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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Gambling

How much money do you usually wager on a day when you play for money?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1-5 dollars 6-10 dollars 11-20 dollars 21-100 dollars 100+ dollars
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,284 3,044 71.2 69.2-73.2 349 8.2 7.1- 9.4 290 7.0 5.8- 8.3 329 7.2 6.2- 8.4 272 6.4 5.4- 7.6
-Eastern NC 1,441 1,059 70.6 66.7-74.2 104 7.9 6.3- 9.8 81 7.8 5.3-11.2 109 8.3 6.2-11.0 88 5.5 4.1- 7.3
GENDER
Male 602 415 65.1 59.0-70.8 57 9.0 6.6-12.1 45 11.3 7.1-17.3 48 9.1 5.8-13.9 37 5.6 3.6- 8.6
Female 839 644 77.2 73.5-80.6 47 6.5 4.7- 9.0 36 3.6 2.4- 5.2 61 7.4 5.4- 9.9 51 5.3 3.7- 7.4
RACE
White 1,006 742 70.0 65.0-74.6 70 7.1 5.3- 9.3 62 9.2 5.9-14.1 78 9.0 6.2-12.8 54 4.7 3.2- 6.7
African American 324 241 72.3 65.4-78.3 24 9.5 6.1-14.7 12 4.0 2.0- 7.7 26 7.6 4.8-12.0 21 6.5 3.6-11.6
Other Minorities 104 70 70.2 58.9-79.5 9 8.7 4.2-17.3 7 7.1 3.1-15.3 5 4.0 1.4-10.9 13 10.0 5.0-18.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 33 27 84.7 66.6-93.9 3 8.9 2.6-26.0 2 5.1 1.0-22.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.3 0.2- 9.1
Non-Hispanic 1,405 1,029 70.1 66.2-73.8 101 7.8 6.2- 9.9 79 7.9 5.4-11.4 109 8.5 6.4-11.4 87 5.6 4.2- 7.4
AGE
18-24 45 33 68.4 47.4-83.9 3 3.7 1.1-12.1 6 18.4 6.8-41.1 3 9.5 2.2-33.3 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 185 134 65.2 55.8-73.6 9 6.6 3.3-12.9 9 9.3 4.5-18.2 22 12.2 7.5-19.2 11 6.7 3.2-13.6
35-44 282 211 75.8 69.4-81.3 30 10.6 7.1-15.4 14 5.1 2.7- 9.5 10 3.3 1.6- 6.6 17 5.2 2.9- 9.4
45-54 345 247 69.2 62.8-75.0 36 11.5 8.0-16.2 17 5.1 3.0- 8.8 23 7.0 4.2-11.5 22 7.2 4.1-12.2
55-64 326 248 72.3 65.5-78.2 16 6.8 3.5-12.7 17 5.5 3.2- 9.2 25 9.1 5.8-14.2 20 6.2 3.6-10.6
65-74 188 141 77.4 69.9-83.4 6 3.5 1.5- 8.0 14 6.9 3.8-12.2 13 5.5 2.9-10.3 14 6.7 3.6-12.2
75+ 65 40 57.9 43.7-70.8 4 4.8 1.7-13.0 4 4.8 1.8-12.5 13 28.0 16.6-43.2 4 4.5 1.5-12.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 129 95 72.4 59.8-82.2 7 6.8 3.0-14.9 8 10.7 4.4-23.9 10 6.7 3.1-14.0 9 3.4 1.6- 7.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 513 381 72.1 66.1-77.3 37 7.7 5.2-11.3 30 6.7 3.7-11.8 27 6.2 4.0- 9.6 38 7.3 4.8-11.1
Some Post-H.S. 420 305 66.5 57.7-74.4 33 8.0 5.4-11.7 22 9.2 4.0-19.7 40 11.4 6.3-19.5 20 4.9 2.7- 9.0
College Graduate 379 278 72.5 66.3-78.0 27 8.3 5.3-13.0 21 6.6 3.9-11.1 32 8.3 5.3-12.8 21 4.2 2.4- 7.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 114 90 77.1 64.5-86.2 2 3.7 0.8-15.5 7 6.0 2.3-14.8 8 8.3 3.5-18.2 7 4.8 2.0-11.2
$15,000- 24,999 229 174 67.0 53.7-78.0 14 6.6 3.5-12.0 11 15.1 5.7-34.2 17 7.0 3.9-12.4 13 4.3 2.1- 8.7
$25,000- 34,999 185 135 71.7 61.8-79.8 15 7.6 4.4-12.7 9 7.1 2.7-17.4 11 6.4 2.9-13.4 15 7.3 3.7-14.0
$35,000- 49,999 249 183 74.5 65.5-81.8 22 8.6 5.1-14.1 19 9.7 4.6-19.4 14 4.1 2.0- 8.1 11 3.2 1.5- 6.7
$50,000-74,999 270 209 77.2 70.4-82.9 17 7.3 4.2-12.2 13 4.8 2.5- 9.2 16 5.2 2.9- 9.0 15 5.5 2.8-10.6
$75,000+ 273 180 59.4 50.2-68.0 28 10.6 6.8-16.3 17 6.8 3.7-12.1 28 15.0 8.0-26.3 20 8.1 4.4-14.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 495 371 71.6 64.0-78.1 29 5.8 3.8- 8.6 29 11.4 6.0-20.6 35 6.2 4.1- 9.4 31 5.1 3.1- 8.0
No 935 680 70.0 65.4-74.2 73 8.9 6.7-11.6 52 6.2 4.1- 9.2 74 9.3 6.5-13.2 56 5.7 3.9- 8.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 316 228 72.4 65.6-78.3 22 7.7 4.7-12.4 20 6.3 3.7-10.7 24 6.6 4.0-10.8 22 6.9 3.9-12.1
Non-Veteran 1,125 831 70.0 65.4-74.3 82 7.9 6.1-10.2 61 8.2 5.3-12.6 85 8.8 6.3-12.2 66 5.0 3.6- 6.9

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*Results pertain only to those who have gambled and wagered money in the last SIX months.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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