2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

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 2 609 342 56.2 51.4-60.8 135 22.3 18.6-26.6 57 9.1 6.8-12.0 75 12.4 9.6-15.9
GENDER
Male 279 133 47.8 40.8-54.9 68 24.5 19.2-30.7 31 12.0 8.2-17.3 47 15.7 11.5-21.2
Female 330 209 63.4 56.8-69.6 67 20.5 15.5-26.5 26 6.6 4.3- 9.9 28 9.5 6.2-14.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 431 211 47.5 42.1-52.9 112 26.4 21.8-31.6 44 10.1 7.3-13.7 64 16.0 12.3-20.6
Non-Hispanic Black 103 69 69.1 58.0-78.3 16 15.7 9.1-25.6 11 10.5 5.4-19.4 *** *** ***
Other 67 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 208 120 57.8 49.3-65.8 47 23.3 16.9-31.2 25 10.6 6.9-16.1 16 8.3 4.5-14.8
45-64 209 116 53.0 44.7-61.1 48 23.8 17.8-31.1 16 8.5 4.9-14.4 29 14.7 10.0-21.0
65+ 185 103 59.5 51.2-67.2 37 17.0 12.0-23.6 15 6.7 3.9-11.2 30 16.7 11.4-24.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 197 118 60.5 52.7-67.8 37 19.2 13.8-25.9 16 8.0 4.7-13.1 26 12.4 8.0-18.7
Some Post-H.S. 184 90 51.2 42.3-60.0 48 26.5 19.3-35.1 17 8.4 5.0-13.9 29 13.9 9.2-20.5
College Graduate 228 134 56.7 49.3-63.8 50 21.2 16.1-27.5 24 12.0 7.8-18.0 20 10.0 6.3-15.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 229 143 63.2 55.4-70.3 40 19.4 13.7-26.7 24 9.6 6.1-14.6 22 7.9 4.7-12.8
$50,000+ 258 120 44.4 37.5-51.5 71 27.7 22.0-34.3 30 12.3 8.4-17.9 37 15.5 11.0-21.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 122 *** *** *** 24 18.7 11.3-29.4 *** *** *** 16 15.4 8.8-25.4

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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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