2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 377 223 53.0 46.1-59.8 100 28.8 23.4-34.9 26 8.0 5.3-12.0 28 10.2 5.7-17.4
Region 3 403 217 52.4 46.4-58.3 93 24.7 19.9-30.3 34 7.8 5.5-11.0 59 15.1 11.4-19.7
Region 4 489 295 59.4 54.2-64.3 106 21.2 17.3-25.6 46 10.6 7.8-14.2 42 8.9 6.5-12.1
Region 5 527 341 64.0 59.1-68.7 101 18.5 15.1-22.6 42 8.8 6.3-12.1 43 8.7 6.1-12.1
Region 6 390 206 51.2 45.2-57.2 103 27.4 22.4-33.1 34 9.1 5.9-13.9 47 12.2 8.8-16.7
Region 7 512 349 65.0 60.0-69.8 101 21.2 17.3-25.6 30 6.8 4.6-10.0 32 7.0 4.6-10.5
Region 8 626 370 57.3 52.2-62.3 129 22.2 18.0-27.0 57 11.4 8.3-15.5 70 9.0 6.6-12.2
Region 9 & 10 373 223 57.0 50.8-63.1 79 23.6 18.5-29.5 25 6.4 4.1- 9.7 46 13.0 9.5-17.6
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,409 814 55.3 51.9-58.7 316 24.2 21.4-27.3 116 8.9 7.2-11.1 163 11.5 9.5-14.0
Piedmont 1,806 1,137 61.8 59.0-64.4 370 20.9 18.7-23.2 146 9.0 7.5-10.8 153 8.4 7.0-10.0
Western NC 482 273 53.0 47.0-58.9 126 27.2 22.6-32.3 32 7.3 4.9-10.5 51 12.6 8.5-18.2
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 306 187 54.8 46.8-62.5 78 26.9 21.2-33.5 18 7.2 4.3-11.8 23 11.1 5.6-20.6
Northwest 588 309 50.6 45.5-55.6 142 25.1 20.9-29.8 59 11.1 8.2-14.9 78 13.2 10.3-16.8
Charlotte 385 243 61.6 55.9-67.0 83 21.3 16.9-26.4 30 8.8 6.0-12.8 29 8.3 5.6-12.0
Greensboro 405 245 60.4 54.5-65.9 84 19.9 15.9-24.7 41 10.9 7.7-15.2 35 8.8 6.0-12.8
Southern Regional 609 324 51.0 45.7-56.3 155 27.8 23.2-32.9 53 9.4 6.4-13.6 77 11.8 8.8-15.7
Southeast 292 184 56.8 49.9-63.5 58 21.8 16.5-28.2 26 12.3 8.2-18.2 24 9.0 5.7-14.2
Wake 601 424 69.0 64.6-73.1 107 19.3 15.9-23.3 31 5.8 3.9- 8.5 39 5.9 4.1- 8.4
Area L & Eastern 511 308 57.5 52.1-62.8 105 22.4 18.2-27.4 36 7.4 5.1-10.7 62 12.6 9.3-16.9
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 399 237 53.9 47.2-60.4 102 27.6 22.4-33.3 28 7.8 5.2-11.6 32 10.7 6.3-17.6
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
Region 3 499 299 58.9 53.8-63.7 110 21.5 17.7-26.0 47 10.6 7.8-14.3 43 9.0 6.6-12.2
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
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
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

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Data in this table were derived from the Firearm Safety questions.

See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.

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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