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
-Non-Hispanic White 2,597 42 2.0 1.3- 3.2 141 6.3 5.0- 7.9 2,414 91.7 89.9-93.2
GENDER
Male 1,195 14 0.8 0.4- 1.4 60 5.6 4.1- 7.7 1,121 93.6 91.5-95.2
Female 1,402 28 3.1 1.8- 5.3 81 6.9 5.1- 9.4 1,293 90.0 87.1-92.3
AGE
18-34 393 *** *** *** 29 8.6 5.6-13.0 359 89.2 84.3-92.7
35-44 345 *** *** *** *** *** *** 320 90.5 84.2-94.4
45-54 401 *** *** *** 28 7.8 5.1-11.7 361 89.7 85.5-92.8
55-64 481 *** *** *** 31 6.4 3.6-11.3 440 92.2 87.4-95.3
65-74 569 *** *** *** 22 3.9 2.4- 6.5 538 92.1 86.6-95.4
75+ 371 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 129 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 554 16 2.7 1.5- 4.7 39 7.9 5.1-12.0 499 89.5 85.3-92.6
Some Post-H.S. 716 *** *** *** 57 7.2 5.3- 9.6 645 91.2 88.7-93.3
College Graduate 1,196 *** *** *** 31 2.1 1.4- 3.1 1,160 97.7 96.7-98.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 98 *** *** *** 23 18.3 11.2-28.3 *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 168 *** *** *** 26 15.8 10.0-24.2 134 80.5 72.0-86.9
$25,000- 34,999 228 *** *** *** 33 16.3 10.6-24.2 190 79.0 69.2-86.3
$35,000- 49,999 261 *** *** *** 19 7.7 4.5-12.9 238 90.8 85.2-94.4
$50,000- 74,999 372 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 967 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 811 31 4.5 2.5- 7.7 82 10.1 7.7-13.2 698 85.4 81.5-88.7
No 1,769 *** *** *** 59 4.6 3.2- 6.6 1,699 94.5 92.4-96.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 341 *** *** *** *** *** *** 328 97.2 95.1-98.5
Non-Veteran 2,253 38 2.2 1.3- 3.5 132 6.9 5.5- 8.7 2,083 90.9 88.9-92.6
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 727 *** *** *** 23 3.1 1.9- 5.0 696 95.9 93.8-97.3
Regional City or Suburban County 714 *** *** *** 32 5.6 3.6- 8.4 669 92.2 88.9-94.5
Rural 1,156 *** *** *** 86 9.0 6.6-12.1 1,049 88.5 84.9-91.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,359 *** *** *** 57 5.1 3.6- 7.2 1,292 93.8 91.5-95.5
Unemployed 92 *** *** *** 16 18.3 11.0-29.0 73 78.5 67.5-86.5
Retired 849 *** *** *** 29 3.0 1.9- 4.6 812 94.9 91.3-97.1
Unable to Work 161 19 9.6 5.7-15.8 27 15.9 10.2-23.9 115 74.5 65.6-81.7
Other not in Labor Force 125 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 22 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 142 *** *** *** 32 21.4 14.1-31.2 97 72.8 62.8-80.9
101% to 150% 161 *** *** *** 31 20.2 12.7-30.6 126 77.6 67.3-85.4
151% to 200% 198 *** *** *** 25 12.4 8.1-18.6 170 82.8 72.3-89.8
More than 200% 1,563 *** *** *** 29 1.8 1.1- 2.7 1,526 97.4 96.1-98.3
HOUSING
Own 2,007 *** *** *** 73 4.3 3.1- 5.9 1,914 94.2 92.2-95.7
Rent 427 *** *** *** 52 12.8 9.5-16.9 361 82.7 77.9-86.6
Other arrangement 146 *** *** *** 16 18.1 10.0-30.6 *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 596 *** *** *** 47 9.8 6.2-14.9 543 89.3 84.2-92.9
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,187 29 3.5 2.0- 6.2 67 6.6 4.8- 8.8 1,091 89.9 86.9-92.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 814 *** *** *** 27 3.8 2.4- 6.0 780 95.3 93.0-96.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 900 *** *** *** 39 4.9 3.2- 7.3 847 92.4 88.9-94.9
2nd Quartile 690 *** *** *** 37 6.3 4.2- 9.2 644 92.6 89.6-94.8
3rd Quartile 723 18 2.6 1.5- 4.5 35 6.9 4.2-11.3 670 90.4 86.1-93.5
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 284 *** *** *** 30 10.5 6.9-15.7 253 89.1 83.9-92.8

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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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