2016-2017 North Carolina Statewide CHAMP Survey Results

Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN)

Is (CHILD) limited or prevented in any way in his/her ability to do the things most children of the same age do?1

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  Total
Respond2		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 713 59 6.7 4.8- 9.3 654 93.3 90.7-95.2
GENDER
Male 374 46 11.2 7.8-15.8 328 88.8 84.2-92.2
Female 335 13 2.6 1.1- 6.0 322 97.4 94.0-98.9
RACE
White 468 40 7.0 4.5-10.6 428 93.0 89.4-95.5
African American 122 *** *** *** 114 93.5 86.6-97.0
Other Minorities 81 *** *** *** 75 94.4 85.2-98.0
HISPANIC
Yes 83 *** *** *** 77 94.4 85.3-98.0
No 625 52 6.9 4.8- 9.7 573 93.1 90.3-95.2
AGE GROUPS
Under 5 157 *** *** *** 152 96.4 89.5-98.8
5 through 10 191 12 4.7 2.5- 8.9 179 95.3 91.1-97.5
11 through 13 136 19 8.2 4.1-15.8 117 91.8 84.2-95.9
14 through 17 229 23 10.5 6.3-17.1 206 89.5 82.9-93.7
PARENT EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 136 *** *** *** 126 94.4 88.2-97.4
Some College 209 24 8.1 4.6-13.8 185 91.9 86.2-95.4
College Graduate 367 25 6.4 3.9-10.4 342 93.6 89.6-96.1
SCHOOL
Public School 503 51 7.9 5.4-11.2 452 92.1 88.8-94.6
Private/Home 74 *** *** *** 70 96.4 89.7-98.8
GRADE
Not In School 168 *** *** *** 162 96.2 89.9-98.6
K-5th 194 15 6.3 3.5-11.1 179 93.7 88.9-96.5
6th-8th 132 19 8.5 4.2-16.6 113 91.5 83.4-95.8
9th-12th3 216 19 9.0 5.0-15.7 197 91.0 84.3-95.0
HEALTH INSURANCE4
Private 338 18 4.9 2.7- 8.6 320 95.1 91.4-97.3
Public 292 34 8.7 5.5-13.5 258 91.3 86.5-94.5
Other 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No health insurance 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS
Yes 161 44 24.0 16.6-33.4 117 76.0 66.6-83.4
No 539 12 1.4 0.6- 2.8 527 98.6 97.2-99.4

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology, results from 2011, 2012, 2013-2014 and 2016-2017 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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