2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 465 255 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
Region 3 266 151 54.0 46.4-61.5 69 28.3 21.8-35.8 22 9.4 5.5-15.6 24 8.3 5.1-13.2
Region 4 608 419 65.1 60.4-69.5 115 20.4 16.8-24.4 39 8.6 6.1-12.1 35 5.9 4.1- 8.4
Region 5 467 314 61.8 56.5-66.9 89 21.4 17.3-26.2 39 9.9 7.1-13.7 25 6.8 4.5-10.4
Region 6 194 111 51.4 43.2-59.6 45 29.0 21.7-37.6 18 10.1 6.1-16.1 20 9.4 5.8-15.1
Region 7 585 407 65.4 60.6-69.9 113 20.5 16.9-24.8 35 7.5 5.1-10.8 30 6.6 4.5- 9.6
Region 8 266 152 57.8 50.9-64.5 63 24.5 18.9-31.1 25 9.3 6.0-14.3 26 8.4 5.5-12.6
Region 9 & 10 254 149 56.9 49.3-64.1 52 21.4 15.9-28.2 29 12.9 8.4-19.4 24 8.8 5.5-13.7
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 833 491 56.5 52.5-60.5 182 23.4 20.2-27.0 82 10.7 8.3-13.6 78 9.3 7.3-11.9
Piedmont 1,694 1,156 63.5 60.7-66.2 329 21.5 19.2-24.0 114 8.6 7.1-10.5 95 6.4 5.1- 7.9
Western NC 578 311 48.1 42.8-53.4 159 28.7 24.1-33.7 52 12.1 8.6-16.7 56 11.2 8.2-14.9
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 396 224 49.6 43.6-55.6 104 27.1 22.2-32.7 31 11.3 7.5-16.5 37 12.0 8.4-17.0
Northwest 464 252 51.0 45.2-56.8 124 28.8 23.7-34.6 45 11.7 8.2-16.3 43 8.5 6.0-11.9
Charlotte 486 352 69.4 64.4-74.0 82 18.6 14.8-23.0 27 6.9 4.6-10.3 25 5.1 3.3- 7.9
Greensboro 358 229 59.8 53.6-65.7 72 21.5 16.9-27.0 35 10.8 7.6-15.2 22 7.9 5.0-12.3
Southern Regional 239 144 55.0 47.4-62.4 54 26.9 20.5-34.4 19 8.7 5.3-14.0 22 9.4 6.0-14.5
Southeast 150 85 58.5 48.9-67.5 37 25.8 18.0-35.5 15 9.4 5.1-16.5 13 6.4 3.4-11.4
Wake 619 438 68.3 63.8-72.4 118 19.9 16.4-23.9 34 6.5 4.5- 9.3 29 5.4 3.6- 8.1
Area L & Eastern 393 234 55.4 49.4-61.3 79 21.6 17.1-26.9 42 13.2 9.3-18.3 38 9.8 6.9-13.7
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
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
Region 2 465 272 55.2 49.6-60.7 113 25.9 21.2-31.1 41 10.2 7.1-14.5 39 8.7 6.1-12.4
Region 3 615 422 64.7 60.0-69.1 117 20.8 17.2-24.9 40 8.6 6.1-12.1 36 5.9 4.1- 8.3
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
Region 5 393 231 55.1 49.3-60.9 90 26.4 21.4-32.1 37 9.7 6.8-13.7 35 8.7 6.0-12.4
Region 6 340 197 56.5 50.2-62.7 72 22.4 17.5-28.1 37 12.5 8.6-17.9 34 8.6 5.9-12.3

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Data in this table were derived from the Firearm Safety questions.

See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.

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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