2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 154 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 3 188 95 48.7 40.5-57.1 93 51.3 42.9-59.5
Region 4 195 89 48.3 40.4-56.2 106 51.7 43.8-59.6
Region 5 186 85 48.5 40.3-56.8 101 51.5 43.2-59.7
Region 6 185 82 44.0 35.5-52.8 103 56.0 47.2-64.5
Region 7 163 62 39.4 31.0-48.6 101 60.6 51.4-69.0
Region 8 257 128 48.1 39.9-56.3 129 51.9 43.7-60.1
Region 9 & 10 151 72 45.4 36.3-54.9 79 54.6 45.1-63.7
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 598 282 46.0 40.9-51.2 316 54.0 48.8-59.1
Piedmont 671 301 45.6 41.1-50.1 370 54.4 49.9-58.9
Western NC 210 84 42.5 34.0-51.6 126 57.5 48.4-66.0
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 119 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Northwest 281 139 49.5 42.4-56.7 142 50.5 43.3-57.6
Charlotte 143 60 45.0 36.0-54.3 83 55.0 45.7-64.0
Greensboro 160 76 49.7 40.8-58.6 84 50.3 41.4-59.2
Southern Regional 286 131 43.5 35.9-51.5 155 56.5 48.5-64.1
Southeast 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Wake 177 70 37.6 29.9-46.1 107 62.4 53.9-70.1
Area L & Eastern 204 99 47.4 39.0-55.9 105 52.6 44.1-61.0
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 162 60 40.2 30.4-50.9 102 59.8 49.1-69.6
Region 2 269 134 49.4 42.4-56.4 135 50.6 43.6-57.6
Region 3 201 91 48.0 40.2-55.8 110 52.0 44.2-59.8
Region 4 254 100 40.7 33.8-48.0 154 59.3 52.0-66.2
Region 5 400 188 45.5 39.3-51.9 212 54.5 48.1-60.7
Region 6 193 94 47.0 38.6-55.5 99 53.0 44.5-61.4

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported having 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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