BRFSS 2004 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties: (The next three questions are about firearms. We are asking these in a health survey because of our interest in firearm-related injuries. Please include weapons such as pistols, shotguns, and rifles: but not BB guns, starter pistols, or guns that cannot f ire. Include those kept in a garage, outdoor storage area, or motor vehicle.<br> <br>Are any firearms kept in or around your home?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	14,370	5,674	40.9	39.9-41.9	8,696	59.1	58.1-60.1
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	340	190	56.6	49.7-63.2	150	43.4	36.8-50.3
GENDER
Male	126	82	60.6	48.5-71.4	44	39.4	28.6-51.5
Female	214	108	52.5	45.2-59.7	106	47.5	40.3-54.8
RACE
White	322	184	60.9	54.8-66.7	138	39.1	33.3-45.2
Other	17	6	21.1	7.2-47.7	11	78.9	52.3-92.8
AGE
18-44	126	70	61.8	52.1-70.7	56	38.2	29.3-47.9
45+	214	120	53.4	44.3-62.3	94	46.6	37.7-55.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	184	100	52.8	43.0-62.3	84	47.2	37.7-57.0
Some College +	156	90	61.8	53.1-69.8	66	38.2	30.2-46.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	214	121	56.3	47.2-65.0	93	43.7	35.0-52.8
$50,000+	61	37	62.2	48.7-74.1	24	37.8	25.9-51.3

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	14,370	5,674	40.9	39.9-41.9	8,696	59.1	58.1-60.1
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	340	190	56.6	49.7-63.2	150	43.4	36.8-50.3
GENDER
Male	126	82	60.6	48.5-71.4	44	39.4	28.6-51.5
Female	214	108	52.5	45.2-59.7	106	47.5	40.3-54.8
RACE
White	322	184	60.9	54.8-66.7	138	39.1	33.3-45.2
Other	17	6	21.1	7.2-47.7	11	78.9	52.3-92.8
AGE
18-44	126	70	61.8	52.1-70.7	56	38.2	29.3-47.9
45+	214	120	53.4	44.3-62.3	94	46.6	37.7-55.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	184	100	52.8	43.0-62.3	84	47.2	37.7-57.0
Some College +	156	90	61.8	53.1-69.8	66	38.2	30.2-46.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	214	121	56.3	47.2-65.0	93	43.7	35.0-52.8
$50,000+	61	37	62.2	48.7-74.1	24	37.8	25.9-51.3

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties

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