2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 1,984 55 2.7 1.9- 3.8 151 8.5 7.0-10.4 1,778 88.8 86.8-90.5
GENDER
Male 927 23 1.5 1.0- 2.4 53 6.5 4.7- 9.0 851 91.9 89.4-93.9
Female 1,057 32 3.6 2.3- 5.6 98 10.3 8.0-13.0 927 86.1 83.0-88.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,287 *** *** *** 58 5.3 3.8- 7.5 1,214 93.6 91.3-95.2
Non-Hispanic Black 366 21 6.1 3.5-10.4 47 14.2 10.2-19.3 298 79.7 74.0-84.4
Other 298 15 2.9 1.7- 5.0 43 12.8 9.1-17.6 240 84.3 79.3-88.3
AGE
18-34 390 *** *** *** 35 10.2 7.0-14.5 351 88.8 84.3-92.1
35-44 350 *** *** *** 30 8.2 5.1-12.8 309 88.1 82.5-92.1
45-54 338 17 3.3 1.9- 5.6 29 9.4 6.3-13.9 292 87.3 82.6-90.8
55-64 318 16 4.6 2.5- 8.1 27 9.1 5.3-15.2 275 86.3 80.1-90.8
65-74 326 *** *** *** 18 5.5 3.1- 9.6 303 92.1 87.4-95.2
75+ 221 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 162 *** *** *** 32 20.9 13.5-30.9 119 73.9 64.0-81.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 400 *** *** *** 37 8.8 6.0-12.8 346 86.6 81.7-90.3
Some Post-H.S. 514 16 2.4 1.3- 4.3 51 9.2 6.7-12.5 447 88.4 84.9-91.2
College Graduate 901 *** *** *** 29 3.2 2.1- 4.8 861 96.1 94.4-97.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 539 35 5.7 3.8- 8.4 64 13.3 10.1-17.4 440 81.0 76.6-84.7
No 1,434 *** *** *** 85 6.7 5.1- 8.8 1,329 91.7 89.4-93.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 207 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,774 50 2.8 2.0- 4.0 146 9.2 7.5-11.1 1,578 88.0 85.8-89.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,146 23 1.9 1.0- 3.4 76 6.9 5.2- 9.0 1,047 91.2 88.9-93.2
Unemployed 102 *** *** *** 17 20.9 12.7-32.6 *** *** ***
Retired 491 *** *** *** 21 4.5 2.6- 7.6 463 93.2 89.4-95.7
Unable to Work 112 *** *** *** 23 19.7 12.5-29.6 75 69.8 59.1-78.7
Other not in Labor Force 118 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 102 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 142 *** *** *** 28 18.7 12.2-27.5 105 76.0 66.8-83.3
$25,000- 34,999 186 *** *** *** 27 14.7 9.2-22.4 152 81.3 73.1-87.4
$35,000- 49,999 207 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 252 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 689 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 406 *** *** *** 38 13.1 8.8-19.0 354 83.3 77.3-87.9
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 44 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 142 *** *** *** 39 25.7 17.5-35.9 92 70.2 59.9-78.7
101% to 150% 150 *** *** *** 26 15.9 9.9-24.4 114 77.7 68.7-84.6
151% to 200% 152 *** *** *** *** *** *** 135 90.8 84.3-94.8
More than 200% 1,081 *** *** *** 22 2.4 1.5- 3.8 1,049 96.3 94.3-97.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 406 *** *** *** 38 13.1 8.8-19.0 354 83.3 77.3-87.9
HOUSING
Own 1,330 23 2.2 1.3- 3.6 55 4.9 3.4- 6.9 1,252 92.9 90.6-94.7
Rent 500 27 4.6 3.0- 7.0 76 17.9 14.0-22.5 397 77.5 72.7-81.7
Other arrangement 130 *** *** *** 18 16.1 9.7-25.6 107 81.2 71.6-88.1
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,059 25 2.5 1.4- 4.3 78 8.5 6.6-11.0 956 89.0 86.2-91.3
Regional City or Suburban County 524 *** *** *** 29 6.3 4.1- 9.6 480 91.0 87.5-93.6
Rural 401 *** *** *** 44 12.0 8.0-17.8 342 84.8 79.0-89.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 186 *** *** *** *** *** *** 157 85.5 76.4-91.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 790 26 2.6 1.6- 4.0 60 9.1 6.7-12.1 704 88.4 85.2-90.9
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,008 21 2.6 1.5- 4.6 70 7.6 5.8-10.0 917 89.8 87.0-92.0
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 647 *** *** *** 41 5.9 4.2- 8.2 594 92.7 90.2-94.6
2nd Quartile 738 *** *** *** 56 9.4 7.0-12.6 665 87.9 84.3-90.7
3rd Quartile 532 23 4.2 2.7- 6.6 43 9.6 6.3-14.3 466 86.2 81.4-89.9
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 67 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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