BRFSS 2004 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	389	161	42.9	37.5-48.5	228	57.1	51.5-62.5
GENDER
Male	144	72	47.4	38.6-56.4	72	52.6	43.6-61.4
Female	245	89	38.7	32.2-45.6	156	61.3	54.4-67.8
RACE
White	298	129	44.9	38.8-51.2	169	55.1	48.8-61.2
Other	89	31	36.5	25.7-48.8	58	63.5	51.2-74.3
AGE
18-44	135	54	39.6	30.8-49.2	81	60.4	50.8-69.2
45+	253	107	45.1	38.3-52.0	146	54.9	48.0-61.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	195	81	41.0	33.4-49.0	114	59.0	51.0-66.6
Some College +	193	80	45.0	37.4-52.9	113	55.0	47.1-62.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	227	86	40.0	32.9-47.5	141	60.0	52.5-67.1
$50,000+	75	40	57.4	45.0-68.9	35	42.6	31.1-55.0

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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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	389	161	42.9	37.5-48.5	228	57.1	51.5-62.5
GENDER
Male	144	72	47.4	38.6-56.4	72	52.6	43.6-61.4
Female	245	89	38.7	32.2-45.6	156	61.3	54.4-67.8
RACE
White	298	129	44.9	38.8-51.2	169	55.1	48.8-61.2
Other	89	31	36.5	25.7-48.8	58	63.5	51.2-74.3
AGE
18-44	135	54	39.6	30.8-49.2	81	60.4	50.8-69.2
45+	253	107	45.1	38.3-52.0	146	54.9	48.0-61.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	195	81	41.0	33.4-49.0	114	59.0	51.0-66.6
Some College +	193	80	45.0	37.4-52.9	113	55.0	47.1-62.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	227	86	40.0	32.9-47.5	141	60.0	52.5-67.1
$50,000+	75	40	57.4	45.0-68.9	35	42.6	31.1-55.0

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties

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