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Percent of population who have adequate access to food
Current Value
84
Definition
Story Behind the Curve
About the Data: Percent of population who have adequate access to food
Description of the data source, numerator, denominator, and other relevant details.
Data Source(s):
CDC County Health Rankings Total Population - "Population with a lack of access, at times, to enough food for an active, healthy life or with uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate food" / Total population based on CDC County Health Rankings
Used on prior EBCI THIP:
No
Measure:
Percent of Swain, Jackson, Graham, and Cherokee Counties with adequate access to food
Baseline (Annual):
2022: 83.97%
Numerator: 80,409
Denominator: 95,759
Target:
%
Target-Setting Method:
% improvement from baseline
Numerator:
Total Population in Swain, Jackson, Graham, and Cherokee Counties minus the population in Swain, Jackson, Graham, and Cherokee Counties that do not have adequate access to food
2018 =
2019 =
2020 =
2021 =
2022 = total population of 95,759 - population that does not have adequate access to food 15,350 = 80,409
Denominator:
Total population of in Swain, Jackson, Graham, and Cherokee Counties
2018 =
2019 =
2020 =
2021 =
2022 = 95,759
Comparable National Data:
Unknown
Data Collection Frequency:
Annual
County Health Rankings
"Population with a lack of access, at times, to enough food for an active, healthy life or with uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate food."
2022
Cherokee County = 4640 lack access and 29,073 population 15.96% or 84.04% that have adequate access
Graham County = 1500 lack access and 8,474 population 17.70% or 82.30% that have adequate access
Swain County = 2410 lack access and 14,179 population 17.00% or 83.00% that have adequate access
Jackson County = 6800 lack access and 44,033 population 15.44% or 84.56% that have adequate access
Total for the 4 counties = 15,350 lack access and 95,759 population = 16.03% or 83.97% that have adequate access
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