2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Firearm Safety

Are any of these firearms now loaded?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,479 667 45.4 42.2-48.6 812 54.6 51.4-57.8
Medicaid Region 5 400 188 45.5 39.3-51.9 212 54.5 48.1-60.7
GENDER
Male 192 97 49.6 40.7-58.6 95 50.4 41.4-59.3
Female 208 91 40.7 32.4-49.6 117 59.3 50.4-67.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 249 114 46.0 38.5-53.6 135 54.0 46.4-61.5
Non-Hispanic Black 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 107 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-64 126 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 162 80 55.6 46.1-64.8 82 44.4 35.2-53.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 128 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 127 68 52.5 42.3-62.6 59 47.5 37.4-57.7
College Graduate 145 67 44.0 34.9-53.6 78 56.0 46.4-65.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 138 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 192 87 43.7 34.9-53.0 105 56.3 47.0-65.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported having firearms in or around their home.

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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