TABLE 1.
Characteristics of the Study Population: North Carolina Child Health Assessment and Monitoring Program, 2008
| Sample (n = 2120), No. (%) |
|
| Child gender | |
| Boy | 1097 (51.7) |
| Girl | 1023 (48.3) |
| Child age, y | |
| <5 | 50 (2.9) |
| 5–11 | 998 (51.6) |
| 12–14 | 499 (22.1) |
| >14 | 573 (23.4) |
| Grade in school | |
| K–5 | 962 (50.5) |
| 6–8 | 474 (21.7) |
| 9–12 | 684 (27.8) |
| Race | |
| White | 1466 (63.1) |
| Black | 334 (23.0) |
| Other | 320 (13.9) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Hispanic | 191 (10.1) |
| Non-Hispanic | 1929 (89.9) |
| Parental educational level | |
| < high school | 129 (6.6) |
| High school | 364 (16.0) |
| College/some college | 1627 (77.4) |
| Health insurance coverage | |
| Public/Medicaid/Indian Health Service | 512 (24.2) |
| Private/Health Choice | 1291 (60.9) |
| Military/other | 189 (8.9) |
| Uninsured | 128 (6.0) |
| Oral health status | |
| Excellent/very good | 1577 (73.2) |
| Good/fair/poor | 543 (26.8) |
| General health status | |
| Excellent/very good | 1744 (82.1) |
| Good/fair/poor | 376 (17.9) |
| Child has special health care needs | |
| Yes | 241 (11.2) |
| No | 1879 (88.8) |
| School performance | |
| Mostly As and Bs | 1494 (70.5) |
| Mostly Cs, Ds, and Fs | 288 (13.6) |
| No letter grading | 338 (15.9) |
| School absences caused by routine dental care, d | |
| 0 | 1656 (78.4) |
| 1 | 273 (13.0) |
| 2 | 127 (5.9) |
| ≥3 | 64 (2.7) |
| School absences caused by dental pain, d | |
| 0 | 2031 (96.1) |
| 1 | 50 (2.2) |
| 2 | 18 (0.9) |
| ≥3 | 21 (0.8) |