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2005-2006 North Carolina CHAMP Survey: Regional Results

School Performance

During the past 12 months, about how many days did (CHILD) miss school because of illness or injury?*

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  Total
Respond.#
No days Less than 1 wk 1 to 2 wks More than 2 wks
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,910 1,177 24.3 22.8-25.8 2,436 49.7 48.0-51.4 1,034 20.6 19.3-22.0 263 5.4 4.6- 6.2
REGION
Eastern NC 1,652 451 27.9 25.3-30.7 772 46.4 43.5-49.4 337 19.7 17.5-22.1 92 6.0 4.7- 7.6
Piedmont 2,820 650 23.7 21.8-25.7 1,453 51.4 49.1-53.7 590 20.6 18.8-22.5 127 4.4 3.5- 5.4
Western NC 438 76 17.6 13.7-22.3 211 50.2 44.7-55.6 107 23.4 19.1-28.3 44 8.8 6.2-12.4

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*Asked only for children enrolled in public or private school.

^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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