BRFSS 2004 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	152	47	35.7	27.6-44.8	105	64.3	55.2-72.4
GENDER
Male	69	27	46.5	34.1-59.3	42	53.5	40.7-65.9
Female	83	20	22.7	14.5-33.7	63	77.3	66.3-85.5
RACE
White	120	40	38.6	29.3-48.8	80	61.4	51.2-70.7
Other	31	7	25.8	11.9-47.1	24	74.2	52.9-88.1
AGE
18-44	52	13	30.8	18.5-46.4	39	69.2	53.6-81.5
45+	100	34	38.5	28.3-49.8	66	61.5	50.2-71.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	75	25	38.2	26.5-51.4	50	61.8	48.6-73.5
Some College +	77	22	33.5	22.8-46.3	55	66.5	53.7-77.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	82	26	35.9	24.9-48.5	56	64.1	51.5-75.1
$50,000+	37	11	39.8	24.1-57.9	26	60.2	42.1-75.9

* 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: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	152	47	35.7	27.6-44.8	105	64.3	55.2-72.4
GENDER
Male	69	27	46.5	34.1-59.3	42	53.5	40.7-65.9
Female	83	20	22.7	14.5-33.7	63	77.3	66.3-85.5
RACE
White	120	40	38.6	29.3-48.8	80	61.4	51.2-70.7
Other	31	7	25.8	11.9-47.1	24	74.2	52.9-88.1
AGE
18-44	52	13	30.8	18.5-46.4	39	69.2	53.6-81.5
45+	100	34	38.5	28.3-49.8	66	61.5	50.2-71.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	75	25	38.2	26.5-51.4	50	61.8	48.6-73.5
Some College +	77	22	33.5	22.8-46.3	55	66.5	53.7-77.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	82	26	35.9	24.9-48.5	56	64.1	51.5-75.1
$50,000+	37	11	39.8	24.1-57.9	26	60.2	42.1-75.9

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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?*