2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 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 6 390 206 51.2 45.2-57.2 103 27.4 22.4-33.1 34 9.1 5.9-13.9 47 12.2 8.8-16.7
GENDER
Male 173 78 43.6 34.8-52.9 52 29.5 22.0-38.3 14 9.9 4.8-19.2 29 17.1 11.2-25.3
Female 217 128 57.5 49.7-65.0 51 25.8 19.3-33.4 20 8.6 5.1-14.0 18 8.2 4.8-13.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 199 84 39.5 31.7-47.9 64 32.6 25.6-40.6 20 11.9 6.7-20.2 31 16.0 10.8-23.1
Non-Hispanic Black 123 81 63.0 52.2-72.6 25 22.4 14.6-32.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 66 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 138 79 55.2 45.2-64.7 40 29.4 21.4-38.9 11 9.9 4.8-19.4 *** *** ***
45-64 124 63 48.3 38.3-58.4 37 30.9 22.2-41.2 *** *** *** 16 16.5 9.6-27.0
65+ 126 62 46.0 36.4-55.8 26 18.5 12.5-26.5 15 14.8 8.5-24.5 23 20.8 13.6-30.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 147 90 54.5 44.5-64.1 37 27.9 19.9-37.4 *** *** *** 15 10.9 6.1-18.6
Some Post-H.S. 129 65 50.1 40.1-60.1 30 25.0 17.2-34.9 17 11.9 7.1-19.3 17 13.0 7.6-21.5
College Graduate 114 *** *** *** 36 31.4 22.9-41.5 12 8.4 4.6-14.8 15 13.2 7.8-21.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 154 85 55.0 45.7-64.1 34 22.4 15.5-31.2 13 8.9 4.8-16.0 22 13.6 8.5-21.2
$50,000+ 156 64 38.6 30.0-47.9 57 37.8 29.3-47.2 16 12.0 6.1-22.2 19 11.6 6.7-19.3
Don't know/Not Sure 80 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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