2012 North Carolina Statewide CHAMP Survey Results

General Health

Would you say that in general the health of (CHILD) is1:

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  Total
Respond2		 Excellent Very good Good Fair
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,147 693 60.1 55.7-64.4 282 25.0 21.4-29.1 149 12.4 9.9-15.6 23 2.4 1.3- 4.4
GENDER
Male 596 364 64.6 58.5-70.3 141 21.6 17.1-26.9 82 12.0 8.6-16.5 *** *** ***
Female 551 329 55.4 49.1-61.6 141 28.7 23.2-34.9 67 12.9 9.3-17.6 14 3.0 1.5- 6.1
RACE
White 736 479 66.5 61.5-71.2 174 22.3 18.4-26.8 73 9.3 6.9-12.5 *** *** ***
African American 213 *** *** *** 59 31.7 22.8-42.2 35 19.4 12.3-29.1 *** *** ***
Other Minorities 193 *** *** *** 49 25.4 16.8-36.5 40 13.1 8.3-19.9 *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Yes 119 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,027 639 61.4 56.7-65.8 256 24.9 21.1-29.1 116 11.7 9.0-15.0 16 2.1 1.0- 4.3
AGE GROUPS
Under 5 273 191 68.2 59.9-75.5 57 21.9 15.8-29.6 22 6.7 4.0-11.1 *** *** ***
5 through 10 346 213 60.3 52.4-67.6 77 24.7 18.3-32.4 47 12.0 8.1-17.5 *** *** ***
11 through 13 189 *** *** *** 47 15.7 9.6-24.6 26 17.5 9.7-29.5 *** *** ***
14 through 17 339 174 45.3 37.3-53.5 101 35.8 28.1-44.4 54 16.8 11.3-24.2 *** *** ***
PARENT EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 257 128 46.7 37.4-56.2 66 32.3 23.8-42.2 54 17.3 11.6-25.2 *** *** ***
Some College 285 161 57.2 48.7-65.3 67 24.6 18.1-32.5 49 15.1 10.2-21.7 *** *** ***
College Graduate 603 403 70.4 65.0-75.3 148 20.7 16.7-25.4 46 7.7 5.1-11.6 *** *** ***
SCHOOL
Public School 777 437 56.4 51.0-61.7 204 26.5 22.0-31.6 119 15.0 11.6-19.2 17 2.0 1.0- 4.2
Private/Home 128 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
GRADE
Not In School 294 206 68.1 60.1-75.2 60 21.0 15.2-28.1 25 8.1 4.8-13.4 *** *** ***
K-5th 347 213 60.8 52.8-68.2 77 23.8 17.5-31.5 48 12.5 8.2-18.5 *** *** ***
6th-8th 192 *** *** *** *** *** *** 26 14.1 8.0-23.5 *** *** ***
9th-12th3 314 165 48.2 39.8-56.7 89 31.6 24.2-40.1 50 17.9 11.9-26.0 *** *** ***
HEALTH INSURANCE4
Private 586 402 70.6 64.8-75.7 138 21.6 17.1-26.9 43 7.2 4.7-10.8 *** *** ***
Public 419 208 49.2 42.1-56.4 106 27.9 21.9-34.8 87 18.3 13.6-24.3 18 4.6 2.3- 8.9
Other 83 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No health insurance 41 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS
Yes 255 102 39.7 30.7-49.5 88 33.5 25.5-42.7 52 20.3 13.8-28.7 13 6.5 2.8-14.3
No 878 586 66.2 61.2-70.9 191 22.6 18.6-27.3 93 10.0 7.4-13.4 *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology, results from 2011 and 2012 are NOT comparable to results from 2010 and earlier.

***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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