2016-2017 North Carolina Statewide CHAMP Survey Results

Child Safety

Do you keep all of these prescription medications in a locked place?1

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  Total
Respond2		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 535 118 24.5 19.8-29.9 417 75.5 70.1-80.2
GENDER
Male 283 63 24.3 18.1-31.8 220 75.7 68.2-81.9
Female 251 55 25.0 18.4-33.0 196 75.0 67.0-81.6
RACE
White 366 69 20.4 15.4-26.6 297 79.6 73.4-84.6
African American 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other Minorities 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Yes 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 505 106 22.4 17.7-27.9 399 77.6 72.1-82.3
AGE GROUPS
Under 5 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
5 through 10 150 38 28.4 19.5-39.4 112 71.6 60.6-80.5
11 through 13 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
14 through 17 176 27 13.4 8.4-20.7 149 86.6 79.3-91.6
PARENT EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some College 168 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 298 43 13.2 9.1-18.8 255 86.8 81.2-90.9
SCHOOL
Public School 391 87 21.6 16.7-27.6 304 78.4 72.4-83.3
Private/Home 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
GRADE
Not In School 115 *** *** *** *** *** ***
K-5th 156 38 27.8 19.2-38.4 118 72.2 61.6-80.8
6th-8th 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
9th-12th3 167 25 13.0 8.1-20.3 142 87.0 79.7-91.9
HEALTH INSURANCE4
Private 279 35 13.2 8.7-19.7 244 86.8 80.3-91.3
Public 200 68 40.6 31.5-50.3 132 59.4 49.7-68.5
Other 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No health insurance 7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS
Yes 152 36 23.9 15.7-34.5 116 76.1 65.5-84.3
No 374 80 24.0 18.5-30.6 294 76.0 69.4-81.5

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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 with prescription medications in the household

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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