2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

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 3,105 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 1 465 255 47.8 42.1-53.5 124 28.0 23.2-33.4 41 12.4 8.7-17.4 45 11.8 8.5-16.1
GENDER
Male 203 88 39.9 32.1-48.2 60 28.0 21.5-35.7 26 15.6 10.1-23.2 29 16.5 11.1-23.9
Female 262 167 54.8 46.7-62.7 64 28.0 21.2-35.9 15 9.7 5.3-17.0 16 7.6 4.3-13.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 385 191 43.1 37.0-49.4 115 31.5 26.0-37.6 35 12.2 8.3-17.5 44 13.2 9.5-18.0
Non-Hispanic Black 26 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 49 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 112 *** *** *** 22 21.5 13.4-32.6 11 13.1 6.9-23.5 *** *** ***
45-64 150 63 32.3 24.9-40.7 55 40.1 31.4-49.4 17 15.9 9.5-25.3 15 11.8 6.8-19.7
65+ 197 114 51.9 42.6-61.0 46 23.3 16.9-31.4 13 8.3 4.0-16.3 24 16.5 10.6-24.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 136 *** *** *** 27 21.6 13.8-32.2 15 15.5 9.0-25.4 14 13.6 7.8-22.7
Some Post-H.S. 139 68 42.6 33.2-52.6 39 28.7 20.6-38.5 16 15.4 8.9-25.3 16 13.3 7.9-21.5
College Graduate 189 107 52.7 44.4-60.8 57 34.7 27.3-43.0 *** *** *** 15 7.6 4.3-13.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 168 106 57.8 48.1-67.0 32 19.7 13.4-28.0 17 13.9 7.9-23.3 13 8.6 4.6-15.5
$50,000+ 184 80 40.0 32.2-48.4 66 34.3 27.0-42.4 17 11.8 6.9-19.3 21 13.9 8.6-21.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 113 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 12.6 6.4-23.2

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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 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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