2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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%)
North Carolina 477 229 44.8 39.6-50.1 248 55.2 49.9-60.4
Piedmont NC 209 95 42.6 35.3-50.2 114 57.4 49.8-64.7
GENDER
Male 117 58 46.4 36.8-56.3 59 53.6 43.7-63.2
Female 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 152 70 40.5 32.2-49.5 82 59.5 50.5-67.8
Non-Hispanic Black 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 95 *** *** *** 54 60.8 50.0-70.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 143 62 41.4 32.9-50.4 81 58.6 49.6-67.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 175 80 42.8 34.8-51.2 95 57.2 48.8-65.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 123 57 42.8 33.6-52.5 66 57.2 47.5-66.4
Unemployed 7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 13 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 10 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 23 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 23 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 108 48 43.2 33.5-53.5 60 56.8 46.5-66.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 13 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 143 65 42.4 33.9-51.4 78 57.6 48.6-66.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 174 78 42.9 34.9-51.2 96 57.1 48.8-65.1
Rent 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 11 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 109 50 41.2 31.4-51.8 59 58.8 48.2-68.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 6 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2024 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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