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2008-2009 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 3,919 965 26.1 24.3-28.0 1,928 48.3 46.3-50.4 785 19.5 17.9-21.2 241 6.1 5.1- 7.2
REGION
Eastern NC 1,221 336 29.3 25.8-33.0 599 45.7 41.9-49.5 220 19.6 16.7-22.9 66 5.4 3.9- 7.5
Piedmont 2,041 513 25.7 23.3-28.2 1,004 49.5 46.7-52.3 401 18.9 16.8-21.2 123 6.0 4.7- 7.5
Western NC 657 116 20.4 16.5-25.1 325 49.4 44.5-54.3 164 22.0 18.6-25.8 52 8.2 5.8-11.4

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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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