2012 North Carolina Statewide CHAMP Survey Results

Asthma

Has a doctor ever told you that (CHILD) has asthma?1

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  Total
Respond2		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,097 191 17.5 14.1-21.5 906 82.5 78.5-85.9
GENDER
Male 573 111 18.5 13.8-24.3 462 81.5 75.7-86.2
Female 524 80 16.4 12.0-22.2 444 83.6 77.8-88.0
RACE
White 704 108 14.4 10.9-18.9 596 85.6 81.1-89.1
African American 207 51 28.1 19.5-38.5 156 71.9 61.5-80.5
Other Minorities 181 30 11.8 5.7-23.0 151 88.2 77.0-94.3
HISPANIC
Yes 116 18 8.3 4.4-14.8 98 91.7 85.2-95.6
No 981 173 18.2 14.6-22.4 808 81.8 77.6-85.4
AGE GROUPS
Under 5 226 14 7.0 3.0-15.5 212 93.0 84.5-97.0
5 through 10 345 66 16.8 12.0-23.0 279 83.2 77.0-88.0
11 through 13 188 *** *** *** *** *** ***
14 through 17 338 77 27.9 20.6-36.6 261 72.1 63.4-79.4
PARENT EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 244 41 18.0 11.2-27.7 203 82.0 72.3-88.8
Some College 275 56 21.3 14.9-29.4 219 78.7 70.6-85.1
College Graduate 576 94 14.7 10.8-19.7 482 85.3 80.3-89.2
SCHOOL
Public School 774 161 20.9 16.7-25.9 613 79.1 74.1-83.3
Private/Home 128 *** *** *** *** *** ***
GRADE
Not In School 247 16 6.5 2.9-14.2 231 93.5 85.8-97.1
K-5th 346 70 19.3 13.7-26.4 276 80.7 73.6-86.3
6th-8th 191 33 16.8 9.3-28.4 158 83.2 71.6-90.7
9th-12th3 313 72 29.2 21.4-38.4 241 70.8 61.6-78.6
HEALTH INSURANCE4
Private 559 85 14.4 10.4-19.7 474 85.6 80.3-89.6
Public 400 90 21.5 15.9-28.6 310 78.5 71.4-84.1
Other 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No health insurance 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS
Yes 249 99 41.0 31.5-51.1 150 59.0 48.9-68.5
No 835 89 10.4 7.7-14.0 746 89.6 86.0-92.3

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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 only for children 1 year and older.

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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