State Findings: North Carolina, 2021, 2021 Annual Report
Strengths
- Low racial disparity in high school graduation rates
- High childhood immunization rate
- Low percentage of housing with lead risk
Challenges
- High percentage of households with food insecurity
- Low per capita public health funding
- High prevalence of high-risk HIV behaviors
Highlights
- Adults who avoided care due to cost decreased 28% from 15.9% to 11.5% between 2019 and 2020
- Frequent physical distress decreased 20% from 13.4% to 10.7% of adults between 2017 and 2020
- Obesity increased 15% from 29.1% to 33.6% of adults between 2011 and 2020
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