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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 | |||||||||
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| 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 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
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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