BRFSS 2021 - Medicaid region 5: (I’m going to read you two statements that people have made about their food situation. For each statement, please tell me whether the statement was often true, sometimes true, or never true for your household in the last 12 months. <br> “We worried whether our food would run out before we got money to buy more.” <br> In the last 12 months, was that…)

2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Food Insecurity

I’m going to read you two statements that people have made about their food situation. For each statement, please tell me whether the statement was often true, sometimes true, or never true for your household in the last 12 months.
“We worried whether our food would run out before we got money to buy more.”
In the last 12 months, was that…

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	Total Respond.^	Often True	Sometimes True	Never True
North Carolina	4,093	110	2.8	2.1- 3.6	348	9.0	7.8-10.3	3,635	88.3	86.8-89.6
Medicaid Region 5	1,024	31	2.3	1.5- 3.5	107	10.7	8.5-13.4	886	87.0	84.2-89.4
GENDER
Male	440	12	2.7	1.5- 5.0	37	7.2	4.9-10.6	391	90.1	86.4-92.9
Female	584	19	1.9	1.1- 3.3	70	13.9	10.5-18.2	495	84.2	79.8-87.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White	558	***	***	***	40	7.1	4.9-10.0	510	91.7	88.6-94.0
Non-Hispanic Black	244	15	4.2	2.2- 8.1	35	17.8	12.1-25.4	194	77.9	70.2-84.1
Other	213	***	***	***	31	13.0	7.9-20.6	174	83.6	75.7-89.2
AGE
18-44	293	13	3.1	1.7- 5.8	39	11.7	8.0-16.8	241	85.1	79.9-89.2
45-64	326	13	2.7	1.5- 4.9	43	13.3	9.5-18.3	270	84.0	78.9-88.1
65+	386	***	***	***	25	6.4	3.7-10.8	356	93.0	88.6-95.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	375	14	2.6	1.4- 4.9	51	11.8	8.4-16.3	310	85.6	80.9-89.3
Some Post-H.S.	304	11	2.5	1.2- 5.1	35	12.2	8.3-17.8	258	85.2	79.6-89.5
College Graduate	344	***	***	***	21	6.4	3.7-10.6	317	92.2	87.9-95.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	403	21	4.4	2.6- 7.3	76	20.1	15.5-25.7	306	75.6	69.8-80.5
$50,000+	382	***	***	***	12	2.5	1.1- 5.3	367	97.1	94.3-98.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused	239	***	***	***	19	10.1	5.8-16.8	213	87.7	80.9-92.3

Total
Respond.^

Often True

Sometimes True

Never True

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

4,093

110

2.8

2.1- 3.6

348

9.0

7.8-10.3

3,635

88.3

86.8-89.6

Medicaid Region 5

1,024

2.3

1.5- 3.5

107

10.7

8.5-13.4

886

87.0

84.2-89.4

GENDER

Male

440

2.7

1.5- 5.0

7.2

4.9-10.6

391

90.1

86.4-92.9

Female

584

1.9

1.1- 3.3

13.9

10.5-18.2

495

84.2

79.8-87.7

RACE

Non-Hispanic White

558

***

7.1

4.9-10.0

510

91.7

88.6-94.0

Non-Hispanic Black

244

4.2

2.2- 8.1

17.8

12.1-25.4

194

77.9

70.2-84.1

Other

213

***

13.0

7.9-20.6

174

83.6

75.7-89.2

AGE

18-44

293

3.1

1.7- 5.8

11.7

8.0-16.8

241

85.1

79.9-89.2

45-64

326

2.7

1.5- 4.9

13.3

9.5-18.3

270

84.0

78.9-88.1

65+

386

***

6.4

3.7-10.8

356

93.0

88.6-95.8

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

375

2.6

1.4- 4.9

11.8

8.4-16.3

310

85.6

80.9-89.3

Some Post-H.S.

304

2.5

1.2- 5.1

12.2

8.3-17.8

258

85.2

79.6-89.5

College Graduate

344

***

6.4

3.7-10.6

317

92.2

87.9-95.0

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

403

4.4

2.6- 7.3

20.1

15.5-25.7

306

75.6

69.8-80.5

$50,000+

382

***

2.5

1.1- 5.3

367

97.1

94.3-98.5

Don't know/Not sure or Refused

239

***

10.1

5.8-16.8

213

87.7

80.9-92.3

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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.

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