2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Food Insecurity

“The food that we bought just didn’t last, and we didn’t have money to get 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 4,090 94 2.6 2.0- 3.6 338 8.4 7.3- 9.7 3,658 88.9 87.5-90.2
-Eastern NC 1,571 37 1.9 1.3- 2.8 164 10.3 8.5-12.4 1,370 87.8 85.6-89.7
GENDER
Male 675 *** *** *** 68 10.5 7.8-14.0 597 88.3 84.7-91.1
Female 896 27 2.5 1.6- 3.9 96 10.1 7.9-12.8 773 87.4 84.5-89.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 868 *** *** *** 57 7.0 5.2- 9.5 797 91.6 89.0-93.6
Non-Hispanic Black 398 16 3.0 1.6- 5.3 57 13.9 10.0-18.9 325 83.1 78.0-87.3
Other 284 *** *** *** 48 16.0 10.9-22.9 229 81.8 74.8-87.3
AGE
18-34 249 *** *** *** 32 12.0 8.1-17.4 213 86.9 81.4-91.0
35-44 212 *** *** *** 26 9.1 5.8-13.9 178 88.3 83.1-92.1
45-54 236 *** *** *** 34 13.8 9.3-20.0 195 83.2 76.8-88.2
55-64 304 *** *** *** 37 12.0 7.7-18.2 258 86.1 79.8-90.6
65-74 346 *** *** *** 27 8.0 4.8-13.0 313 90.0 84.7-93.6
75+ 193 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 152 *** *** *** 33 21.5 14.2-31.3 112 75.9 66.1-83.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 420 *** *** *** 52 10.0 7.1-14.1 356 87.8 83.6-91.1
Some Post-H.S. 442 *** *** *** 50 11.3 8.1-15.4 382 87.0 82.8-90.3
College Graduate 550 *** *** *** 29 4.2 2.7- 6.6 513 94.3 91.5-96.1
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 571 30 4.7 3.1- 7.1 94 15.5 12.2-19.6 447 79.8 75.4-83.6
No 989 *** *** *** 70 7.7 5.7-10.3 912 91.8 89.3-93.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 243 *** *** *** 18 5.2 3.0- 8.8 220 92.6 88.3-95.4
Non-Veteran 1,325 32 1.8 1.2- 2.8 146 11.3 9.3-13.8 1,147 86.9 84.3-89.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 768 *** *** *** 75 10.4 7.9-13.5 681 88.6 85.4-91.2
Unemployed 81 *** *** *** *** *** *** 63 81.2 69.9-88.9
Retired 488 *** *** *** 30 6.2 3.8-10.0 453 92.4 88.4-95.1
Unable to Work 142 *** *** *** 36 20.1 13.6-28.7 92 71.2 61.8-79.1
Other not in Labor Force 84 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 96 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 159 *** *** *** 40 20.6 13.7-29.7 113 75.9 66.3-83.5
$25,000- 34,999 166 *** *** *** 25 12.0 7.2-19.2 135 84.0 76.3-89.6
$35,000- 49,999 174 *** *** *** 22 13.1 7.9-20.8 148 84.5 76.6-90.1
$50,000- 74,999 198 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 401 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 377 *** *** *** 39 12.9 8.9-18.4 329 85.4 79.8-89.6
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 44 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 121 *** *** *** 29 18.9 12.2-28.1 86 75.7 65.9-83.4
101% to 150% 143 *** *** *** 31 19.3 12.4-28.8 108 80.0 70.5-87.0
151% to 200% 135 *** *** *** 23 16.7 10.1-26.4 107 78.9 69.0-86.3
More than 200% 747 *** *** *** 32 3.7 2.2- 6.0 709 95.6 93.2-97.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 377 *** *** *** 39 12.9 8.9-18.4 329 85.4 79.8-89.6
HOUSING
Own 1,087 16 1.4 0.8- 2.5 77 7.5 5.7-10.0 994 91.0 88.5-93.1
Rent 362 *** *** *** 71 20.1 15.3-25.9 279 77.1 71.1-82.2
Other arrangement 114 *** *** *** *** *** *** 90 87.0 78.7-92.4
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 133 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 414 *** *** *** 38 9.5 6.6-13.6 368 88.8 84.6-92.0
Rural 1,024 27 2.1 1.3- 3.3 117 11.1 8.8-13.9 880 86.8 83.9-89.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 817 23 2.3 1.4- 3.8 100 12.0 9.3-15.5 694 85.7 82.1-88.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 605 *** *** *** 53 8.9 6.5-12.0 543 89.9 86.7-92.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 149 *** *** *** *** *** *** 133 89.2 82.1-93.7
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 303 *** *** *** 21 6.9 4.2-11.3 276 91.3 86.8-94.4
2nd Quartile 178 *** *** *** 14 8.4 4.7-14.6 159 89.4 83.0-93.5
3rd Quartile 501 *** *** *** 48 10.5 7.5-14.6 443 87.8 83.6-91.0
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 589 *** *** *** 81 12.8 9.6-17.1 492 85.1 80.8-88.6

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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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