2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 6

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 6 484 292 57.7 52.1-63.0 99 22.5 18.1-27.7 36 8.1 5.6-11.7 57 11.7 8.7-15.5
GENDER
Male 203 112 53.1 44.1-61.9 44 24.9 17.7-33.7 16 8.4 5.0-13.8 31 13.6 9.0-20.1
Female 281 180 61.7 54.8-68.2 55 20.4 15.5-26.5 20 7.9 4.5-13.4 26 10.0 6.5-15.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 287 151 47.9 41.1-54.9 65 26.4 20.3-33.6 29 12.3 8.1-18.3 42 13.3 9.6-18.2
Non-Hispanic Black 122 *** *** *** 22 19.0 11.8-29.1 *** *** *** 12 11.9 6.3-21.4
Other 68 56 83.0 71.2-90.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 158 94 59.0 49.3-68.0 40 26.1 18.5-35.5 15 8.7 5.1-14.5 *** *** ***
45-64 170 104 56.1 47.0-64.9 29 19.7 13.2-28.2 *** *** *** 27 16.0 10.8-23.0
65+ 148 88 56.6 47.2-65.5 28 19.8 13.5-28.1 11 7.1 3.7-13.3 21 16.5 10.1-25.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 174 113 59.5 50.3-68.1 31 22.2 15.1-31.6 *** *** *** 20 10.7 6.8-16.5
Some Post-H.S. 132 *** *** *** 29 22.5 15.4-31.8 11 7.0 3.7-12.9 17 13.1 7.5-21.9
College Graduate 175 102 54.4 45.9-62.7 38 23.0 16.7-30.9 15 11.1 6.4-18.6 20 11.5 7.1-18.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 198 127 62.9 54.2-70.8 36 19.3 13.5-26.9 11 4.9 2.6- 9.1 24 12.9 8.2-19.8
$50,000+ 183 90 43.5 35.1-52.3 51 32.5 24.4-41.9 16 10.4 6.2-16.9 26 13.6 8.8-20.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 103 *** *** *** 12 12.4 6.1-23.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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