2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 626 370 57.3 52.2-62.3 129 22.2 18.0-27.0 57 11.4 8.3-15.5 70 9.0 6.6-12.2
GENDER
Male 249 129 47.4 39.9-55.0 54 25.0 18.7-32.7 27 14.1 9.1-21.2 39 13.5 9.2-19.3
Female 377 241 66.0 59.0-72.3 75 19.7 14.6-26.2 30 9.1 5.8-14.0 31 5.2 3.0- 8.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 343 182 48.6 42.2-55.1 83 26.8 21.2-33.2 36 14.6 10.2-20.3 42 10.1 7.0-14.3
Non-Hispanic Black 127 88 74.7 63.8-83.2 22 11.1 6.2-18.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 151 *** *** *** *** *** *** 13 4.0 2.0- 8.2 17 4.2 1.7-10.4
AGE
18-44 166 105 58.5 49.4-67.1 31 22.1 15.2-30.8 21 14.2 8.8-22.0 *** *** ***
45-64 207 128 58.0 49.3-66.2 35 21.3 14.7-29.8 17 8.7 4.7-15.6 27 12.0 7.5-18.8
65+ 240 129 54.0 45.5-62.2 62 24.1 17.5-32.2 19 10.7 6.3-17.6 30 11.2 7.1-17.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 238 152 61.3 52.7-69.2 47 23.4 16.6-32.0 18 9.3 5.2-16.2 21 6.0 3.3-10.7
Some Post-H.S. 172 96 51.8 42.7-60.8 34 22.4 15.5-31.4 17 13.3 8.0-21.2 25 12.5 7.7-19.7
College Graduate 215 121 58.7 50.1-66.8 48 19.8 14.1-27.1 22 12.3 7.1-20.5 24 9.2 5.6-14.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 260 173 66.0 57.7-73.4 46 19.1 13.1-27.0 18 7.5 4.2-12.9 23 7.4 4.2-12.7
$50,000+ 223 103 46.3 38.0-54.8 57 25.8 18.9-34.1 30 16.0 10.4-23.8 33 11.9 7.7-18.1
Don't know/Not Sure 143 *** *** *** 26 20.5 12.7-31.3 *** *** *** 14 6.1 3.1-11.7

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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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