BRFSS 2004 - Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	387	185	50.3	44.7-55.8	202	49.7	44.2-55.3
GENDER
Male	131	84	61.9	52.5-70.5	47	38.1	29.5-47.5
Female	256	101	41.1	34.6-47.9	155	58.9	52.1-65.4
RACE
White	238	135	62.8	55.8-69.2	103	37.2	30.8-44.2
Other	148	50	32.6	25.1-41.1	98	67.4	58.9-74.9
AGE
18-44	154	75	49.0	40.4-57.6	79	51.0	42.4-59.6
45+	230	109	51.4	44.2-58.6	121	48.6	41.4-55.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	217	101	49.2	41.9-56.6	116	50.8	43.4-58.1
Some College +	170	84	51.7	43.3-60.0	86	48.3	40.0-56.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	221	90	43.6	36.5-51.0	131	56.4	49.0-63.5
$50,000+	82	56	67.8	55.8-77.9	26	32.2	22.1-44.2

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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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	387	185	50.3	44.7-55.8	202	49.7	44.2-55.3
GENDER
Male	131	84	61.9	52.5-70.5	47	38.1	29.5-47.5
Female	256	101	41.1	34.6-47.9	155	58.9	52.1-65.4
RACE
White	238	135	62.8	55.8-69.2	103	37.2	30.8-44.2
Other	148	50	32.6	25.1-41.1	98	67.4	58.9-74.9
AGE
18-44	154	75	49.0	40.4-57.6	79	51.0	42.4-59.6
45+	230	109	51.4	44.2-58.6	121	48.6	41.4-55.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	217	101	49.2	41.9-56.6	116	50.8	43.4-58.1
Some College +	170	84	51.7	43.3-60.0	86	48.3	40.0-56.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	221	90	43.6	36.5-51.0	131	56.4	49.0-63.5
$50,000+	82	56	67.8	55.8-77.9	26	32.2	22.1-44.2

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance Counties

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