2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

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 4 840 259 35.1 31.3-39.1 581 64.9 60.9-68.7
GENDER
Male 361 134 41.4 35.6-47.5 227 58.6 52.5-64.4
Female 479 125 29.6 24.8-34.8 354 70.4 65.2-75.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 473 175 41.7 36.6-47.0 298 58.3 53.0-63.4
Non-Hispanic Black 172 56 36.6 28.5-45.5 116 63.4 54.5-71.5
Other 191 28 14.7 9.3-22.6 163 85.3 77.4-90.7
AGE
18-44 326 82 29.2 23.6-35.6 244 70.8 64.4-76.4
45-64 297 106 40.5 34.1-47.3 191 59.5 52.7-65.9
65+ 204 69 39.8 31.9-48.2 135 60.2 51.8-68.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 241 49 28.0 21.3-35.9 192 72.0 64.1-78.7
Some Post-H.S. 200 80 42.4 34.9-50.3 120 57.6 49.7-65.1
College Graduate 398 130 35.5 30.4-41.0 268 64.5 59.0-69.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 216 42 22.4 16.1-30.2 174 77.6 69.8-83.9
$50,000+ 420 171 45.2 39.8-50.8 249 54.8 49.2-60.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 204 46 26.3 19.4-34.6 158 73.7 65.4-80.6

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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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