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
-MALES 1,854 41 1.5 1.1- 2.2 136 7.4 5.9- 9.1 1,677 91.1 89.3-92.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,195 14 0.8 0.4- 1.4 60 5.6 4.1- 7.7 1,121 93.6 91.5-95.2
Non-Hispanic Black 312 11 2.9 1.5- 5.5 35 10.6 6.9-16.0 266 86.5 81.0-90.5
Other 309 14 2.9 1.6- 5.0 39 10.9 7.2-16.2 256 86.2 80.9-90.2
AGE
18-34 366 *** *** *** 33 9.5 6.3-14.3 328 89.7 85.0-93.1
35-44 285 *** *** *** 24 9.6 5.6-15.8 255 89.0 82.8-93.2
45-54 335 13 2.9 1.6- 5.3 30 8.1 5.4-12.0 292 89.0 84.8-92.2
55-64 314 13 2.8 1.5- 5.2 29 7.7 5.0-11.8 272 89.4 85.1-92.7
65-74 329 *** *** *** 12 1.9 1.0- 3.7 314 97.1 94.5-98.5
75+ 193 *** *** *** *** *** *** 187 97.6 94.2-99.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 181 11 4.5 2.3- 8.7 27 13.8 8.5-21.8 143 81.7 73.6-87.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 478 11 1.4 0.7- 2.6 45 8.7 6.0-12.5 422 89.9 86.1-92.8
Some Post-H.S. 483 12 1.4 0.8- 2.6 43 8.1 5.6-11.5 428 90.5 87.0-93.1
College Graduate 704 *** *** *** 20 2.1 1.2- 3.5 677 97.3 95.8-98.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 77 12 11.3 5.8-20.8 17 14.7 7.6-26.4 *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 140 12 7.8 4.0-14.4 23 15.2 9.2-24.2 105 77.0 67.3-84.5
$25,000- 34,999 178 *** *** *** 27 14.4 8.4-23.6 147 84.5 75.5-90.6
$35,000- 49,999 226 *** *** *** 17 7.7 4.3-13.5 206 91.7 86.0-95.2
$50,000- 74,999 262 *** *** *** *** *** *** 251 95.1 89.6-97.8
$75,000+ 607 *** *** *** *** *** *** 598 98.4 96.7-99.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 560 30 3.5 2.4- 5.3 64 10.8 7.9-14.5 466 85.7 81.8-88.9
No 1,284 11 0.7 0.4- 1.4 72 6.0 4.4- 8.1 1,201 93.3 91.2-94.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 441 *** *** *** 18 3.2 1.9- 5.5 414 95.4 92.9-97.0
Non-Veteran 1,409 32 1.6 1.1- 2.3 118 8.5 6.7-10.6 1,259 89.9 87.7-91.8
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 557 11 1.2 0.6- 2.4 31 6.6 4.2-10.1 515 92.2 88.7-94.7
Regional City or Suburban County 499 *** *** *** 35 6.9 4.5-10.4 454 91.6 88.1-94.2
Rural 798 20 1.9 1.1- 3.1 70 8.4 6.2-11.3 708 89.8 86.8-92.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,115 11 0.5 0.3- 1.0 76 7.5 5.6-10.0 1,028 91.9 89.5-93.9
Unemployed 89 *** *** *** 16 15.5 9.0-25.4 64 77.7 67.1-85.6
Retired 470 *** *** *** 18 3.3 1.7- 6.3 448 95.8 92.7-97.6
Unable to Work 130 17 9.8 5.7-16.3 22 12.2 7.4-19.4 91 78.0 69.3-84.8
Other not in Labor Force 39 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 28 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 126 13 5.9 3.2-10.7 24 14.9 8.2-25.3 89 79.3 68.8-86.9
101% to 150% 142 *** *** *** 22 15.0 8.4-25.5 115 81.6 71.2-88.8
151% to 200% 147 *** *** *** 21 11.6 7.1-18.6 121 85.9 78.5-91.0
More than 200% 1,035 *** *** *** 26 2.4 1.6- 3.8 1,007 97.5 96.2-98.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 487 14 2.5 1.4- 4.4 52 9.4 6.7-13.2 421 88.1 84.1-91.2
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 780 18 1.5 0.9- 2.5 51 6.2 4.4- 8.7 711 92.3 89.7-94.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 587 *** *** *** 33 7.3 4.8-11.0 545 91.7 88.0-94.3
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 574 11 1.1 0.6- 2.1 36 6.2 4.0- 9.3 527 92.7 89.5-95.0
2nd Quartile 485 *** *** *** 29 7.7 4.9-11.9 449 91.6 87.4-94.4
3rd Quartile 541 19 2.8 1.7- 4.6 41 6.5 4.6- 9.1 481 90.7 87.7-93.0
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 254 *** *** *** 30 12.2 7.8-18.6 220 85.8 79.0-90.6

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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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