BRFSS 2004 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties: ([Please include weapons such as pistols, shotguns, and rifles: but not BB guns, starter pistols, or guns that cannot fire. Include those kept in a garage,outdoor storage area, or motor vehicle.] <br><br>Are any of these firearms now loaded?*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	5,512	1,716	29.9	28.4-31.4	3,796	70.1	68.6-71.6
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	182	57	27.0	20.7-34.4	125	73.0	65.6-79.3
GENDER
Male	81	28	28.7	19.6-39.9	53	71.3	60.1-80.4
Female	101	29	24.8	17.2-34.3	72	75.2	65.7-82.8
RACE
White	177	56	26.9	20.5-34.3	121	73.1	65.7-79.5
Other	5	1	30.0	4.3-80.2	4	70.0	19.8-95.7
AGE
18-44	67	21	26.4	16.9-38.8	46	73.6	61.2-83.1
45+	115	36	27.4	19.5-36.9	79	72.6	63.1-80.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	97	29	25.5	17.3-35.8	68	74.5	64.2-82.7
Some College +	85	28	28.8	19.7-39.9	57	71.2	60.1-80.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	116	38	25.7	18.5-34.6	78	74.3	65.4-81.5
$50,000+	34	10	30.6	17.1-48.5	24	69.4	51.5-82.9

* This question was asked only of respondents who reported having firearms.

^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.

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

Firearms

[Please include weapons such as pistols, shotguns, and rifles: but not BB guns, starter pistols, or guns that cannot fire. Include those kept in a garage,outdoor storage area, or motor vehicle.]

Are any of these firearms now loaded?*

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	5,512	1,716	29.9	28.4-31.4	3,796	70.1	68.6-71.6
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	182	57	27.0	20.7-34.4	125	73.0	65.6-79.3
GENDER
Male	81	28	28.7	19.6-39.9	53	71.3	60.1-80.4
Female	101	29	24.8	17.2-34.3	72	75.2	65.7-82.8
RACE
White	177	56	26.9	20.5-34.3	121	73.1	65.7-79.5
Other	5	1	30.0	4.3-80.2	4	70.0	19.8-95.7
AGE
18-44	67	21	26.4	16.9-38.8	46	73.6	61.2-83.1
45+	115	36	27.4	19.5-36.9	79	72.6	63.1-80.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	97	29	25.5	17.3-35.8	68	74.5	64.2-82.7
Some College +	85	28	28.8	19.7-39.9	57	71.2	60.1-80.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	116	38	25.7	18.5-34.6	78	74.3	65.4-81.5
$50,000+	34	10	30.6	17.1-48.5	24	69.4	51.5-82.9

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

Firearms

[Please include weapons such as pistols, shotguns, and rifles: but not BB guns, starter pistols, or guns that cannot fire. Include those kept in a garage,outdoor storage area, or motor vehicle.] Are any of these firearms now loaded?*

[Please include weapons such as pistols, shotguns, and rifles: but not BB guns, starter pistols, or guns that cannot fire. Include those kept in a garage,outdoor storage area, or motor vehicle.]

Are any of these firearms now loaded?*