2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Firearm Safety

Are any of these loaded firearms also unlocked? By unlocked, we mean you do not need a key or
a combination or a hand/fingerprint to get the gun or to fire it. We don't count a safety as a lock.*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 661 367 53.0 48.1-57.8 294 47.0 42.2-51.9
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 3 93 59 65.9 55.0-75.4 *** *** ***
Region 4 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 5 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 6 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 7 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 8 127 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 9 & 10 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 279 163 56.3 48.6-63.8 116 43.7 36.2-51.4
Piedmont 299 153 48.2 41.6-54.8 146 51.8 45.2-58.4
Western NC 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Northwest 137 78 54.4 44.2-64.2 59 45.6 35.8-55.8
Charlotte 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Greensboro 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Southern Regional 130 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Southeast 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Wake 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Area L & Eastern 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 2 132 75 57.6 47.8-66.9 57 42.4 33.1-52.2
Region 3 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 4 100 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 5 186 106 52.2 42.5-61.8 80 47.8 38.2-57.5
Region 6 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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

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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