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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 87 72 86.4 75.7-92.8 11 10.0 4.8-19.9 3 3.0 0.8-10.3 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0 0 0.0 . - .
Buncombe 90 59 60.5 47.3-72.3 10 14.6 7.0-28.1 4 3.3 1.1- 9.3 9 10.2 5.0-19.7 8 11.4 5.0-24.0
Cabarrus 112 84 71.0 57.0-81.9 7 7.6 3.1-17.6 4 7.3 1.7-26.5 11 9.6 4.6-18.8 6 4.5 2.0-10.2
Catawba 121 88 72.4 61.4-81.2 6 5.2 2.0-12.6 9 9.6 4.8-18.3 10 5.6 2.8-10.9 8 7.2 2.7-17.9
Cumberland 114 85 74.8 63.4-83.5 7 5.6 2.5-11.8 8 5.0 2.1-11.5 2 1.8 0.4- 7.3 12 12.8 6.3-24.4
Davidson 112 80 75.8 65.6-83.7 12 11.0 5.6-20.4 9 5.4 2.7-10.6 4 2.3 0.8- 6.3 7 5.6 2.4-12.5
Durham 83 55 58.1 44.3-70.7 7 10.9 4.4-24.6 5 6.0 2.4-14.0 11 20.6 10.9-35.4 5 4.5 1.7-11.0
Forsyth 107 83 79.6 69.6-87.0 2 1.6 0.4- 6.2 8 4.8 2.2-10.0 8 8.6 3.8-18.3 6 5.3 2.3-12.1
Gaston 109 69 65.4 53.5-75.7 13 10.6 5.1-20.7 13 14.8 8.1-25.6 5 3.8 1.4-10.2 9 5.3 2.6-10.4
Guilford 128 86 64.4 52.0-75.1 10 6.6 3.1-13.4 7 3.4 1.5- 7.8 11 7.9 3.9-15.2 14 17.7 9.6-30.2
Iredell 140 102 71.2 60.7-79.8 11 8.3 4.0-16.4 8 6.0 2.2-15.2 6 5.0 2.1-11.5 13 9.5 5.1-17.1
Johnston 151 111 74.1 64.6-81.8 14 9.4 5.1-16.8 9 6.7 3.2-13.7 10 5.8 2.8-11.4 7 3.9 1.7- 8.6
Mecklenburg 203 137 66.3 57.4-74.2 19 9.7 5.3-17.3 16 8.1 4.8-13.5 20 9.3 5.7-14.9 11 6.5 3.0-13.4
New Hanover 121 90 60.7 42.2-76.5 9 8.3 3.8-17.0 8 18.0 5.0-47.7 10 9.6 4.6-19.1 4 3.4 1.1- 9.7
Onslow 125 99 82.9 73.6-89.4 4 2.4 0.8- 7.1 5 4.7 1.7-12.7 8 3.9 1.7- 8.3 9 6.1 2.5-14.0
Orange 80 54 62.7 46.5-76.5 10 12.7 5.8-25.5 3 7.1 1.5-26.8 11 14.9 7.3-27.8 2 2.7 0.6-12.0
Pitt 108 75 70.1 58.5-79.6 7 7.0 3.1-15.0 6 5.2 2.0-12.8 13 13.3 6.6-25.1 7 4.3 1.9- 9.5
Randolph 118 83 69.1 56.5-79.5 12 8.1 4.3-14.7 8 5.4 2.5-11.3 7 8.8 3.7-19.5 8 8.5 2.9-22.6
Robeson 120 84 65.6 53.4-76.0 13 16.0 8.3-28.6 8 8.5 3.7-18.4 4 2.6 0.8- 8.2 11 7.2 3.6-13.9
Rowan 152 104 66.6 55.1-76.4 15 11.3 5.8-20.8 15 9.8 4.3-20.6 9 4.9 2.2-10.7 9 7.5 3.1-16.8
Union 101 65 66.4 53.5-77.2 9 11.8 4.6-27.1 6 5.1 2.2-11.5 9 6.2 2.9-12.9 12 10.5 5.1-20.3
Wake 187 140 75.9 67.4-82.7 11 7.0 3.3-14.3 12 5.5 3.0-10.1 10 4.1 2.0- 8.1 14 7.5 3.9-13.8
Wayne 101 78 77.3 64.8-86.3 7 10.2 4.3-22.4 4 3.2 1.1- 9.0 6 5.5 1.8-15.3 6 3.7 1.5- 8.8
NC REGIONS
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
Piedmont 2,116 1,518 72.7 69.9-75.3 175 8.1 6.5- 9.9 142 6.2 4.9- 7.8 147 6.4 5.2- 7.8 134 6.6 5.2- 8.3
Western NC 727 467 65.3 60.5-69.7 70 9.5 7.0-12.7 67 8.9 6.4-12.3 73 8.9 6.7-11.6 50 7.5 5.2-10.8
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 454 281 62.3 55.9-68.2 48 10.9 7.4-15.7 45 8.7 5.6-13.4 45 9.0 6.2-12.9 35 9.0 5.7-14.0
Northwest 946 677 73.8 69.6-77.6 69 6.1 4.6- 8.1 72 7.5 5.2-10.7 68 6.6 4.7- 9.2 60 6.0 4.4- 8.3
Charlotte 582 399 69.5 64.0-74.5 54 9.8 6.8-14.0 42 7.6 5.3-10.8 48 7.4 5.2-10.5 39 5.6 3.5- 8.9
Greensboro 478 345 70.7 64.1-76.5 47 7.5 5.1-10.9 27 6.0 3.3-10.7 33 6.8 4.5-10.1 26 9.0 5.4-14.6
Southern Regional 396 296 73.9 66.6-80.1 27 6.2 3.9- 9.8 24 6.7 3.9-11.2 21 7.4 3.4-15.1 28 5.9 3.5- 9.7
Coastal 247 175 59.8 49.0-69.7 19 8.1 4.9-13.2 17 15.9 7.2-31.5 27 13.1 8.3-20.1 9 3.1 1.5- 6.1
Wake 493 360 73.5 67.8-78.5 39 9.3 6.1-14.1 30 5.1 3.3- 7.7 34 5.8 3.8- 8.6 30 6.3 3.9-10.1
Area L 123 85 68.0 56.7-77.5 11 9.3 4.5-18.2 5 7.0 2.7-17.0 10 6.9 3.5-13.3 12 8.8 4.0-18.2
Eastern 565 426 77.0 72.2-81.3 35 7.6 5.1-11.1 28 3.9 2.5- 6.0 43 6.7 4.5- 9.9 33 4.8 3.0- 7.6

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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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