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2007-2008 North Carolina CHAMP Survey: Regional Results

Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN)

Child currently needs or uses medicine prescribed by a doctor, other than vitamins
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 2,671 560 19.8 18.0-21.8 2,111 80.2 78.2-82.0
REGION
Eastern NC 892 193 21.5 18.3-25.0 699 78.5 75.0-81.7
Piedmont 1,340 265 18.5 16.1-21.2 1,075 81.5 78.8-83.9
Western NC 439 102 21.8 17.4-26.9 337 78.2 73.1-82.6

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*Coded as 'Yes' if respondent answered affirmative to all of the following 3 questions: 1) Does (CHILD) currently need or use medicine prescribed by a doctor, other than vitamins? 2) Is the need for prescription medicine 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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