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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 | 3,105 | 1,958 | 60.2 | 58.1-62.3 | 670 | 22.6 | 20.8-24.4 | 248 | 9.5 | 8.2-10.9 | 229 | 7.7 | 6.7- 8.9 |
| Medicaid Region 4 | 827 | 581 | 66.1 | 62.0-69.8 | 154 | 19.9 | 16.8-23.4 | 52 | 7.7 | 5.7-10.3 | 40 | 6.4 | 4.5- 8.9 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 357 | 227 | 59.1 | 53.0-65.0 | 78 | 23.2 | 18.4-28.8 | 29 | 10.2 | 6.8-15.0 | 23 | 7.5 | 4.8-11.6 |
| Female | 470 | 354 | 72.3 | 67.2-77.0 | 76 | 17.0 | 13.3-21.5 | 23 | 5.4 | 3.5- 8.2 | 17 | 5.3 | 3.1- 8.9 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 465 | 298 | 59.7 | 54.4-64.8 | 109 | 26.0 | 21.6-31.0 | 31 | 7.5 | 5.1-10.8 | 27 | 6.8 | 4.5-10.2 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 170 | 116 | 64.0 | 55.0-72.0 | 27 | 16.2 | 10.6-23.9 | 15 | 9.8 | 5.7-16.4 | 12 | 10.1 | 5.6-17.4 |
| Other | 188 | 163 | 86.5 | 78.6-91.8 | 18 | 7.6 | 4.5-12.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 322 | 244 | 71.6 | 65.2-77.3 | 53 | 17.6 | 13.2-23.2 | 15 | 6.5 | 3.7-11.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-64 | 292 | 191 | 60.6 | 53.7-67.0 | 64 | 21.9 | 16.9-28.0 | 21 | 8.4 | 5.4-12.9 | 16 | 9.1 | 5.5-14.6 |
| 65+ | 201 | 135 | 62.2 | 53.9-69.8 | 36 | 21.5 | 15.3-29.3 | 16 | 9.4 | 5.4-15.7 | 14 | 6.9 | 3.9-11.9 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 238 | 192 | 73.8 | 66.0-80.4 | 23 | 12.5 | 8.1-18.9 | 13 | 7.2 | 3.8-13.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 197 | 120 | 58.4 | 50.4-65.9 | 44 | 23.9 | 17.7-31.5 | 12 | 6.7 | 3.8-11.7 | 21 | 10.9 | 7.0-16.7 |
| College Graduate | 391 | 268 | 65.6 | 60.0-70.7 | 87 | 23.2 | 18.8-28.2 | 27 | 8.9 | 5.9-13.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 214 | 174 | 78.7 | 70.9-84.9 | 23 | 12.8 | 8.1-19.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 415 | 249 | 55.5 | 49.8-61.0 | 104 | 25.9 | 21.3-31.2 | 37 | 10.2 | 7.2-14.1 | 25 | 8.4 | 5.6-12.5 |
| Don't know/Not sure or Refused | 198 | 158 | 76.2 | 68.1-82.8 | 27 | 14.1 | 9.3-20.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
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 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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