2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

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 3,697 2,224 58.8 56.8-60.8 812 22.6 21.0-24.3 294 8.8 7.7-10.0 367 9.9 8.7-11.2
Medicaid Region 4 792 538 66.0 62.0-69.7 154 20.2 17.1-23.6 46 6.9 5.0- 9.4 54 7.0 5.1- 9.6
GENDER
Male 375 241 62.2 56.3-67.7 71 19.2 15.0-24.2 26 9.1 5.9-13.7 37 9.5 6.6-13.5
Female 417 297 69.3 63.8-74.3 83 21.0 16.8-25.9 20 4.9 3.0- 7.9 17 4.8 2.5- 8.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 463 276 57.4 52.1-62.5 115 25.9 21.6-30.8 35 8.1 5.6-11.6 37 8.6 5.8-12.5
Non-Hispanic Black 170 124 71.3 62.7-78.6 28 16.1 10.8-23.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 150 131 89.2 82.4-93.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 328 240 70.0 63.7-75.5 51 16.4 12.4-21.5 21 7.3 4.6-11.5 16 6.3 3.4-11.4
45-64 277 183 63.7 57.0-70.0 54 20.1 15.3-25.9 18 7.9 4.6-13.0 22 8.3 5.3-12.7
65+ 176 108 60.3 51.3-68.7 49 30.5 22.8-39.6 *** *** *** 13 5.7 3.0-10.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 218 155 65.7 57.8-72.8 33 18.2 12.9-25.1 11 6.8 3.7-12.4 19 9.3 5.3-15.7
Some Post-H.S. 154 105 67.9 59.1-75.6 27 18.5 12.5-26.4 12 8.3 4.4-15.2 *** *** ***
College Graduate 416 276 65.3 60.1-70.2 92 22.4 18.3-27.0 23 6.1 3.9- 9.2 25 6.2 4.0- 9.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 253 188 70.9 63.3-77.5 44 17.4 12.5-23.7 11 6.0 3.0-11.5 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 405 246 60.0 54.5-65.2 93 23.4 19.0-28.3 33 8.8 6.1-12.7 33 7.9 5.4-11.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 134 104 75.1 65.3-82.9 17 15.6 9.4-24.8 *** *** *** 11 6.8 3.3-13.6

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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 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 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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