2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Food Insecurity

“The food that we bought just didn’t last, and we didn’t have money to get more.”
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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
-Non-Hispanic Black 784 30 3.9 2.3- 6.4 103 12.1 9.6-15.1 651 84.0 80.5-87.0
GENDER
Male 311 *** *** *** 38 12.2 8.4-17.4 265 86.2 81.0-90.1
Female 473 *** *** *** 65 12.0 8.9-15.9 386 82.5 77.5-86.5
AGE
18-34 119 *** *** *** 13 10.0 5.6-17.3 103 88.0 80.4-93.0
35-44 130 *** *** *** 17 9.2 5.4-15.3 108 84.9 74.3-91.6
45-54 138 *** *** *** 22 11.3 7.0-17.7 111 86.2 79.4-91.1
55-64 155 *** *** *** 26 17.8 11.3-27.1 120 77.0 67.4-84.4
65-74 145 *** *** *** *** *** *** 124 82.8 72.0-90.0
75+ 87 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 66 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 219 *** *** *** 39 15.0 10.2-21.5 170 79.2 71.3-85.5
Some Post-H.S. 240 *** *** *** 39 13.4 9.2-18.9 192 83.9 77.9-88.5
College Graduate 257 *** *** *** 14 4.7 2.6- 8.2 238 93.9 90.1-96.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 77 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 102 *** *** *** 24 17.2 10.3-27.4 73 79.4 68.8-87.1
$25,000- 34,999 106 *** *** *** 20 16.9 10.1-26.9 83 78.5 67.3-86.6
$35,000- 49,999 90 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 97 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 139 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 299 25 8.5 5.2-13.6 55 18.2 13.3-24.4 219 73.4 66.5-79.3
No 481 *** *** *** 48 9.2 6.6-12.7 428 89.2 85.1-92.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 115 *** *** *** *** *** *** 99 90.6 83.9-94.7
Non-Veteran 669 27 4.0 2.3- 6.9 90 12.9 10.1-16.2 552 83.1 79.2-86.4
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 261 *** *** *** 30 11.8 8.0-17.1 225 84.2 77.5-89.1
Regional City or Suburban County 211 *** *** *** 25 8.3 5.3-12.6 174 86.6 80.9-90.9
Rural 312 *** *** *** 48 15.6 10.9-21.9 252 81.8 75.5-86.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 385 *** *** *** 46 10.0 7.1-13.9 330 86.9 82.1-90.6
Unemployed 63 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 215 *** *** *** 20 11.9 6.9-19.8 192 84.8 76.4-90.6
Unable to Work 93 *** *** *** 20 18.1 10.6-29.2 *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 24 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 35 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 90 *** *** *** 19 15.8 9.0-26.0 65 79.2 68.1-87.2
101% to 150% 88 *** *** *** 16 16.5 9.3-27.5 69 81.3 70.0-89.0
151% to 200% 73 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 323 *** *** *** 23 6.2 3.6-10.4 296 91.0 84.9-94.8
HOUSING
Own 446 *** *** *** 37 8.1 5.5-11.9 398 88.0 83.2-91.6
Rent 270 *** *** *** 55 19.8 14.7-26.3 206 77.6 71.0-83.0
Other arrangement 66 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 312 *** *** *** 46 14.5 10.0-20.5 252 82.4 76.3-87.2
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 262 *** *** *** 34 13.5 9.2-19.5 221 84.5 78.3-89.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 210 *** *** *** 23 8.5 5.4-13.2 178 85.1 78.1-90.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 126 *** *** *** *** *** *** 108 86.8 78.2-92.3
2nd Quartile 178 *** *** *** 19 9.8 6.0-15.4 152 85.5 78.2-90.7
3rd Quartile 288 *** *** *** 40 14.1 9.8-20.0 237 82.2 76.0-87.1
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 192 *** *** *** 31 16.0 10.3-24.2 154 81.7 73.5-87.8

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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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