2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 429 280 63.3 57.8-68.4 81 20.3 16.2-25.1 32 8.2 5.5-12.0 36 8.3 5.8-11.6
GENDER
Male 190 106 55.2 46.9-63.2 43 23.4 17.1-31.1 18 10.1 6.0-16.7 23 11.3 7.3-17.2
Female 239 174 70.4 63.3-76.7 38 17.6 12.7-23.9 14 6.4 3.5-11.4 13 5.6 3.0- 9.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 241 141 56.2 48.9-63.3 57 24.8 19.1-31.5 20 9.6 6.0-15.1 23 9.4 6.1-14.1
Non-Hispanic Black 116 81 71.9 61.9-80.2 16 13.4 7.9-21.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 72 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 150 105 65.1 55.8-73.4 22 17.8 11.6-26.4 12 11.0 6.0-19.2 11 6.1 3.2-11.2
45-64 147 95 63.4 54.1-71.7 30 21.0 14.5-29.3 *** *** *** 14 10.8 6.2-18.2
65+ 127 77 59.8 49.3-69.5 28 23.5 15.9-33.2 12 8.7 4.5-16.3 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 132 93 66.8 56.8-75.5 26 22.2 15.0-31.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 108 70 62.3 51.7-71.7 17 16.1 9.9-25.2 *** *** *** 11 9.4 5.1-16.7
College Graduate 189 117 60.1 52.2-67.4 38 22.2 16.3-29.4 15 6.9 4.0-11.6 19 10.9 6.7-17.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 149 110 70.7 61.3-78.6 20 15.3 9.4-24.0 11 8.9 4.7-16.3 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 185 101 52.3 43.9-60.5 46 25.9 19.4-33.6 14 9.2 5.0-16.2 24 12.7 8.3-18.9
Don't know/Not Sure 95 69 74.2 63.1-82.9 15 16.6 9.7-27.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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