2021 BRFSS Survey Results: 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
-Non-Hispanic Black 785 39 4.9 3.1- 7.5 106 14.1 11.2-17.6 640 81.0 77.1-84.4
GENDER
Male 312 *** *** *** 35 10.6 6.9-16.0 266 86.5 81.0-90.5
Female 473 28 6.3 3.6-10.6 71 16.7 12.8-21.6 374 77.0 71.4-81.7
AGE
18-34 119 *** *** *** 20 18.9 11.8-29.0 98 80.8 70.7-88.0
35-44 130 *** *** *** *** *** *** 105 81.3 69.9-89.1
45-54 138 *** *** *** 19 11.6 6.8-19.0 109 83.5 75.7-89.2
55-64 156 *** *** *** 27 15.6 10.0-23.3 117 76.2 67.1-83.3
65-74 145 *** *** *** *** *** *** 127 84.1 73.3-91.1
75+ 87 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 67 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 219 *** *** *** 34 15.4 10.1-22.8 175 78.9 70.4-85.5
Some Post-H.S. 240 *** *** *** 42 18.1 12.6-25.3 185 78.2 70.8-84.1
College Graduate 257 *** *** *** 18 6.7 4.0-11.0 231 90.9 86.4-94.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 77 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 102 *** *** *** 18 15.4 8.6-26.0 73 76.0 64.4-84.7
$25,000- 34,999 106 *** *** *** 19 19.1 11.0-31.3 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 90 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 97 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 139 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 300 27 8.1 4.9-12.9 53 21.0 15.3-28.0 220 71.0 63.7-77.4
No 481 *** *** *** 53 10.9 7.8-14.9 416 85.8 81.1-89.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 115 *** *** *** *** *** *** 99 89.3 82.0-93.9
Non-Veteran 670 36 5.3 3.3- 8.2 93 14.9 11.7-18.8 541 79.8 75.5-83.6
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 261 *** *** *** 35 16.4 11.3-23.2 215 78.1 70.6-84.1
Regional City or Suburban County 212 *** *** *** 26 8.7 5.6-13.1 174 86.2 80.3-90.5
Rural 312 *** *** *** 45 16.1 11.2-22.5 251 80.1 73.5-85.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 385 *** *** *** 43 11.2 7.7-15.9 329 85.3 79.9-89.4
Unemployed 64 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 215 *** *** *** 20 11.4 6.6-19.0 191 83.4 74.6-89.5
Unable to Work 93 *** *** *** 17 15.1 8.5-25.4 *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 24 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 35 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 90 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 88 *** *** *** 15 18.3 10.1-30.7 *** *** ***
151% to 200% 73 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 323 *** *** *** 18 5.0 2.8- 8.5 297 91.5 85.7-95.1
HOUSING
Own 446 *** *** *** 42 10.6 7.3-15.1 389 84.3 79.0-88.5
Rent 271 17 4.3 2.4- 7.4 51 19.0 13.7-25.7 203 76.7 69.9-82.4
Other arrangement 66 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 312 *** *** *** 44 14.3 10.0-19.9 251 82.1 76.3-86.8
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 263 *** *** *** 36 15.8 10.7-22.8 217 81.1 74.1-86.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 210 *** *** *** 26 12.3 7.8-18.8 172 79.9 72.0-86.0
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 126 *** *** *** *** *** *** 106 85.1 76.2-91.0
2nd Quartile 178 *** *** *** 26 16.1 10.4-23.9 146 79.0 70.3-85.6
3rd Quartile 289 15 4.6 2.6- 7.8 42 14.7 10.4-20.5 232 80.7 74.7-85.6
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 192 *** *** *** 25 14.2 8.8-22.1 156 81.7 73.4-87.8

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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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