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
-MALES 1,851 32 1.2 0.8- 1.9 142 7.8 6.3- 9.5 1,677 91.0 89.2-92.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,193 *** *** *** 58 5.3 3.9- 7.2 1,125 94.1 92.1-95.6
Non-Hispanic Black 311 *** *** *** 38 12.2 8.4-17.4 265 86.2 81.0-90.1
Other 309 11 2.4 1.2- 4.6 44 13.3 9.0-19.3 254 84.3 78.3-88.9
AGE
18-34 365 *** *** *** 36 10.0 6.9-14.3 325 89.4 85.0-92.6
35-44 285 *** *** *** 26 9.6 5.8-15.4 253 88.8 83.0-92.7
45-54 335 *** *** *** 32 8.3 5.6-12.2 296 89.8 85.5-92.9
55-64 312 12 2.1 1.1- 3.8 28 8.9 5.6-13.7 272 89.1 84.2-92.6
65-74 329 *** *** *** 12 2.5 1.2- 5.2 315 97.2 94.5-98.6
75+ 193 *** *** *** *** *** *** 187 97.3 93.4-98.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 180 *** *** *** 35 19.8 13.1-28.7 138 77.3 68.4-84.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 476 *** *** *** 46 8.1 5.8-11.2 422 91.0 87.9-93.4
Some Post-H.S. 483 12 1.7 0.9- 3.2 44 8.1 5.7-11.4 427 90.2 86.8-92.8
College Graduate 704 *** *** *** 17 1.7 0.9- 3.1 682 97.9 96.4-98.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 76 12 12.5 6.2-23.4 11 11.3 5.2-22.5 *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 140 *** *** *** 31 21.9 14.5-31.8 102 73.6 63.4-81.8
$25,000- 34,999 178 *** *** *** 25 14.6 8.7-23.5 152 85.0 76.2-91.0
$35,000- 49,999 226 *** *** *** 20 9.1 5.1-15.6 202 89.2 82.6-93.5
$50,000- 74,999 262 *** *** *** *** *** *** 254 97.1 93.5-98.7
$75,000+ 607 *** *** *** *** *** *** 599 98.1 95.6-99.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 557 25 3.3 2.1- 5.3 65 9.5 7.0-12.7 467 87.2 83.7-90.0
No 1,284 *** *** *** 77 7.1 5.4- 9.3 1,200 92.5 90.4-94.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 441 *** *** *** 20 2.8 1.7- 4.7 415 95.8 93.4-97.3
Non-Veteran 1,406 26 1.2 0.8- 1.9 122 9.1 7.3-11.2 1,258 89.7 87.5-91.5
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 557 *** *** *** 38 7.4 5.1-10.6 509 91.4 88.2-93.9
Regional City or Suburban County 497 *** *** *** 30 6.3 4.0- 9.8 460 92.5 89.0-95.0
Rural 797 15 1.3 0.7- 2.5 74 9.1 6.9-12.1 708 89.5 86.5-91.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,114 11 0.7 0.3- 1.4 82 7.9 6.0-10.3 1,021 91.4 89.0-93.3
Unemployed 88 *** *** *** 15 14.2 8.0-23.9 68 81.7 71.6-88.8
Retired 470 *** *** *** 18 3.8 2.0- 7.0 450 95.9 92.7-97.7
Unable to Work 129 14 8.0 4.2-14.4 23 12.9 8.1-19.9 92 79.2 70.6-85.7
Other not in Labor Force 39 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 28 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 125 12 5.2 2.7-10.0 21 13.5 7.6-22.8 92 81.3 71.7-88.2
101% to 150% 142 *** *** *** 25 20.6 12.5-31.9 113 76.7 65.4-85.1
151% to 200% 147 *** *** *** 20 12.5 7.6-19.9 126 87.0 79.6-92.0
More than 200% 1,035 *** *** *** 28 2.8 1.8- 4.4 1,004 97.0 95.3-98.0
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 487 12 1.9 1.0- 3.7 55 11.0 7.8-15.3 420 87.1 82.7-90.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 777 *** *** *** 52 6.5 4.7- 8.9 715 92.6 90.2-94.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 587 *** *** *** 35 7.1 4.7-10.4 542 91.7 88.3-94.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 574 *** *** *** 36 5.6 3.8- 8.2 528 93.3 90.6-95.2
2nd Quartile 483 *** *** *** 29 7.9 5.2-11.8 448 91.2 87.3-94.0
3rd Quartile 540 12 1.6 0.9- 3.0 41 7.8 5.4-11.1 487 90.6 87.2-93.1
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 254 *** *** *** 36 13.7 9.0-20.3 214 84.5 77.7-89.6

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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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