2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 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

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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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