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
-FEMALES 2,239 69 3.8 2.7- 5.4 212 10.4 8.7-12.4 1,958 85.8 83.5-87.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,402 28 3.1 1.8- 5.3 81 6.9 5.1- 9.4 1,293 90.0 87.1-92.3
Non-Hispanic Black 473 28 6.3 3.6-10.6 71 16.7 12.8-21.6 374 77.0 71.4-81.7
Other 341 11 2.3 1.2- 4.4 56 15.3 11.2-20.4 274 82.4 77.1-86.7
AGE
18-34 351 *** *** *** 39 12.5 8.8-17.4 306 85.0 79.6-89.1
35-44 345 14 4.6 2.0-10.2 44 11.9 7.8-17.6 287 83.6 77.0-88.5
45-54 341 16 3.8 2.1- 6.5 41 12.1 8.5-17.0 284 84.2 79.0-88.2
55-64 407 18 4.2 2.3- 7.7 40 9.9 6.0-16.0 349 85.9 79.7-90.4
65-74 449 11 6.3 2.5-15.0 32 8.0 5.1-12.3 406 85.7 78.3-90.9
75+ 297 *** *** *** 14 5.3 2.7-10.1 280 93.4 88.0-96.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 198 14 11.1 5.2-22.4 42 20.7 13.7-30.1 142 68.1 57.5-77.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 473 23 6.3 3.6-10.7 52 11.5 7.8-16.6 398 82.3 76.5-86.9
Some Post-H.S. 631 19 2.5 1.4- 4.4 77 11.6 8.9-14.9 535 85.9 82.3-88.8
College Graduate 929 13 0.9 0.5- 1.6 39 4.0 2.8- 5.7 877 95.1 93.3-96.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 154 12 6.6 3.1-13.4 42 28.3 20.0-38.4 100 65.1 54.8-74.2
$15,000- 24,999 225 12 4.2 2.0- 8.3 42 18.4 12.7-25.8 171 77.5 69.8-83.7
$25,000- 34,999 248 11 8.2 3.3-18.8 43 18.6 13.0-26.0 194 73.2 64.0-80.8
$35,000- 49,999 202 *** *** *** 22 9.7 5.9-15.5 175 85.6 76.6-91.5
$50,000- 74,999 259 *** *** *** 11 4.0 1.7- 9.1 241 92.4 85.3-96.2
$75,000+ 618 *** *** *** *** *** *** 607 98.5 97.2-99.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 755 44 7.1 4.6-11.0 110 15.9 12.6-19.8 601 77.0 72.2-81.1
No 1,469 25 2.3 1.3- 4.0 100 7.7 5.9-10.0 1,344 90.0 87.4-92.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 68 *** *** *** *** *** *** 59 89.0 78.4-94.7
Non-Veteran 2,168 68 3.9 2.7- 5.5 204 10.4 8.7-12.4 1,896 85.7 83.3-87.7
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 635 17 3.3 1.7- 6.4 55 9.6 7.1-12.8 563 87.1 83.2-90.2
Regional City or Suburban County 595 21 4.1 2.3- 7.1 39 7.0 4.9-10.0 535 88.9 85.1-91.7
Rural 1,009 31 4.0 2.2- 7.3 118 13.6 10.5-17.5 860 82.4 77.9-86.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,069 30 3.3 2.0- 5.6 85 8.0 6.1-10.5 954 88.6 85.6-91.0
Unemployed 112 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 679 *** *** *** 37 5.5 3.7- 8.2 633 90.5 85.5-93.8
Unable to Work 174 19 10.2 5.7-17.7 38 21.4 14.6-30.1 117 68.4 59.0-76.5
Other not in Labor Force 191 *** *** *** 27 16.2 9.5-26.1 159 81.8 71.9-88.7
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 64 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 201 *** *** *** 51 26.3 19.2-35.0 140 70.2 61.5-77.6
101% to 150% 211 14 6.0 3.2-11.0 45 21.9 15.3-30.2 152 72.1 63.6-79.3
151% to 200% 178 *** *** *** 25 12.6 7.9-19.7 149 81.7 69.9-89.5
More than 200% 1,049 16 2.4 1.1- 4.9 29 2.5 1.6- 3.9 1,004 95.2 92.6-96.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 684 17 1.8 0.9- 3.6 83 14.0 10.1-19.2 584 84.2 79.0-88.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 885 37 5.4 3.2- 8.8 76 10.8 8.2-14.2 772 83.8 79.7-87.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 670 15 3.5 1.9- 6.5 53 7.4 5.5- 9.8 602 89.1 85.8-91.7
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 643 17 4.7 2.3- 9.3 42 7.0 4.9-10.0 584 88.3 83.8-91.7
2nd Quartile 545 18 3.9 2.1- 7.2 51 10.7 7.8-14.4 476 85.4 81.1-88.9
3rd Quartile 648 22 3.6 2.2- 5.8 61 12.1 8.4-17.1 565 84.3 79.3-88.3
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 403 12 1.9 0.9- 4.1 58 14.5 10.5-19.8 333 83.5 78.2-87.8

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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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