2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Firearm Safety

Are any of these loaded firearms also unlocked? By unlocked, we mean you do not need a key or
a combination or a hand/fingerprint to get the gun or to fire it. We don't count a safety as a lock.*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 477 229 44.8 39.6-50.1 248 55.2 49.9-60.4
Eastern NC 160 78 46.6 37.6-55.8 82 53.4 44.2-62.4
GENDER
Male 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Female 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 117 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 23 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 116 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unemployed 11 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
50% to 100% 6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 100 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 127 63 47.1 37.2-57.2 64 52.9 42.8-62.8
Rent 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 12 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported having loaded firearms in or around their home.

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.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2024 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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