2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 5 914 516 54.3 50.2-58.3 212 25.0 21.5-28.8 80 9.9 7.5-13.0 106 10.8 8.5-13.7
GENDER
Male 374 183 45.0 38.8-51.3 95 27.8 22.4-34.0 36 11.6 7.5-17.3 60 15.6 11.5-20.9
Female 540 333 61.8 56.4-66.9 117 22.7 18.4-27.7 44 8.6 5.9-12.2 46 6.9 4.7-10.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 480 233 44.6 39.3-50.0 135 30.1 25.3-35.3 47 12.4 8.8-17.2 65 12.9 9.7-17.0
Non-Hispanic Black 230 156 67.2 58.9-74.5 42 17.7 12.2-25.1 13 4.3 2.3- 8.1 19 10.8 6.3-17.7
Other 198 123 68.5 58.7-76.9 34 18.6 11.7-28.3 19 8.7 4.4-16.6 22 4.1 2.1- 7.9
AGE
18-44 268 161 56.3 49.0-63.2 64 26.3 20.5-33.1 27 11.5 7.3-17.8 16 5.9 3.4-10.0
45-64 292 166 52.5 45.5-59.4 65 26.3 20.5-33.2 22 6.1 3.6-10.2 39 15.1 10.2-21.7
65+ 339 179 52.4 45.8-59.0 82 21.4 16.6-27.1 31 12.4 8.4-18.0 47 13.8 9.8-19.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 344 217 58.0 51.0-64.7 75 25.8 20.1-32.5 21 8.3 4.6-14.5 31 7.9 5.0-12.3
Some Post-H.S. 270 144 51.1 43.9-58.3 59 23.3 17.8-29.9 28 11.8 8.0-17.2 39 13.8 9.4-19.8
College Graduate 299 154 52.8 46.0-59.4 78 26.4 21.0-32.7 31 9.5 6.2-14.4 36 11.2 7.7-16.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 372 234 63.1 56.7-69.1 70 18.7 14.1-24.3 28 8.3 5.3-12.7 40 9.9 6.7-14.5
$50,000+ 335 143 40.1 33.8-46.7 105 33.7 27.6-40.4 40 13.5 8.9-19.9 47 12.7 8.8-17.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 207 139 65.2 56.2-73.2 37 19.8 13.5-28.1 12 6.0 3.2-11.2 19 9.0 4.9-15.8

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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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