Race/Ethnicity and Gender.  The USCG percentage of Whites was slightly higher than the overall DoD rate for officer accessions (82 and 79 percent, respectively) and officers (88 and 84 percent, respectively), as shown in Table 8.7.  By gender, 19 percent of both the USCG and overall DoD officer accessions were female, but members of the USCG's officer corps were slightly more likely to be male than were DoD officers (89 and 86 percent, respectively).

Table 8.7.  Race/Ethnicity and Gender of FY 1998 USCG and DoD Active Component Officer Accessions and Officer Corps (Percent)
	Officer Accessions		Officer Corps
Race/ Ethnicity	Coast Guard	DoD	Coast Guard	DoD
White	82.1	79.3	88.1	84.3
Black	6.2	8.5	4.1	7.7
Hispanic	5.9	4.3	3.8	3.3
Other	5.9	7.9	3.9	4.7
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Gender
Male	81.0	80.9	88.9	85.6
Female	19.0	19.1	11.1	14.4
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Columns may not add to total due to rounding. Also see Appendix Tables B-32 (Active Component Officer Accessions and Officer Corps by Gender and Service), B-34 (Active Component Officer Accessions and Officer Corps by Race/Ethnicity and Service), and E-19 (Coast Guard Active Component Officer Accessions and Officer Corps by Race/Ethnicity and Gender).

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