2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 429 *** *** *** 30 9.8 6.1-15.4 389 85.7 78.6-90.7
Region 3 437 12 2.6 1.3- 5.0 26 7.0 4.5-10.9 399 90.4 86.3-93.4
Region 4 542 16 4.1 2.3- 7.3 28 6.3 4.2- 9.4 498 89.6 85.8-92.5
Region 5 563 *** *** *** 46 8.6 5.7-12.8 508 89.8 85.4-92.9
Region 6 440 *** *** *** 42 9.3 6.6-13.0 389 88.7 84.9-91.7
Region 7 561 16 2.5 1.4- 4.3 43 8.3 5.9-11.6 502 89.2 85.8-91.9
Region 8 699 17 1.7 0.8- 3.3 77 9.8 7.3-13.0 605 88.5 85.2-91.2
Region 9 & 10 419 *** *** *** 46 11.4 8.2-15.6 368 87.7 83.5-91.0
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,571 37 1.9 1.3- 2.8 164 10.3 8.5-12.4 1,370 87.8 85.6-89.7
Piedmont 1,981 44 2.7 1.8- 3.9 138 7.4 6.0- 9.1 1,799 89.9 88.0-91.6
Western NC 538 13 4.3 1.7-10.1 36 9.4 6.1-14.3 489 86.3 80.2-90.8
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 345 *** *** *** 23 7.8 4.7-12.8 313 86.5 78.5-91.8
Northwest 652 19 3.0 1.7- 5.3 41 8.2 5.6-11.9 592 88.8 84.8-91.8
Charlotte 423 *** *** *** 22 5.7 3.6- 9.0 391 90.7 86.4-93.7
Greensboro 434 *** *** *** 37 9.3 5.9-14.3 389 89.2 84.1-92.8
Southern Regional 679 20 2.5 1.4- 4.3 78 9.5 7.2-12.6 581 88.0 84.7-90.6
Southeast 324 *** *** *** 27 9.6 6.3-14.3 291 88.9 84.1-92.4
Wake 659 13 2.1 1.1- 3.9 51 7.9 5.8-10.7 595 90.0 86.9-92.4
Area L & Eastern 574 *** *** *** 59 10.8 8.0-14.4 506 87.9 84.2-90.8
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 451 *** *** *** 30 9.4 5.8-14.7 411 86.3 79.5-91.1
Region 2 655 14 2.0 1.1- 3.8 48 9.1 6.3-13.1 593 88.8 84.8-91.9
Region 3 554 16 4.0 2.2- 6.9 30 6.3 4.2- 9.4 508 89.7 86.0-92.5
Region 4 859 21 2.2 1.4- 3.6 64 7.4 5.6- 9.8 774 90.4 87.8-92.4
Region 5 1,023 26 2.1 1.3- 3.4 108 9.9 7.7-12.5 889 88.1 85.3-90.3
Region 6 548 *** *** *** 58 11.0 8.1-14.6 483 88.0 84.3-90.9

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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.

^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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