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| Total Respond2 |
Very/Somewhat overweight | Healthy weight | Somewhat/Very underweight | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 1,381 | 174 | 9.3 | 7.2-11.9 | 1,048 | 80.8 | 77.3-83.9 | 159 | 9.9 | 7.6-12.7 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 707 | 75 | 8.0 | 5.4-11.5 | 539 | 82.6 | 78.0-86.4 | 93 | 9.5 | 6.8-13.1 |
| Female | 669 | 99 | 10.6 | 7.5-14.9 | 504 | 79.0 | 73.4-83.6 | 66 | 10.4 | 7.0-15.1 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 960 | 108 | 9.1 | 6.5-12.5 | 733 | 80.5 | 76.1-84.3 | 119 | 10.4 | 7.7-14.0 |
| African American | 221 | 35 | 9.5 | 5.6-15.5 | 164 | 82.9 | 75.3-88.5 | 22 | 7.6 | 4.1-13.9 |
| Other Minorities | 193 | 31 | 9.7 | 5.0-17.8 | 145 | 78.6 | 67.3-86.8 | 17 | 11.7 | 5.6-22.8 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Yes | 146 | 24 | 9.6 | 5.0-17.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 1,229 | 150 | 9.3 | 7.0-12.1 | 932 | 80.7 | 77.0-84.0 | 147 | 10.0 | 7.7-12.9 |
| AGE GROUPS | ||||||||||
| Under 5 | 310 | *** | *** | *** | 281 | 91.4 | 85.1-95.2 | 24 | 7.2 | 3.8-13.3 |
| 5 through 10 | 392 | 49 | 10.2 | 6.4-15.8 | 288 | 79.3 | 72.6-84.7 | 55 | 10.5 | 7.0-15.6 |
| 11 through 13 | 272 | 53 | 18.4 | 11.9-27.2 | 183 | 67.4 | 57.3-76.1 | 36 | 14.3 | 8.3-23.4 |
| 14 through 17 | 404 | 67 | 11.3 | 7.3-17.1 | 293 | 79.5 | 72.1-85.3 | 44 | 9.2 | 5.3-15.7 |
| PARENT EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 287 | 48 | 9.3 | 5.5-15.3 | 218 | 81.9 | 73.9-87.8 | 21 | 8.8 | 4.7-16.0 |
| Some College | 284 | 45 | 13.1 | 8.3-20.0 | 215 | 77.6 | 69.4-84.1 | 24 | 9.3 | 5.2-16.2 |
| College Graduate | 808 | 81 | 7.1 | 4.9-10.1 | 614 | 82.0 | 77.7-85.7 | 113 | 10.9 | 8.1-14.5 |
| SCHOOL | ||||||||||
| Public School | 931 | 152 | 13.1 | 10.0-17.0 | 666 | 76.3 | 71.5-80.5 | 113 | 10.6 | 7.8-14.4 |
| Private/Home | 161 | 15 | 5.7 | 2.8-11.4 | 125 | 83.2 | 74.0-89.6 | 21 | 11.1 | 6.0-19.6 |
| GRADE | ||||||||||
| Not In School | 340 | *** | *** | *** | 304 | 89.5 | 83.2-93.6 | 31 | 9.3 | 5.4-15.4 |
| K-5th | 392 | 51 | 11.9 | 7.5-18.2 | 291 | 79.2 | 72.4-84.7 | 50 | 8.9 | 5.8-13.4 |
| 6th-8th | 259 | 55 | 18.4 | 12.3-26.6 | 168 | 67.4 | 57.3-76.0 | 36 | 14.3 | 8.2-23.6 |
| 9th-12th3 | 388 | 63 | 10.8 | 6.8-16.8 | 283 | 80.1 | 72.4-86.0 | 42 | 9.1 | 5.1-15.9 |
| HEALTH INSURANCE4 | ||||||||||
| Private | 759 | 88 | 8.5 | 6.0-11.9 | 571 | 79.5 | 74.5-83.7 | 100 | 12.0 | 8.7-16.5 |
| Public | 417 | 65 | 11.3 | 7.6-16.4 | 315 | 81.0 | 74.7-86.0 | 37 | 7.8 | 4.7-12.7 |
| Other | 149 | 11 | 4.3 | 1.9- 9.5 | 123 | 87.9 | 79.7-93.1 | 15 | 7.8 | 3.8-15.2 |
| No health insurance | 38 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 257 | 51 | 17.3 | 10.8-26.5 | 166 | 68.4 | 58.3-77.1 | 40 | 14.3 | 8.6-22.6 |
| No | 1,110 | 119 | 7.5 | 5.5-10.2 | 872 | 83.3 | 79.6-86.5 | 119 | 9.1 | 6.7-12.3 |
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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology, results from 2011 are NOT comparable to previous years.
*** This estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards; see N.C. CHAMP Technical Notes for more details
1Asked of all children ages 0 to 17 years
2Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.
39th-12th grade includes those in college or other post high school education.
4Health Insurance categories: PRIVATE = State Employee Health Plan, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of NC, or other private health insurance plan purchased from an employer or directly from insurance company.
PUBLIC = Medicaid, Carolina ACCESS, Health Check, or NC Health Choice. OTHER = the military, CHAMPUS, TRI CARE, Indian Health Servcies or other type not otherwise listed.
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