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2006-2007 North Carolina CHAMP Survey: Regional Results

Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN)

Child currently needs special therapy, such as physical, occupational, or speech therapy
due to a chronic medical, behavioral, or other health condition*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,807 195 3.9 3.3- 4.6 5,612 96.1 95.4-96.7
REGION
Eastern NC 1,924 61 3.8 2.7- 5.1 1,863 96.2 94.9-97.3
Piedmont 3,163 105 4.1 3.3- 5.2 3,058 95.9 94.8-96.7
Western NC 720 29 3.0 2.0- 4.6 691 97.0 95.4-98.0

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*Coded as 'Yes' if respondent answered affirmative to all of the following 3 questions: 1) Does (CHILD) need or get special therapy, such as physical, occupational, or speech therapy? 2) Is the need for special therapy because of ANY medical, behavioral, or other health condition? 3) Is this a condition that has lasted or is expected to last for at least 12 months?

^Use 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.

Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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