2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 Demographics

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
Region 4 623 204 36.3 31.9-41.0 419 63.7 59.0-68.1
GENDER
Male 282 101 41.1 34.6-48.0 181 58.9 52.0-65.4
Female 341 103 32.1 26.3-38.4 238 67.9 61.6-73.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 352 152 46.6 40.6-52.8 200 53.4 47.2-59.4
Non-Hispanic Black 130 40 32.2 23.6-42.2 90 67.8 57.8-76.4
Other 139 12 8.8 4.7-15.8 127 91.2 84.2-95.3
AGE
18-44 228 61 30.5 24.0-38.0 167 69.5 62.0-76.0
45-64 211 84 44.7 37.0-52.6 127 55.3 47.4-63.0
65+ 169 57 37.5 28.6-47.4 112 62.5 52.6-71.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 190 50 33.3 25.4-42.2 140 66.7 57.8-74.6
Some Post-H.S. 169 55 36.8 28.9-45.4 114 63.2 54.6-71.1
College Graduate 262 98 39.3 32.8-46.1 164 60.7 53.9-67.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 180 47 32.3 24.3-41.5 133 67.7 58.5-75.7
$50,000+ 294 120 43.8 37.5-50.3 174 56.2 49.7-62.5
Don't know/Not Sure 149 37 26.7 18.7-36.7 112 73.3 63.3-81.3

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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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