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2012 North Carolina Statewide CHAMP Survey Results

Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN)

Does (CHILD) have any kind of emotional, developmental,
or behavioral problem for which he/she needs treatment or counseling?1

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  Total
Respond2		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,139 104 9.1 6.9-12.0 1,035 90.9 88.0-93.1
GENDER
Male 591 59 10.4 7.2-14.8 532 89.6 85.2-92.8
Female 548 45 7.7 5.0-11.8 503 92.3 88.2-95.0
RACE
White 731 60 7.6 5.2-11.0 671 92.4 89.0-94.8
African American 211 30 13.7 8.2-22.1 181 86.3 77.9-91.8
Other Minorities 192 13 6.9 3.6-13.1 179 93.1 86.9-96.4
HISPANIC
Yes 120 *** *** *** 112 95.9 90.7-98.3
No 1,018 96 9.5 7.1-12.5 922 90.5 87.5-92.9
AGE GROUPS
Under 5 272 *** *** *** 266 97.7 94.3-99.1
5 through 10 344 38 12.7 8.2-19.3 306 87.3 80.7-91.8
11 through 13 188 20 11.4 5.5-21.9 168 88.6 78.1-94.5
14 through 17 335 40 11.0 7.3-16.3 295 89.0 83.7-92.7
PARENT EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 255 24 8.4 4.4-15.4 231 91.6 84.6-95.6
Some College 284 35 14.5 9.4-21.8 249 85.5 78.2-90.6
College Graduate 598 45 6.0 4.1- 8.8 553 94.0 91.2-95.9
SCHOOL
Public School 772 91 12.4 9.2-16.5 681 87.6 83.5-90.8
Private/Home 127 *** *** *** 120 94.8 85.6-98.3
GRADE
Not In School 292 *** *** *** 286 97.9 94.7-99.2
K-5th 346 42 13.4 8.8-19.8 304 86.6 80.2-91.2
6th-8th 191 19 10.9 5.1-21.8 172 89.1 78.2-94.9
9th-12th3 310 37 11.7 7.6-17.5 273 88.3 82.5-92.4
HEALTH INSURANCE4
Private 582 38 5.6 3.6- 8.5 544 94.4 91.5-96.4
Public 414 58 13.2 9.1-18.8 356 86.8 81.2-90.9
Other 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No health insurance 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS
Yes 251 72 31.2 23.0-40.8 179 68.8 59.2-77.0
No 876 28 2.6 1.5- 4.4 848 97.4 95.6-98.5

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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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