name Column Table Reference Column Reference
subject race lk_race name
Values
name description link
American Indian or Alaska Native A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment. https://www.fda.gov/downloads/regulatoryinformation/guidances/ucm126396.pdf
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. https://www.fda.gov/downloads/regulatoryinformation/guidances/ucm126396.pdf
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." https://www.fda.gov/downloads/regulatoryinformation/guidances/ucm126396.pdf
Multiracial Having ancestors of several or various races. https://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/pages/concept_details.jsf?dictionary=NCI_Thesaurus&version=22.04d&code=C67109
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. https://www.fda.gov/downloads/regulatoryinformation/guidances/ucm126396.pdf
Not Specified Race is not specified or not received. If no Race value is received, then this is the system default value. https://www.fda.gov/downloads/regulatoryinformation/guidances/ucm126396.pdf
Other A person having a Race that is some Other value not in CV Terms. https://www.fda.gov/downloads/regulatoryinformation/guidances/ucm126396.pdf
Unknown A person having a race that is Unknown. https://www.fda.gov/downloads/regulatoryinformation/guidances/ucm126396.pdf
White A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. https://www.fda.gov/downloads/regulatoryinformation/guidances/ucm126396.pdf