Sentences with phrase «food insecurity rates»

These 8 states have statistically higher food insecurity rates than the US national average (14.6 %): Arkansas (21.2 %), Mississippi (21.1 %), Texas (18.0 %), Tennessee (17.4 %), North Carolina (17.3 %), Missouri (16.9 %), Georgia (16.6 %), and Ohio (16.0 %).

This interactive map shows household food insecurity rates, by state, from 2014 - 2016.

Oklahoma (and 11 other states) has food insecurity rates statistically significantly higher than the national three - year average of 13.7 percent, and is among the top 10 most food - insecure states in the nation

That's a big improvement from 2014, when 14 percent of households were food insecure, and from 2011, when the food insecurity rate neared 15 percent in the wake of the Great Recession.

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This appalling rate of food insecurity shows that our Federal and state governments are in breach of their obligations to ensure that all Australians, and especially the most disadvantaged, enjoy the fundamental human right to adequate and culturally appropriate food, guaranteed by Article 10 of the United Nations Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

«As Asia's population continues to grow and to urbanize at unprecedented rates, food insecurity in the region could worsen unless action is taken now.

Investigators noted that participants with incomes 100 % -200 % above the Federal Poverty Line, who are not always eligible for government assistance, reported high rates of food insecurity and cost - related medication underuse.

These impacts include higher rates of violence, food and housing insecurity, spiritual harms, and inadequate law enforcement and provision of social services.

West Coast LEAF has issued a press release jointly with the BC Civil Liberties Association, Pivot Legal Society, BC Public Interest Advocacy Centre, and Community Legal Assistance Society calling on the BC government to raise social assistance rates and address the resulting epidemic of food insecurity and the dire consequences for human health and safety.

The county rankings this year are based on 6 indicators — poverty, food insecurity, preventable hospitalizations, child asthma ER visits, births to teens and graduation rates.

The report ranks Florida 43rd when it comes to the rate of children experiencing food insecurity and 47th for the percentage of children without health insurance.