2016-2017 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 713 82 12.6 9.6-16.5 631 87.4 83.5-90.4
GENDER
Male 373 52 16.2 11.6-22.2 321 83.8 77.8-88.4
Female 336 30 9.6 5.8-15.3 306 90.4 84.7-94.2
RACE
White 468 52 11.1 7.9-15.4 416 88.9 84.6-92.1
African American 121 13 15.8 8.2-28.1 108 84.2 71.9-91.8
Other Minorities 81 *** *** *** 71 86.2 73.7-93.2
HISPANIC
Yes 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 625 68 11.4 8.3-15.5 557 88.6 84.5-91.7
AGE GROUPS
Under 5 158 *** *** *** 151 92.7 84.4-96.7
5 through 10 194 25 13.3 8.0-21.2 169 86.7 78.8-92.0
11 through 13 135 20 12.0 6.7-20.8 115 88.0 79.2-93.3
14 through 17 226 30 17.2 11.0-25.9 196 82.8 74.1-89.0
PARENT EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 134 13 11.7 5.7-22.6 121 88.3 77.4-94.3
Some College 208 34 19.0 12.3-28.2 174 81.0 71.8-87.7
College Graduate 370 35 9.9 6.6-14.4 335 90.1 85.6-93.4
SCHOOL
Public School 502 70 14.8 10.9-19.8 432 85.2 80.2-89.1
Private/Home 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
GRADE
Not In School 169 *** *** *** 161 92.7 84.9-96.6
K-5th 197 29 15.0 9.5-22.9 168 85.0 77.1-90.5
6th-8th 131 18 12.1 6.5-21.5 113 87.9 78.5-93.5
9th-12th3 213 26 14.7 8.8-23.5 187 85.3 76.5-91.2
HEALTH INSURANCE4
Private 340 27 9.3 5.9-14.3 313 90.7 85.7-94.1
Public 290 51 18.5 13.0-25.8 239 81.5 74.2-87.0
Other 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No health insurance 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS
Yes 164 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 536 21 4.7 2.6- 8.4 515 95.3 91.6-97.4

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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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