2024 BRFSS Survey Results: 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%)
TOTAL 477 229 44.8 39.6-50.1 248 55.2 49.9-60.4
GENDER
Male 277 144 47.0 40.3-53.8 133 53.0 46.2-59.7
Female 200 85 41.6 33.6-50.0 115 58.4 50.0-66.4
Have Health Insurance
Yes 453 215 44.6 39.3-50.1 238 55.4 49.9-60.7
No 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Overweight 171 78 40.6 32.4-49.5 93 59.4 50.5-67.6
Obese 184 88 46.1 37.8-54.5 96 53.9 45.5-62.2
Current Smoker
Yes 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 405 196 45.4 39.8-51.2 209 54.6 48.8-60.2
History of CVD**
Yes 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 415 191 43.8 38.3-49.5 224 56.2 50.5-61.7
Binge Drinker
Yes 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 401 192 46.0 40.3-51.9 209 54.0 48.1-59.7
Heavy Drinker
Yes 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 437 208 44.5 39.1-50.0 229 55.5 50.0-60.9
COPD
Yes 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 424 203 45.3 39.8-50.9 221 54.7 49.1-60.2
Current Asthma
Yes 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 435 208 44.2 38.7-49.7 227 55.8 50.3-61.3
Diabetes
Yes 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 393 187 44.9 39.2-50.7 206 55.1 49.3-60.8
Functional Disability
Yes 166 88 50.9 41.4-60.3 78 49.1 39.7-58.6
No 304 139 42.6 36.4-49.1 165 57.4 50.9-63.6
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 195 100 46.5 38.0-55.3 95 53.5 44.7-62.0
No 282 129 43.7 37.3-50.4 153 56.3 49.6-62.7

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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.

^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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