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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 7 | 512 | 349 | 65.0 | 60.0-69.8 | 101 | 21.2 | 17.3-25.6 | 30 | 6.8 | 4.6-10.0 | 32 | 7.0 | 4.6-10.5 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 242 | 162 | 64.0 | 56.7-70.8 | 42 | 18.2 | 13.1-24.6 | 18 | 9.0 | 5.4-14.4 | 20 | 8.8 | 5.4-14.0 |
| Female | 270 | 187 | 65.9 | 58.8-72.4 | 59 | 23.8 | 18.5-30.2 | 12 | 4.9 | 2.5- 9.2 | 12 | 5.4 | 2.5-11.1 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 290 | 168 | 54.6 | 47.9-61.1 | 78 | 28.5 | 22.9-34.9 | 24 | 9.6 | 6.2-14.5 | 20 | 7.3 | 4.2-12.6 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 119 | 86 | 70.7 | 60.4-79.2 | 19 | 16.5 | 10.1-25.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Other | 98 | 91 | 90.9 | 81.4-95.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 209 | 153 | 70.0 | 62.1-76.9 | 34 | 17.8 | 12.6-24.4 | 12 | 5.5 | 3.0- 9.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-64 | 196 | 129 | 63.0 | 54.9-70.5 | 37 | 19.8 | 14.2-26.9 | 16 | 10.5 | 6.1-17.5 | 14 | 6.7 | 3.8-11.6 |
| 65+ | 103 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 150 | 108 | 64.1 | 54.2-72.8 | 24 | 20.0 | 13.4-28.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 96 | 67 | 69.7 | 58.6-78.9 | 17 | 18.7 | 11.4-29.1 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| College Graduate | 264 | 173 | 63.1 | 56.5-69.3 | 59 | 23.5 | 18.4-29.6 | 14 | 5.9 | 3.4- 9.8 | 18 | 7.5 | 4.5-12.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 160 | 122 | 72.4 | 62.6-80.5 | 25 | 15.8 | 10.1-24.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 268 | 159 | 57.4 | 50.7-63.9 | 64 | 24.9 | 19.6-31.2 | 23 | 9.2 | 5.9-13.9 | 22 | 8.5 | 5.3-13.3 |
| Don't know/Not Sure | 84 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
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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