2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 592 185 35.5 31.0-40.3 407 64.5 59.7-69.0
GENDER
Male 260 97 42.0 35.0-49.3 163 58.0 50.7-65.0
Female 332 88 29.8 24.2-36.1 244 70.2 63.9-75.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 324 127 43.5 37.4-49.8 197 56.5 50.2-62.6
Non-Hispanic Black 130 40 35.7 26.5-46.1 90 64.3 53.9-73.5
Other 136 18 12.5 6.6-22.4 118 87.5 77.6-93.4
AGE
18-44 230 59 30.6 23.8-38.5 171 69.4 61.5-76.2
45-64 216 75 39.9 32.4-47.9 141 60.1 52.1-67.6
65+ 135 49 39.9 30.7-50.0 86 60.1 50.0-69.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 172 41 32.0 23.9-41.3 131 68.0 58.7-76.1
Some Post-H.S. 147 54 40.5 31.8-49.8 93 59.5 50.2-68.2
College Graduate 273 90 34.2 28.2-40.8 183 65.8 59.2-71.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 143 28 24.3 16.2-34.7 115 75.7 65.3-83.8
$50,000+ 307 127 45.5 39.1-52.0 180 54.5 48.0-60.9
Don't know/Not Sure 142 30 23.5 15.9-33.2 112 76.5 66.8-84.1

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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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