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2005-2006 North Carolina CHAMP Survey: Regional Results

Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN)

Child currently needs or uses more medical care, mental health or
educational services than is usual for most children of the same age
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 6,992 617 9.3 8.5-10.1 6,375 90.7 89.9-91.5
REGION
Eastern NC 2,329 191 7.6 6.4- 8.9 2,138 92.4 91.1-93.6
Piedmont 4,012 347 9.7 8.6-10.9 3,665 90.3 89.1-91.4
Western NC 651 79 11.6 9.1-14.8 572 88.4 85.2-90.9

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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 more medical care, mental health or educational services than is usual for most children of the same age? 2) Is (CHILD)’s need for medical care, mental health or educational services 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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