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2007-2008 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 1wk 1 to 2wks More than 2wks
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,088 1,014 26.8 25.1-28.6 2,007 48.9 47.0-50.8 832 18.9 17.5-20.4 235 5.4 4.6- 6.4
REGION
Eastern NC 1,390 388 30.2 27.3-33.4 647 45.3 42.1-48.6 267 17.8 15.5-20.3 88 6.6 5.1- 8.5
Piedmont 2,045 499 26.1 23.8-28.6 1,045 51.1 48.4-53.8 400 18.4 16.5-20.6 101 4.4 3.4- 5.6
Western NC 653 127 21.2 17.6-25.4 315 47.7 43.0-52.5 165 23.8 20.1-27.9 46 7.3 5.0-10.3

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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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