15-4.
Reduce the proportion of persons living in homes with firearms that are loaded and unlocked.
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| 15-4. | |
Reduce the proportion of persons living in homes with firearms that are loaded and unlocked. |
Target: 16 percent.
Baseline: 19 percent of the population lived in homes with loaded and unlocked firearms in 1998 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population).
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source: National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC, NCHS.
|
Total Population, 1998 |
Loaded,
Unlocked |
|
Percent |
|
|
TOTAL |
19 |
|
Race and ethnicity |
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
25 |
|
Asian or Pacific Islander |
DSU |
|
Asian |
DSU |
|
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander |
DSU |
|
Black or African American |
28 |
|
White |
18 |
|
|
|
|
Hispanic or Latino |
17 |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
19 |
|
Black or African American |
28 |
|
White |
18 |
Gender |
|
Female |
16 |
|
Male |
21 |
|
Education level (aged 25 years and older) |
|
|
Less than high school |
22 |
|
High school graduate |
17 |
|
At least some college |
21 |
DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not
collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.
Note: Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.