2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 3 Demographics

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
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
GENDER
Male 180 81 44.8 36.7-53.2 45 26.2 19.5-34.1 17 8.9 5.3-14.5 37 20.1 14.3-27.5
Female 223 136 59.2 50.5-67.3 48 23.4 16.7-31.9 17 6.8 4.1-11.0 22 10.6 6.5-16.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 304 142 42.7 36.4-49.2 83 29.4 23.6-36.0 27 8.8 5.9-12.9 52 19.1 14.4-24.9
Non-Hispanic Black 53 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 41 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 127 *** *** *** 30 26.5 17.9-37.3 13 8.2 4.5-14.3 13 9.1 4.8-16.5
45-64 146 79 51.5 42.8-60.2 33 22.7 16.2-30.9 11 7.0 3.7-13.0 23 18.7 12.4-27.2
65+ 126 65 48.6 38.5-58.8 28 22.0 14.8-31.5 *** *** *** 23 20.8 13.4-31.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 136 80 58.3 48.9-67.1 27 20.8 14.2-29.3 *** *** *** 22 15.8 10.0-24.1
Some Post-H.S. 129 *** *** *** *** *** *** 12 7.1 3.9-12.7 23 15.8 10.2-23.8
College Graduate 138 77 50.6 40.9-60.2 32 22.7 16.1-31.0 15 14.4 8.5-23.3 14 12.3 6.6-21.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 149 89 60.9 50.7-70.2 28 22.8 15.0-33.1 13 7.3 4.1-12.7 19 9.0 5.5-14.3
$50,000+ 171 77 41.7 33.5-50.4 47 27.6 20.6-35.9 18 10.8 6.6-17.2 29 19.9 13.5-28.3
Don't know/Not Sure 83 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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