2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

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
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % 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
-Eastern NC 1,570 37 1.7 1.1- 2.5 157 9.9 8.1-12.0 1,376 88.4 86.3-90.3
GENDER
Male 675 *** *** *** 63 9.3 6.7-12.8 599 88.8 85.2-91.6
Female 895 24 1.5 0.9- 2.5 94 10.4 8.2-13.1 777 88.1 85.3-90.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 868 *** *** *** 58 7.2 5.1-10.0 797 91.6 88.7-93.7
Non-Hispanic Black 398 *** *** *** 55 12.9 9.4-17.4 326 84.2 79.5-88.1
Other 283 *** *** *** 42 14.2 9.5-20.7 234 84.3 77.8-89.1
AGE
18-34 248 *** *** *** 30 12.3 8.0-18.4 214 86.9 80.7-91.3
35-44 212 *** *** *** 27 8.9 5.7-13.5 176 87.8 82.6-91.6
45-54 236 *** *** *** 31 12.9 8.6-18.8 197 84.3 78.2-89.0
55-64 303 *** *** *** 35 10.6 7.1-15.6 259 88.0 83.0-91.7
65-74 348 *** *** *** 24 6.6 3.9-10.9 319 91.7 86.7-94.9
75+ 193 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 152 *** *** *** 28 15.0 9.6-22.7 117 81.5 73.1-87.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 421 *** *** *** 54 12.1 8.5-17.0 357 86.6 81.7-90.3
Some Post-H.S. 442 *** *** *** 49 10.4 7.5-14.3 381 87.7 83.7-90.9
College Graduate 548 *** *** *** 26 4.1 2.5- 6.5 514 94.8 92.2-96.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 572 28 3.5 2.2- 5.5 90 15.4 12.1-19.3 454 81.1 76.9-84.7
No 987 *** *** *** 67 7.1 5.2- 9.8 911 92.1 89.4-94.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 243 *** *** *** 19 6.6 4.0-10.8 219 91.2 86.5-94.3
Non-Veteran 1,324 32 1.6 1.0- 2.5 138 10.5 8.5-13.0 1,154 87.9 85.4-90.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 765 *** *** *** 66 8.8 6.5-11.9 689 90.3 87.2-92.8
Unemployed 81 *** *** *** 16 18.8 11.0-30.2 *** *** ***
Retired 490 *** *** *** 31 6.4 4.0-10.0 455 92.5 88.6-95.1
Unable to Work 142 *** *** *** 29 15.7 10.2-23.3 98 76.9 68.4-83.7
Other not in Labor Force 84 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 96 *** *** *** 23 18.6 11.4-28.9 64 74.4 63.2-83.1
$15,000- 24,999 159 *** *** *** 33 16.7 10.8-24.8 115 76.9 67.5-84.2
$25,000- 34,999 165 *** *** *** 32 19.1 12.5-28.0 130 79.7 70.8-86.4
$35,000- 49,999 174 *** *** *** 20 14.3 8.9-22.2 151 85.2 77.3-90.7
$50,000- 74,999 198 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 402 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 376 *** *** *** 33 10.5 7.0-15.4 336 88.2 83.3-91.9
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 44 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 121 *** *** *** 26 16.8 10.6-25.6 86 76.9 67.4-84.3
101% to 150% 142 *** *** *** 32 21.1 13.6-31.2 106 78.0 67.9-85.6
151% to 200% 135 *** *** *** 28 20.8 13.6-30.6 103 75.7 65.5-83.7
More than 200% 748 *** *** *** 26 2.6 1.7- 4.1 716 96.9 95.3-97.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 376 *** *** *** 33 10.5 7.0-15.4 336 88.2 83.3-91.9
HOUSING
Own 1,087 *** *** *** 77 7.3 5.6- 9.5 998 91.6 89.2-93.4
Rent 361 17 3.2 1.8- 5.5 64 17.4 13.1-22.7 280 79.4 73.9-84.0
Other arrangement 114 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 133 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 412 *** *** *** 35 8.4 5.7-12.1 367 89.7 85.8-92.6
Rural 1,025 24 1.7 1.0- 2.8 114 11.1 8.7-14.0 887 87.3 84.3-89.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 818 *** *** *** 98 11.9 9.3-15.1 700 86.2 82.8-89.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 604 15 1.7 0.9- 2.9 47 8.0 5.4-11.5 542 90.4 86.8-93.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 148 *** *** *** *** *** *** 134 90.8 84.0-94.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 303 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 177 *** *** *** 14 8.6 4.8-14.9 158 89.6 83.3-93.8
3rd Quartile 500 *** *** *** 47 8.7 6.3-11.9 439 89.3 85.9-91.9
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 590 *** *** *** 77 13.1 9.8-17.4 500 85.1 80.7-88.7

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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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