BRFSS 2004 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County): ([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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)	274	87	28.0	22.1-34.6	187	72.0	65.4-77.9
GENDER
Male	124	48	32.9	24.2-42.9	76	67.1	57.1-75.8
Female	150	39	21.7	15.0-30.3	111	78.3	69.7-85.0
RACE
White	242	81	29.4	23.2-36.4	161	70.6	63.6-76.8
Other	30	6	9.3	2.2-32.5	24	90.7	67.5-97.8
AGE
18-44	98	30	28.0	18.8-39.5	68	72.0	60.5-81.2
45+	174	57	28.3	21.1-36.8	117	71.7	63.2-78.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	114	26	20.2	12.8-30.4	88	79.8	69.6-87.2
Some College +	159	61	34.0	25.9-43.1	98	66.0	56.9-74.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	146	41	25.4	18.0-34.5	105	74.6	65.5-82.0
$50,000+	76	24	31.8	21.1-45.0	52	68.2	55.0-78.9

* 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: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)

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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)	274	87	28.0	22.1-34.6	187	72.0	65.4-77.9
GENDER
Male	124	48	32.9	24.2-42.9	76	67.1	57.1-75.8
Female	150	39	21.7	15.0-30.3	111	78.3	69.7-85.0
RACE
White	242	81	29.4	23.2-36.4	161	70.6	63.6-76.8
Other	30	6	9.3	2.2-32.5	24	90.7	67.5-97.8
AGE
18-44	98	30	28.0	18.8-39.5	68	72.0	60.5-81.2
45+	174	57	28.3	21.1-36.8	117	71.7	63.2-78.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	114	26	20.2	12.8-30.4	88	79.8	69.6-87.2
Some College +	159	61	34.0	25.9-43.1	98	66.0	56.9-74.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	146	41	25.4	18.0-34.5	105	74.6	65.5-82.0
$50,000+	76	24	31.8	21.1-45.0	52	68.2	55.0-78.9

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)

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?*