BRFSS 2004 - Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 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
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml.	341	133	41.1	35.3-47.2	208	58.9	52.8-64.7
GENDER
Male	127	63	49.9	40.2-59.7	64	50.1	40.3-59.8
Female	214	70	33.0	26.5-40.2	144	67.0	59.8-73.5
RACE
White	282	116	44.4	38.0-50.9	166	55.6	49.1-62.0
Other	57	16	27.7	16.1-43.3	41	72.3	56.7-83.9
AGE
18-44	119	40	33.4	24.4-43.7	79	66.6	56.3-75.6
45+	220	92	46.0	38.7-53.5	128	54.0	46.5-61.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	134	51	38.2	29.2-48.1	83	61.8	51.9-70.8
Some College +	206	82	43.3	35.9-51.0	124	56.7	49.0-64.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	186	64	36.6	28.9-45.0	122	63.4	55.0-71.1
$50,000+	95	50	55.3	44.5-65.6	45	44.7	34.4-55.5

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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
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml.	341	133	41.1	35.3-47.2	208	58.9	52.8-64.7
GENDER
Male	127	63	49.9	40.2-59.7	64	50.1	40.3-59.8
Female	214	70	33.0	26.5-40.2	144	67.0	59.8-73.5
RACE
White	282	116	44.4	38.0-50.9	166	55.6	49.1-62.0
Other	57	16	27.7	16.1-43.3	41	72.3	56.7-83.9
AGE
18-44	119	40	33.4	24.4-43.7	79	66.6	56.3-75.6
45+	220	92	46.0	38.7-53.5	128	54.0	46.5-61.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	134	51	38.2	29.2-48.1	83	61.8	51.9-70.8
Some College +	206	82	43.3	35.9-51.0	124	56.7	49.0-64.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	186	64	36.6	28.9-45.0	122	63.4	55.0-71.1
$50,000+	95	50	55.3	44.5-65.6	45	44.7	34.4-55.5

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico Counties

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