2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 Demographics

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
Region 4 540 333 60.2 55.3-64.9 103 19.8 16.2-24.0 44 9.2 6.6-12.6 60 10.8 8.2-14.1
GENDER
Male 255 134 51.0 43.9-58.0 51 20.3 15.2-26.6 32 14.7 10.1-20.9 38 14.0 9.9-19.4
Female 285 199 67.9 61.3-73.9 52 19.4 14.6-25.4 12 4.5 2.4- 8.4 22 8.2 5.1-12.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 334 181 52.1 45.9-58.2 82 25.7 20.6-31.5 27 8.9 5.9-13.3 44 13.3 9.7-18.0
Non-Hispanic Black 108 76 68.1 57.4-77.2 13 12.5 7.1-20.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 98 76 79.8 69.8-87.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 159 101 62.9 54.4-70.7 22 15.5 10.2-22.9 22 12.9 8.2-19.7 14 8.7 5.1-14.4
45-64 225 142 57.2 49.7-64.4 47 24.5 18.6-31.5 12 6.8 3.7-12.2 24 11.5 7.5-17.2
65+ 150 87 59.6 50.2-68.5 33 20.3 13.9-28.8 *** *** *** 20 13.7 8.3-21.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 190 131 66.6 58.5-73.7 30 17.1 11.9-24.1 *** *** *** 21 10.7 6.8-16.6
Some Post-H.S. 160 90 56.7 47.6-65.3 32 21.0 14.5-29.4 18 10.6 6.2-17.6 20 11.7 7.2-18.4
College Graduate 190 112 54.9 46.8-62.7 41 22.5 16.4-29.9 18 12.7 7.8-20.1 19 10.0 6.1-15.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 232 155 64.9 57.4-71.8 37 18.0 12.8-24.8 14 7.4 4.0-13.3 26 9.6 6.3-14.4
$50,000+ 200 101 48.9 41.1-56.7 49 22.5 16.8-29.4 27 14.4 9.7-20.8 23 14.2 9.4-21.1
Don't know/Not Sure 108 77 71.9 60.9-80.7 17 18.6 11.2-29.2 *** *** *** 11 6.7 3.3-13.1

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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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