2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 5 408 177 47.2 41.5-52.9 231 52.8 47.1-58.5
GENDER
Male 185 98 57.6 49.4-65.5 87 42.4 34.5-50.6
Female 223 79 38.0 30.7-45.9 144 62.0 54.1-69.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 239 132 57.5 50.3-64.5 107 42.5 35.5-49.7
Non-Hispanic Black 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 140 48 37.3 28.7-46.9 92 62.7 53.1-71.3
45-64 134 62 54.0 44.1-63.6 72 46.0 36.4-55.9
65+ 130 66 54.7 44.3-64.6 64 45.3 35.4-55.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 146 46 41.1 31.9-50.9 100 58.9 49.1-68.1
Some Post-H.S. 118 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 144 76 54.6 45.3-63.5 68 45.4 36.5-54.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 132 44 36.0 26.8-46.3 88 64.0 53.7-73.2
$50,000+ 186 107 59.9 51.6-67.6 79 40.1 32.4-48.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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