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2013-2014 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 1,049 188 17.9 14.5-21.8 861 82.1 78.2-85.5
GENDER
Male 524 118 22.4 17.3-28.4 406 77.6 71.6-82.7
Female 519 69 13.1 9.2-18.4 450 86.9 81.6-90.8
RACE
White 663 109 15.1 11.6-19.3 554 84.9 80.7-88.4
African American 200 50 28.8 19.9-39.7 150 71.2 60.3-80.1
Other Minorities 178 27 12.1 6.0-22.7 151 87.9 77.3-94.0
HISPANIC
Yes 165 19 9.8 5.6-16.6 146 90.2 83.4-94.4
No 881 169 19.4 15.5-23.9 712 80.6 76.1-84.5
AGE GROUPS
Under 5 190 12 10.8 5.1-21.3 178 89.2 78.7-94.9
5 through 10 327 50 14.3 9.7-20.5 277 85.7 79.5-90.3
11 through 13 190 45 25.3 16.7-36.4 145 74.7 63.6-83.3
14 through 17 342 81 23.8 17.4-31.6 261 76.2 68.4-82.6
PARENT EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 254 47 18.8 12.4-27.5 207 81.2 72.5-87.6
Some College 274 62 20.4 14.2-28.5 212 79.6 71.5-85.8
College Graduate 519 78 14.9 10.9-20.1 441 85.1 79.9-89.1
SCHOOL
Public School 760 154 20.0 15.8-24.8 606 80.0 75.2-84.2
Private/Home 124 23 18.3 11.1-28.5 101 81.7 71.5-88.9
GRADE
Not In School 217 15 9.6 4.7-18.7 202 90.4 81.3-95.3
K-5th 323 56 17.0 11.9-23.6 267 83.0 76.4-88.1
6th-8th 197 43 22.1 14.0-33.0 154 77.9 67.0-86.0
9th-12th3 312 74 25.1 18.1-33.6 238 74.9 66.4-81.9
HEALTH INSURANCE4
Private 538 81 12.7 9.1-17.5 457 87.3 82.5-90.9
Public 406 96 24.9 19.0-31.9 310 75.1 68.1-81.0
Other 63 *** *** *** 54 90.4 80.3-95.6
No health insurance 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS
Yes 216 85 44.3 34.7-54.3 131 55.7 45.7-65.3
No 824 99 11.7 8.6-15.8 725 88.3 84.2-91.4

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology, results from 2011, 2012 and 2013-2014 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 Services or other type not otherwise listed.

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