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