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2013-2014 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 1,093 104 9.9 7.5-12.9 989 90.1 87.1-92.5
GENDER
Male 543 60 12.8 8.9-18.0 483 87.2 82.0-91.1
Female 544 44 6.9 4.5-10.3 500 93.1 89.7-95.5
RACE
White 688 63 9.3 6.4-13.5 625 90.7 86.5-93.6
African American 210 27 13.6 8.2-21.7 183 86.4 78.3-91.8
Other Minorities 187 13 6.1 2.9-12.5 174 93.9 87.5-97.1
HISPANIC
Yes 173 *** *** *** 163 94.7 89.2-97.4
No 918 94 10.7 8.0-14.2 824 89.3 85.8-92.0
AGE GROUPS
Under 5 237 *** *** *** 233 98.5 95.7-99.5
5 through 10 326 40 10.3 6.7-15.4 286 89.7 84.6-93.3
11 through 13 188 21 14.3 8.0-24.3 167 85.7 75.7-92.0
14 through 17 342 39 15.4 9.5-23.8 303 84.6 76.2-90.5
PARENT EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 264 23 6.6 3.9-11.0 241 93.4 89.0-96.1
Some College 287 38 14.4 9.3-21.6 249 85.6 78.4-90.7
College Graduate 540 41 8.2 5.1-13.0 499 91.8 87.0-94.9
SCHOOL
Public School 757 90 13.8 10.2-18.2 667 86.2 81.8-89.8
Private/Home 123 *** *** *** 113 92.2 83.5-96.5
GRADE
Not In School 264 *** *** *** 259 98.5 96.1-99.4
K-5th 322 42 11.6 7.7-17.0 280 88.4 83.0-92.3
6th-8th 195 26 16.4 9.8-26.1 169 83.6 73.9-90.2
9th-12th3 312 31 13.8 7.8-23.2 281 86.2 76.8-92.2
HEALTH INSURANCE4
Private 556 35 6.6 4.3-10.1 521 93.4 89.9-95.7
Public 428 59 14.0 9.7-19.9 369 86.0 80.1-90.3
Other 64 *** *** *** 56 93.1 85.1-97.0
No health insurance 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS
Yes 216 79 42.4 32.8-52.6 137 57.6 47.4-67.2
No 866 22 2.7 1.4- 4.9 844 97.3 95.1-98.6

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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 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 Services or other type not otherwise listed.

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