2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 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 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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