2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 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 4 489 295 59.4 54.2-64.3 106 21.2 17.3-25.6 46 10.6 7.8-14.2 42 8.9 6.5-12.1
GENDER
Male 222 118 54.0 46.3-61.6 55 21.8 16.3-28.5 22 12.4 7.9-18.9 27 11.8 8.0-17.2
Female 267 177 63.6 56.7-69.9 51 20.7 15.5-27.0 24 9.2 6.0-13.7 15 6.6 3.8-11.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 312 162 49.7 43.4-55.9 80 25.1 20.0-30.9 37 13.6 9.6-18.8 33 11.7 8.2-16.4
Non-Hispanic Black 89 *** *** *** 14 18.4 10.7-29.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 79 64 82.3 70.5-90.0 11 10.7 5.5-19.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 177 113 62.9 54.4-70.7 38 21.7 15.5-29.6 14 9.1 5.2-15.4 12 6.3 3.4-11.4
45-64 162 92 54.3 45.8-62.6 37 22.4 16.1-30.2 17 12.7 7.9-19.8 16 10.6 6.4-17.0
65+ 141 84 58.3 48.7-67.4 29 18.6 12.5-26.7 14 10.7 6.0-18.4 14 12.3 7.1-20.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 143 106 73.1 63.9-80.6 18 13.4 8.2-21.3 14 10.3 5.8-17.6 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 137 70 48.5 39.4-57.7 37 26.7 19.3-35.7 14 12.1 7.2-19.7 16 12.7 7.8-20.1
College Graduate 207 117 54.7 47.2-62.0 51 24.4 18.4-31.5 18 9.5 5.9-14.9 21 11.4 7.3-17.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 146 100 70.4 61.2-78.2 24 15.0 9.5-22.8 11 8.9 4.7-16.3 11 5.8 3.0-10.7
$50,000+ 256 128 47.0 40.2-53.8 70 27.1 21.4-33.7 30 13.3 9.2-19.0 28 12.6 8.6-18.1
Don't know/Not Sure 87 *** *** *** 12 15.5 8.1-27.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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