Does half-URM count as URM?

It doesn't seem like Hispanic/White or being URM has an advantage at all:

According to: http://ift.tt/1KJvcqV
there were 1,032 Hispanic/White applicants to Med School in 2014-2015 cycle.

Of those 1,032 Hispanic/White applicants only: 466 were matriculates into med school. (http://ift.tt/1kXEieI)

That is 45.1% of applicants that were hispanic & white that were matriculates into med school.

Now looking at just white there were 24,049, and of that 10,609 were matriculates into med school. That is a 44.1%

Lastly, looking at hispanic/latino only: 2,911 applicants, and of that 1,230 were matriculates into med school. That is a 42.3% which is lower than white & hispanic/white.

Now looking at African American: 3,537 applicants, and 1,227 matriculates into med school: 34.6%

It seems to me that being a URM is almost worse. I'm really confused. I know this is a minor detail of an application.

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Does half-URM count as URM?