2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

Firearm Safety

The next questions are about safety and firearms. Some people keep guns for recreational purposes such as hunting or sport shooting.
People also keep guns in the home for protection. Please include weapons such as pistols, shotguns, and rifles: but not BB guns or guns that cannot fire.
Include those kept in a garage, outdoor storage area, or motor vehicle.

Are any firearms kept in or around your home?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,180 1,222 41.2 39.1-43.2 1,958 58.8 56.8-60.9
Medicaid Region 2 472 200 45.3 39.8-50.8 272 54.7 49.2-60.2
GENDER
Male 197 87 47.7 39.6-55.8 110 52.3 44.2-60.4
Female 275 113 43.4 36.1-50.9 162 56.6 49.1-63.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 310 162 53.5 46.7-60.2 148 46.5 39.8-53.3
Non-Hispanic Black 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 147 50 39.0 29.9-48.9 97 61.0 51.1-70.1
45-64 163 78 54.2 45.4-62.8 85 45.8 37.2-54.6
65+ 155 69 43.0 33.4-53.1 86 57.0 46.9-66.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 162 53 41.3 32.2-51.0 109 58.7 49.0-67.8
Some Post-H.S. 127 55 46.1 36.1-56.4 72 53.9 43.6-63.9
College Graduate 181 91 49.6 41.1-58.0 90 50.4 42.0-58.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 157 63 45.9 36.5-55.5 94 54.1 44.5-63.5
$50,000+ 192 100 53.7 45.0-62.2 92 46.3 37.8-55.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 123 37 29.4 20.6-39.9 86 70.6 60.1-79.4

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2024 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2024 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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