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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Gambling

Do you sometimes gamble (or play for money) more than you think you should?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,381 231 6.3 5.1- 7.6 4,150 93.7 92.4-94.9
-Eastern NC 1,477 94 7.6 5.7-10.1 1,383 92.4 89.9-94.3
GENDER
Male 621 43 9.2 6.2-13.6 578 90.8 86.4-93.8
Female 856 51 5.6 4.0- 7.9 805 94.4 92.1-96.0
RACE
White 1,034 51 6.6 4.3-10.0 983 93.4 90.0-95.7
African American 329 35 10.8 7.2-15.8 294 89.2 84.2-92.8
Other Minorities 107 7 7.1 3.0-16.1 100 92.9 83.9-97.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 35 1 1.1 0.2- 8.0 34 98.9 92.0-99.8
Non-Hispanic 1,439 92 7.8 5.8-10.4 1,347 92.2 89.6-94.2
AGE
18-24 46 8 15.0 6.5-30.7 38 85.0 69.3-93.5
25-34 189 11 8.5 4.2-16.5 178 91.5 83.5-95.8
35-44 286 18 6.6 3.8-11.3 268 93.4 88.7-96.2
45-54 350 21 4.4 2.7- 7.1 329 95.6 92.9-97.3
55-64 336 22 7.9 4.9-12.5 314 92.1 87.5-95.1
65-74 195 8 3.3 1.5- 7.1 187 96.7 92.9-98.5
75+ 70 5 8.4 2.9-21.6 65 91.6 78.4-97.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 132 14 10.1 4.2-22.2 118 89.9 77.8-95.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 523 38 9.7 6.1-14.9 485 90.3 85.1-93.9
Some Post-H.S. 433 23 6.3 3.5-11.0 410 93.7 89.0-96.5
College Graduate 389 19 5.2 3.0- 9.0 370 94.8 91.0-97.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 115 9 7.4 3.6-14.9 106 92.6 85.1-96.4
$15,000- 24,999 237 21 10.5 5.5-19.1 216 89.5 80.9-94.5
$25,000- 34,999 186 7 5.8 2.0-15.7 179 94.2 84.3-98.0
$35,000- 49,999 252 19 10.4 5.1-20.1 233 89.6 79.9-94.9
$50,000-74,999 275 19 6.5 3.7-11.2 256 93.5 88.8-96.3
$75,000+ 285 9 3.6 1.8- 7.2 276 96.4 92.8-98.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 506 42 10.3 6.7-15.6 464 89.7 84.4-93.3
No 958 50 6.3 4.2- 9.3 908 93.7 90.7-95.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 324 18 5.4 2.9- 9.9 306 94.6 90.1-97.1
Non-Veteran 1,153 76 8.3 6.0-11.4 1,077 91.7 88.6-94.0

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*Asked only of those who have gambled 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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