2011 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Firearms-WHITES

Are any of these firearms now loaded?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,778 1,423 36.9 34.1-39.7 2,355 63.1 60.3-65.9
-WHITES 3,235 1,220 37.1 34.2-40.2 2,015 62.9 59.8-65.8
GENDER
Male 1,487 657 41.1 36.7-45.6 830 58.9 54.4-63.3
Female 1,748 563 32.3 28.5-36.3 1,185 67.7 63.7-71.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 3,197 1,209 37.5 34.5-40.6 1,988 62.5 59.4-65.5
AGE
18-34 233 80 35.6 27.7-44.5 153 64.4 55.5-72.3
35-44 370 119 34.0 26.8-42.0 251 66.0 58.0-73.2
45-54 589 221 36.4 30.6-42.6 368 63.6 57.4-69.4
55-64 836 333 39.1 34.1-44.2 503 60.9 55.8-65.9
65-74 718 285 43.0 37.6-48.5 433 57.0 51.5-62.4
75+ 470 175 37.0 30.5-44.0 295 63.0 56.0-69.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 280 131 40.0 31.1-49.6 149 60.0 50.4-68.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 961 392 38.4 32.9-44.1 569 61.6 55.9-67.1
Some Post-H.S. 939 360 38.6 33.2-44.4 579 61.4 55.6-66.8
College Graduate 1,047 333 32.2 27.7-37.0 714 67.8 63.0-72.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 251 132 50.3 40.1-60.4 119 49.7 39.6-59.9
$15,000- 24,999 437 183 37.8 30.3-46.0 254 62.2 54.0-69.7
$25,000- 34,999 343 118 31.7 24.7-39.6 225 68.3 60.4-75.3
$35,000- 49,999 476 177 38.9 31.1-47.3 299 61.1 52.7-68.9
$50,000- 74,999 500 188 40.1 32.4-48.2 312 59.9 51.8-67.6
$75,000+ 798 272 37.0 31.2-43.2 526 63.0 56.8-68.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,026 432 39.9 35.1-44.9 594 60.1 55.1-64.9
No 2,200 785 36.2 32.6-40.0 1,415 63.8 60.0-67.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 665 304 43.4 37.3-49.6 361 56.6 50.4-62.7
Non-Veteran 2,570 916 35.9 32.5-39.3 1,654 64.1 60.7-67.5

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported having firearms in or around their home.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2011 are NOT comparable to previous years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2011 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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.

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