|
View results for a demographic group: |
Select a different topic: |
| View results for a different geographical area: |
|
| 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 5 | 527 | 341 | 64.0 | 59.1-68.7 | 101 | 18.5 | 15.1-22.6 | 42 | 8.8 | 6.3-12.1 | 43 | 8.7 | 6.1-12.1 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 250 | 142 | 54.5 | 47.0-61.8 | 56 | 22.5 | 17.1-29.0 | 23 | 11.2 | 7.2-17.0 | 29 | 11.8 | 7.7-17.7 |
| Female | 277 | 199 | 72.6 | 66.0-78.3 | 45 | 15.0 | 10.8-20.4 | 19 | 6.6 | 3.9-10.8 | 14 | 5.9 | 3.2-10.4 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 325 | 192 | 59.0 | 52.7-65.0 | 69 | 20.5 | 16.0-25.8 | 31 | 9.1 | 6.1-13.3 | 33 | 11.5 | 7.9-16.4 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 113 | 80 | 68.8 | 58.2-77.8 | 20 | 16.2 | 10.2-24.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Other | 82 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 206 | 142 | 66.0 | 57.8-73.3 | 34 | 15.9 | 11.0-22.4 | 21 | 11.7 | 7.4-18.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-64 | 169 | 106 | 58.7 | 49.5-67.3 | 37 | 23.4 | 16.8-31.6 | *** | *** | *** | 16 | 11.4 | 6.8-18.5 |
| 65+ | 142 | 88 | 68.9 | 59.9-76.6 | 29 | 17.8 | 11.9-25.7 | *** | *** | *** | 16 | 9.1 | 5.2-15.4 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 140 | 93 | 66.1 | 56.6-74.5 | 20 | 15.5 | 9.9-23.4 | 11 | 7.9 | 4.1-14.5 | 16 | 10.5 | 6.0-17.9 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 127 | 78 | 59.7 | 49.5-69.2 | 26 | 20.1 | 13.3-29.0 | 11 | 10.8 | 5.9-18.9 | 12 | 9.5 | 4.9-17.6 |
| College Graduate | 258 | 169 | 65.9 | 59.4-71.9 | 54 | 19.8 | 15.2-25.4 | 20 | 8.0 | 4.9-12.8 | 15 | 6.3 | 3.6-10.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 190 | 134 | 68.1 | 59.7-75.5 | 32 | 17.1 | 11.7-24.2 | 17 | 10.7 | 6.3-17.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 242 | 140 | 57.7 | 50.6-64.4 | 57 | 22.9 | 17.7-29.2 | 23 | 9.8 | 6.2-15.0 | 22 | 9.7 | 6.2-14.8 |
| Don't know/Not Sure | 95 | *** | *** | *** | 12 | 11.8 | 5.9-22.3 | *** | *** | *** | 14 | 14.5 | 7.6-26.0 |
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.
BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes
This page was generated on 22AUG22.
FOLLOW US