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
-Non-Hispanic White 2,594 36 1.9 1.2- 3.2 133 6.2 4.9- 7.7 2,425 91.9 90.1-93.4
GENDER
Male 1,193 *** *** *** 58 5.3 3.9- 7.2 1,125 94.1 92.1-95.6
Female 1,401 26 3.1 1.7- 5.4 75 6.9 5.0- 9.5 1,300 90.0 87.0-92.4
AGE
18-34 392 *** *** *** 29 8.5 5.6-12.7 358 89.3 84.5-92.7
35-44 344 *** *** *** 25 9.8 5.8-16.1 316 88.7 82.3-93.0
45-54 401 *** *** *** 24 5.6 3.6- 8.6 367 91.4 87.5-94.2
55-64 481 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 567 *** *** *** 23 5.9 3.4-10.0 537 91.2 85.2-94.9
75+ 371 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 128 *** *** *** 18 15.9 8.6-27.5 *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 550 *** *** *** 35 7.7 4.9-12.0 503 90.6 86.3-93.7
Some Post-H.S. 716 *** *** *** 53 6.9 5.1- 9.3 651 91.4 88.8-93.5
College Graduate 1,198 *** *** *** 27 1.8 1.1- 2.8 1,165 97.8 96.8-98.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 97 *** *** *** 19 14.3 8.4-23.4 *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 168 *** *** *** 29 17.2 11.3-25.4 132 77.4 68.3-84.5
$25,000- 34,999 228 *** *** *** 24 15.5 9.4-24.3 196 79.0 68.6-86.5
$35,000- 49,999 261 *** *** *** 22 9.9 6.1-15.6 237 89.7 83.9-93.5
$50,000- 74,999 373 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 966 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 808 29 4.4 2.4- 7.8 78 9.8 7.4-13.0 701 85.8 81.8-89.0
No 1,770 *** *** *** 55 4.6 3.2- 6.5 1,708 94.6 92.5-96.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 341 *** *** *** *** *** *** 327 97.2 95.1-98.5
Non-Veteran 2,250 33 2.1 1.3- 3.5 122 6.7 5.3- 8.5 2,095 91.2 89.1-92.9
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 726 *** *** *** 27 3.6 2.4- 5.6 695 96.0 94.1-97.4
Regional City or Suburban County 713 *** *** *** 32 6.1 4.0- 9.3 672 91.5 87.8-94.1
Rural 1,155 *** *** *** 74 8.0 5.7-10.9 1,058 89.4 85.9-92.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,360 *** *** *** 56 5.1 3.7- 7.2 1,296 93.8 91.6-95.5
Unemployed 91 *** *** *** 15 15.8 9.1-26.1 75 82.3 71.6-89.6
Retired 847 *** *** *** 30 4.0 2.4- 6.7 811 94.3 90.3-96.7
Unable to Work 160 20 11.8 6.9-19.5 22 11.4 7.1-17.7 118 76.8 68.2-83.7
Other not in Labor Force 125 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 22 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 141 *** *** *** 28 15.3 9.7-23.3 100 76.2 66.6-83.8
101% to 150% 161 *** *** *** 30 25.6 16.8-36.9 126 72.1 61.0-81.1
151% to 200% 198 *** *** *** 20 10.2 6.3-16.1 174 84.5 73.8-91.3
More than 200% 1,563 *** *** *** 27 1.7 1.1- 2.6 1,531 97.6 96.2-98.5
HOUSING
Own 2,006 *** *** *** 64 4.2 3.0- 5.9 1,924 94.3 92.3-95.9
Rent 426 *** *** *** 55 14.7 11.0-19.3 361 82.0 77.0-86.1
Other arrangement 146 *** *** *** *** *** *** 125 81.9 70.4-89.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 596 *** *** *** 39 9.5 5.9-15.0 548 89.1 83.7-92.8
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,184 *** *** *** 68 6.4 4.8- 8.5 1,094 90.1 87.1-92.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 814 *** *** *** 26 3.8 2.4- 6.0 783 95.8 93.6-97.3
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 900 *** *** *** 38 4.3 2.9- 6.4 852 93.4 90.0-95.6
2nd Quartile 689 *** *** *** 33 5.6 3.7- 8.4 646 92.5 89.5-94.8
3rd Quartile 722 *** *** *** 41 9.1 5.9-13.8 671 89.4 84.8-92.8
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 283 *** *** *** 21 6.6 4.0-10.8 256 91.0 86.2-94.3

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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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