2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Housing Insecurity

During the past 12 months, was there a time when you were not able to pay your utility bills?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,055 309 7.6 6.6- 8.8 3,746 92.4 91.2-93.4
-Eastern NC 1,563 138 8.1 6.6-10.0 1,425 91.9 90.0-93.4
GENDER
Male 667 53 6.9 5.0- 9.6 614 93.1 90.4-95.0
Female 896 85 9.3 7.2-11.9 811 90.7 88.1-92.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 868 40 5.0 3.5- 7.1 828 95.0 92.9-96.5
Non-Hispanic Black 394 55 11.7 8.5-15.9 339 88.3 84.1-91.5
Other 280 43 15.6 10.4-22.6 237 84.4 77.4-89.6
AGE
18-34 238 26 9.7 6.2-15.0 212 90.3 85.0-93.8
35-44 212 30 11.8 7.8-17.4 182 88.2 82.6-92.2
45-54 235 30 12.2 8.1-18.0 205 87.8 82.0-91.9
55-64 305 25 5.7 3.6- 9.1 280 94.3 90.9-96.4
65-74 346 21 5.0 3.0- 8.3 325 95.0 91.7-97.0
75+ 194 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 152 25 13.3 8.0-21.3 127 86.7 78.7-92.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 414 39 6.9 4.7-10.0 375 93.1 90.0-95.3
Some Post-H.S. 438 50 10.2 7.3-14.1 388 89.8 85.9-92.7
College Graduate 551 24 4.6 2.8- 7.5 527 95.4 92.5-97.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 566 82 13.9 10.8-17.8 484 86.1 82.2-89.2
No 986 56 5.3 3.8- 7.3 930 94.7 92.7-96.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 242 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,318 128 8.9 7.2-10.9 1,190 91.1 89.1-92.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 765 54 6.4 4.6- 8.8 711 93.6 91.2-95.4
Unemployed 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 491 19 3.1 1.8- 5.4 472 96.9 94.6-98.2
Unable to Work 139 30 17.1 11.1-25.6 109 82.9 74.4-88.9
Other not in Labor Force 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 91 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 157 32 15.2 9.7-23.0 125 84.8 77.0-90.3
$25,000- 34,999 166 22 12.6 7.6-20.1 144 87.4 79.9-92.4
$35,000- 49,999 175 23 13.3 8.2-20.9 152 86.7 79.1-91.8
$50,000- 74,999 199 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 402 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 373 27 7.4 4.7-11.5 346 92.6 88.5-95.3
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 118 27 23.1 14.9-33.9 91 76.9 66.1-85.1
101% to 150% 143 25 11.4 6.6-18.9 118 88.6 81.1-93.4
151% to 200% 135 22 13.4 8.3-20.9 113 86.6 79.1-91.7
More than 200% 749 26 3.3 2.1- 5.2 723 96.7 94.8-97.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 373 27 7.4 4.7-11.5 346 92.6 88.5-95.3
HOUSING
Own 1,091 61 5.6 4.1- 7.6 1,030 94.4 92.4-95.9
Rent 361 59 16.5 12.3-21.9 302 83.5 78.1-87.7
Other arrangement 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 131 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 412 37 10.4 7.2-14.7 375 89.6 85.3-92.8
Rural 1,020 93 7.3 5.7- 9.5 927 92.7 90.5-94.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 811 92 10.2 7.8-13.2 719 89.8 86.8-92.2
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 605 34 5.8 3.9- 8.5 571 94.2 91.5-96.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 147 12 8.1 4.4-14.2 135 91.9 85.8-95.6
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 300 16 4.4 2.6- 7.3 284 95.6 92.7-97.4
2nd Quartile 177 16 9.3 5.6-15.1 161 90.7 84.9-94.4
3rd Quartile 501 37 8.3 5.7-11.9 464 91.7 88.1-94.3
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 585 69 9.7 7.0-13.2 516 90.3 86.8-93.0

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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.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2021 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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