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.”
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%)
TOTAL 4,090 94 2.6 2.0- 3.6 338 8.4 7.3- 9.7 3,658 88.9 87.5-90.2
GENDER
Male 1,851 32 1.2 0.8- 1.9 142 7.8 6.3- 9.5 1,677 91.0 89.2-92.5
Female 2,239 62 3.9 2.7- 5.5 196 9.0 7.5-10.9 1,981 87.1 84.8-89.1
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,630 67 2.3 1.6- 3.3 256 7.4 6.3- 8.7 3,307 90.3 88.8-91.6
No 397 25 5.3 3.0- 9.2 77 17.1 13.3-21.7 295 77.6 72.4-82.1
Body Mass Index
Underweight 47 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,043 *** *** *** 67 6.0 4.4- 8.1 958 91.5 88.6-93.8
Overweight 1,291 24 2.2 1.3- 3.5 85 6.1 4.7- 7.8 1,182 91.8 89.8-93.4
Obese 1,391 42 3.4 2.2- 5.2 149 10.8 8.8-13.2 1,200 85.8 83.0-88.1
Current Smoker
Yes 542 34 7.8 5.2-11.8 82 15.1 11.3-19.9 426 77.1 71.8-81.6
No 3,531 60 1.8 1.2- 2.8 256 7.4 6.3- 8.7 3,215 90.8 89.3-92.1
History of CVD**
Yes 469 17 4.3 2.4- 7.6 58 11.5 8.4-15.6 394 84.2 79.5-88.0
No 3,578 73 2.4 1.7- 3.4 275 8.0 6.8- 9.4 3,230 89.6 88.1-91.0
Binge Drinker
Yes 540 *** *** *** 42 6.6 4.7- 9.4 484 90.7 87.4-93.2
No 3,388 80 2.8 2.0- 3.9 272 8.4 7.1- 9.8 3,036 88.9 87.2-90.3
Heavy Drinker
Yes 206 *** *** *** 15 6.9 3.9-12.1 186 91.5 86.2-94.8
No 3,716 87 2.8 2.0- 3.8 301 8.3 7.1- 9.6 3,328 88.9 87.4-90.3
COPD
Yes 320 *** *** *** 41 13.2 8.2-20.5 259 76.7 67.9-83.7
No 3,757 73 2.0 1.4- 2.8 296 8.0 6.9- 9.3 3,388 90.0 88.6-91.2
Current Asthma
Yes 364 21 7.0 4.2-11.5 49 13.1 8.5-19.6 294 79.9 73.1-85.3
No 3,719 73 2.2 1.5- 3.2 289 8.0 6.9- 9.3 3,357 89.8 88.3-91.1
Diabetes
Yes 589 24 3.4 2.1- 5.5 65 11.4 8.5-15.3 500 85.2 81.1-88.5
No 3,499 70 2.5 1.8- 3.6 273 8.0 6.8- 9.3 3,156 89.5 87.9-90.9
Functional Disability
Yes 1,310 70 5.9 4.1- 8.2 177 12.7 10.5-15.2 1,063 81.5 78.4-84.2
No 2,756 *** *** *** 160 6.6 5.4- 8.1 2,572 92.2 90.5-93.5
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,337 59 4.8 3.5- 6.5 153 11.5 9.3-14.1 1,125 83.8 80.9-86.3
No 2,753 35 1.7 1.0- 3.0 185 7.1 5.9- 8.6 2,533 91.1 89.4-92.6

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**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

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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