Women's Health USA 2007 Data

VERTICAL BAR CHART: Food Security Among Women 18 Years and Older, by Race/Ethnicity,* 2003-04

(Percent of Women)

Total
Fully Food Secure: 82.8; Marginally Food Secure: 5.6; Food Insecure, No Hunger: 6.9; Food Insecure with Hunger: 4.8

Non-Hispanic White
Fully Food Secure: 88.4; Marginally Food Secure: 3.9; Food Insecure, No Hunger: 4.6; Food Insecure with Hunger: 3.1

Non-Hispanic Black
Fully Food Secure: 66.8; Marginally Food Secure: 11.8; Food Insecure, No Hunger: 11.0; Food Insecure with Hunger: 10.4

Hispanic
Fully Food Secure: 60.5; Marginally Food Secure: 11.3; Food Insecure, No Hunger: 18.9; Food Insecure with Hunger: 9.4

*The sample of American Indian/Alaska Natives, Asian/Pacific Islanders and persons of more than one race were too small to produce reliable estimates.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2003-2004. Analysis conducted by the Maternal and Child Health Information Resource Center.

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Women's Health USA 2007 is not copyrighted. Readers are free to duplicate and use all or part of the information contained on this page. Suggested Citation: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau. Women's Health USA 2007. Rockville, Maryland: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2006.