Chapter 7 - Race Ethnicity and Gender

The USCG percentage of Whites was slightly higher than the overall DoD rate for officer accessions (82 and 78 percent, respectively) and officers (86 and 83 percent, respectively), as shown in Table 7.7. By gender, the USCG officer accessions were slightly more likely to be male than were DoD officer accessions (81 and 80 percent, respectively). Similarly, members of the USCG's officer corps were slightly more likely to be male than were DoD officers (87 and 85 percent, respectively).

Table 7.7. Race/Ethnicity and Gender of FY 2001 USCG and DoD Active Component Officer Accessions and Officer Corps (Percent)
	Officer Accessions		Officer Corps
	Coast Guard	DoD	Coast Guard	DoD
Race/Ethnicity
White	82.2	77.5	86.3	83.3
Black	5.8	9.6	4.8	8.3
Hispanic	7.3	4.7	4.5	3.8
Other	4.8	8.2	4.4	4.6
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Gender
Male	80.7	79.9	87.0	84.7
Female	19.3	20.1	13.0	15.3
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-18 (Coast Guard Active Component Officer Accessions and Officer Corps by Race/Ethnicity and Gender).