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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 | |||||||||
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| 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 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
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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