2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 Demographics

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
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
GENDER
Male 259 163 58.1 50.8-65.1 57 23.5 17.9-30.3 21 10.6 6.5-16.8 18 7.7 4.7-12.5
Female 326 244 71.8 65.5-77.4 56 17.9 13.4-23.5 14 4.7 2.7- 8.1 12 5.6 3.0-10.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 320 197 57.4 51.1-63.6 82 27.9 22.5-34.1 19 7.0 4.2-11.4 22 7.7 4.9-11.8
Non-Hispanic Black 128 90 65.2 54.7-74.4 20 16.3 10.0-25.5 11 9.7 5.1-17.6 *** *** ***
Other 135 118 88.0 78.0-93.8 11 5.5 2.7-10.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 228 171 70.0 62.1-76.8 39 19.5 13.9-26.6 13 8.2 4.4-14.7 *** *** ***
45-64 214 141 60.9 52.9-68.4 48 21.8 16.1-28.9 12 6.1 3.3-10.9 13 11.2 6.5-18.6
65+ 133 86 61.4 51.2-70.6 25 20.9 13.8-30.3 *** *** *** 12 8.8 4.7-15.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 170 131 69.3 59.9-77.4 21 15.8 10.0-24.1 11 10.0 5.1-18.6 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 146 93 60.1 50.7-68.8 28 20.6 13.9-29.4 *** *** *** 18 14.0 8.7-21.9
College Graduate 269 183 66.6 60.0-72.6 64 24.7 19.3-31.1 17 7.2 4.3-11.9 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 142 115 76.7 66.3-84.6 14 12.6 7.0-21.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 303 180 55.4 48.8-61.8 78 26.0 20.6-32.2 26 9.7 6.3-14.5 19 8.9 5.6-14.0
Don't know/Not Sure 140 112 77.1 67.3-84.7 21 15.8 9.7-24.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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

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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