2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 661 367 53.0 48.1-57.8 294 47.0 42.2-51.9
GENDER
Male 369 220 53.9 47.6-60.0 149 46.1 40.0-52.4
Female 292 147 51.8 44.1-59.4 145 48.2 40.6-55.9
Have Health Insurance
Yes 617 344 54.1 49.1-59.0 273 45.9 41.0-50.9
No 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 160 88 54.0 44.1-63.6 72 46.0 36.4-55.9
Overweight 229 119 45.8 38.1-53.7 110 54.2 46.3-61.9
Obese 239 143 59.5 51.3-67.1 96 40.5 32.9-48.7
Current Smoker
Yes 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 572 312 52.9 47.7-58.1 260 47.1 41.9-52.3
History of CVD**
Yes 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 559 312 53.7 48.5-58.9 247 46.3 41.1-51.5
Binge Drinker
Yes 110 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 537 290 51.6 46.1-57.0 247 48.4 43.0-53.9
Heavy Drinker
Yes 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 611 338 52.8 47.7-57.8 273 47.2 42.2-52.3
COPD
Yes 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 593 325 52.2 47.2-57.2 268 47.8 42.8-52.8
Current Asthma
Yes 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 609 345 53.3 48.2-58.3 264 46.7 41.7-51.8
Diabetes
Yes 103 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 558 303 51.3 46.0-56.6 255 48.7 43.4-54.0
Functional Disability
Yes 243 139 55.8 47.5-63.9 104 44.2 36.1-52.5
No 414 227 51.8 45.9-57.7 187 48.2 42.3-54.1
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 257 146 53.9 46.2-61.4 111 46.1 38.6-53.8
No 404 221 52.5 46.3-58.6 183 47.5 41.4-53.7

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

**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

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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