1996 Addendum to "Technical Appendix" of Vital Statistics of the United States, 1995" - Volume I, Natality Expanded race categories Minnesota now reports the expanded Asian or Pacific Islander race categories of Vietnamese, Asian Indian, Korean, Samoan, Guamanian, and remaining Asian or Pacific Islanders. These expanded race categories are also reported by California, Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Texas, and Washington. Congenital Anomalies for New York State New York State now reports Spina Bifida. Births in Puerto Rico by race of mother and father Puerto Rico reports race of mother and father in three categories: white, black, and other. Births reported as "other" race are shown in code "0". Births coded "0" include births in these racial groups: American Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Hawaiian, Filipino, and other Asian or Pacific Islander. Percent Completeness See table A for the percent completeness of all items collected from the birth certificate by NCHS for each reporting area. Residence and Occurrence Data See table 1 for counts of births by occurrence and residence for every State and the District of Columbia. - 1-