Chart 12. Distribution of Registered Nurses in Each Racial/Ethnic Group by Highest Educational Preparation, March 2000

Stacked Bar chart with 7 groups and 4 items per group.
Group 1, White (non Hispanic), Total value of 99.80000000000001 
Item 1, Diploma value of 23.6% which is 23.6% of White (non Hispanic) 
Item 2, Associate Degree value of 34.4% which is 34.5% of White (non Hispanic) 
Item 3, BSN value of 31.4% which is 31.5% of White (non Hispanic) 
Item 4, MS/PhD value of 10.4% which is 10.4% of White (non Hispanic) 
Group 2, Hispanic, Total value of 99.50000000000001 
Item 1, Diploma value of 11.8% which is 11.9% of Hispanic 
Item 2, Associate Degree value of 43.1% which is 43.3% of Hispanic 
Item 3, BSN value of 36.2% which is 36.4% of Hispanic 
Item 4, MS/PhD value of 8.4% which is 8.4% of Hispanic 
Group 3, Asian, Total value of 99.3 
Item 1, Diploma value of 21.9% which is 22.1% of Asian 
Item 2, Associate Degree value of 16.9% which is 17.0% of Asian 
Item 3, BSN value of 55.5% which is 55.9% of Asian 
Item 4, MS/PhD value of 5% which is 5.0% of Asian 
Group 4, Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander, Total value of 99.9 
Item 1, Diploma value of 9.8% which is 9.8% of Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 
Item 2, Associate Degree value of 25% which is 25.0% of Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 
Item 3, BSN value of 48.7% which is 48.7% of Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 
Item 4, MS/PhD value of 16.4% which is 16.4% of Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 
Group 5, Black (non Hispanic), Total value of 99.6 
Item 1, Diploma value of 14.2% which is 14.3% of Black (non Hispanic) 
Item 2, Associate Degree value of 37.3% which is 37.4% of Black (non Hispanic) 
Item 3, BSN value of 37% which is 37.1% of Black (non Hispanic) 
Item 4, MS/PhD value of 11.1% which is 11.1% of Black (non Hispanic) 
Group 6, American Indian / Alaskan, Total value of 99.2 
Item 1, Diploma value of 16.2% which is 16.3% of American Indian / Alaskan 
Item 2, Associate Degree value of 49.4% which is 49.8% of American Indian / Alaskan 
Item 3, BSN value of 27.7% which is 27.9% of American Indian / Alaskan 
Item 4, MS/PhD value of 5.9% which is 5.9% of American Indian / Alaskan 
Group 7, Multi-Racial, Total value of 99.2 
Item 1, Diploma value of 15.8% which is 15.9% of Multi-Racial 
Item 2, Associate Degree value of 41% which is 41.3% of Multi-Racial 
Item 3, BSN value of 33.6% which is 33.9% of Multi-Racial 
Item 4, MS/PhD value of 8.8% which is 8.9% of Multi-Racial 

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