2012 North Carolina Statewide CHAMP Survey Results

Health Care Access and Utilization

Thinking about (CHILD)’s health needs and all the services that (s/he) needs,
have you had any difficulties trying to use these services during the past 12 months?1

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  Total
Respond2		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,146 67 7.5 5.4-10.5 1,079 92.5 89.5-94.6
GENDER
Male 595 38 8.9 5.6-14.0 557 91.1 86.0-94.4
Female 551 29 6.1 3.9- 9.4 522 93.9 90.6-96.1
RACE
White 734 41 6.7 4.4-10.0 693 93.3 90.0-95.6
African American 214 11 9.4 4.4-18.7 203 90.6 81.3-95.6
Other Minorities 193 14 7.4 3.6-14.7 179 92.6 85.3-96.4
HISPANIC
Yes 120 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,025 57 7.1 4.9-10.1 968 92.9 89.9-95.1
AGE GROUPS
Under 5 272 12 5.1 2.2-11.3 260 94.9 88.7-97.8
5 through 10 347 26 9.1 5.7-14.1 321 90.9 85.9-94.3
11 through 13 189 *** *** *** *** *** ***
14 through 17 338 15 5.4 2.9- 9.8 323 94.6 90.2-97.1
PARENT EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 257 18 10.8 5.9-19.0 239 89.2 81.0-94.1
Some College 285 18 7.8 4.0-14.7 267 92.2 85.3-96.0
College Graduate 602 31 5.4 3.5- 8.2 571 94.6 91.8-96.5
SCHOOL
Public School 776 52 8.6 5.9-12.5 724 91.4 87.5-94.1
Private/Home 128 *** *** *** 120 91.0 81.6-95.9
GRADE
Not In School 293 13 5.1 2.3-10.7 280 94.9 89.3-97.7
K-5th 348 26 8.9 5.6-13.9 322 91.1 86.1-94.4
6th-8th 192 *** *** *** *** *** ***
9th-12th3 313 15 6.0 3.3-10.9 298 94.0 89.1-96.7
HEALTH INSURANCE4
Private 584 20 3.0 1.7- 5.5 564 97.0 94.5-98.3
Public 419 31 9.5 6.0-14.7 388 90.5 85.3-94.0
Other 83 *** *** *** 78 96.1 89.8-98.6
No health insurance 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS
Yes 255 21 12.2 6.6-21.4 234 87.8 78.6-93.4
No 877 46 6.3 4.2- 9.2 831 93.7 90.8-95.8

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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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