2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 2

Firearm Safety

Gun Ownership*

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  Total
Respond.^
No Gun(s) in home Gun(s) not loaded Gun(s) loaded but locked Gun(s) Loaded and unlocked
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,970 1,737 57.2 55.1-59.3 657 23.5 21.7-25.5 253 9.0 7.8-10.3 323 10.3 9.1-11.6
Medicaid Region 2 374 210 56.0 49.9-61.9 84 23.1 18.2-28.7 40 11.3 7.9-15.8 40 9.6 6.8-13.5
GENDER
Male 180 97 53.3 44.7-61.8 34 20.1 13.5-28.8 24 14.0 8.9-21.3 25 12.5 8.0-19.0
Female 194 113 58.3 49.6-66.4 50 25.6 18.9-33.6 16 9.0 5.1-15.4 15 7.2 4.0-12.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 279 138 48.0 41.0-55.0 76 29.1 22.9-36.1 30 11.5 7.6-17.1 35 11.5 7.9-16.3
Non-Hispanic Black 53 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 42 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 105 66 63.0 52.4-72.6 17 18.5 11.4-28.6 11 9.5 5.1-17.0 11 9.0 4.7-16.3
45-64 146 80 48.1 38.9-57.4 33 25.9 18.3-35.3 19 17.4 10.6-27.3 14 8.6 4.7-15.2
65+ 120 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 11.8 6.3-21.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 127 *** *** *** 28 25.5 17.2-36.1 12 10.1 5.2-18.7 14 8.9 4.9-15.7
Some Post-H.S. 123 73 61.5 51.3-70.8 23 18.4 11.8-27.5 14 10.4 5.9-17.6 13 9.7 5.2-17.4
College Graduate 124 64 48.6 38.8-58.5 33 25.5 17.8-35.1 14 15.1 8.6-25.0 13 10.9 5.9-19.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 166 104 63.6 54.5-71.8 32 19.6 13.2-28.0 11 6.9 3.6-13.1 19 9.9 5.8-16.3
$50,000+ 132 54 39.4 29.8-49.8 37 26.5 18.7-36.2 24 21.7 14.1-31.9 17 12.4 7.2-20.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 76 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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Data in this table were derived from the Firearm Safety questions.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2019 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2019 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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