2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 3 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 4 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 5 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 6 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 7 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 8 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 9 & 10 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 160 78 46.6 37.6-55.8 82 53.4 44.2-62.4
Piedmont 209 95 42.6 35.3-50.2 114 57.4 49.8-64.7
Western NC 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Northwest 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Charlotte 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Greensboro 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Southern Regional 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Southeast 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Wake 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Area L & Eastern 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 2 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 3 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 4 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 5 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 6 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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

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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