2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 476 299 59.6 54.3-64.7 100 24.3 19.9-29.3 31 7.0 4.8-10.2 46 9.1 6.6-12.3
GENDER
Male 204 110 51.6 43.3-59.8 46 25.2 18.4-33.6 18 9.5 5.7-15.3 30 13.7 9.3-19.7
Female 272 189 66.4 59.7-72.4 54 23.5 18.2-29.9 13 5.0 2.8- 8.6 16 5.2 2.9- 9.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 265 133 47.7 40.9-54.6 79 32.8 26.4-39.8 23 9.7 6.3-14.6 30 9.9 6.7-14.3
Non-Hispanic Black 132 98 69.7 59.4-78.3 17 16.6 9.9-26.4 *** *** *** 11 9.6 5.1-17.3
Other 79 68 89.8 79.9-95.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 179 127 63.9 54.8-72.1 27 21.1 14.2-30.1 *** *** *** 15 9.1 5.3-15.2
45-64 185 111 58.1 49.9-65.8 45 26.7 20.2-34.5 13 7.3 4.2-12.4 16 7.9 4.7-13.1
65+ 106 57 52.4 42.1-62.4 26 26.8 18.6-36.9 *** *** *** 15 11.4 6.6-18.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 136 96 65.4 54.9-74.6 23 21.0 13.3-31.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 139 79 54.4 44.9-63.5 34 28.7 20.8-38.1 *** *** *** 17 11.2 6.6-18.2
College Graduate 201 124 59.1 51.5-66.3 43 23.2 17.4-30.2 14 8.0 4.6-13.6 20 9.7 6.1-15.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 161 115 69.3 60.5-76.8 29 19.8 13.7-27.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 223 120 47.4 40.0-55.0 55 30.3 23.2-38.4 18 9.7 5.9-15.5 30 12.6 8.5-18.2
Don't know/Not Sure 92 *** *** *** 16 18.6 10.9-29.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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