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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 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
GENDER
Male 913 603 69.1 64.6-73.2 96 9.7 7.3-12.8 81 7.7 5.6-10.4 59 5.8 4.2- 7.9 74 7.8 5.6-10.6
Female 1,203 915 77.0 73.7-80.0 79 6.1 4.5- 8.2 61 4.5 3.4- 6.1 88 7.2 5.5- 9.2 60 5.2 3.7- 7.3
RACE
White 1,718 1,229 73.6 70.5-76.4 137 7.0 5.5- 8.8 120 6.4 5.0- 8.1 124 6.7 5.3- 8.3 108 6.3 4.8- 8.3
African American 308 227 72.0 64.7-78.4 25 8.2 4.9-13.3 15 4.1 2.2- 7.4 19 6.4 3.8-10.7 22 9.3 5.6-15.0
Other Minorities 83 59 66.3 51.4-78.5 11 17.2 8.5-31.6 7 10.5 4.0-24.6 3 3.6 1.0-12.7 3 2.5 0.7- 8.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 59 39 59.0 40.5-75.3 8 18.9 7.9-39.0 4 14.0 4.8-34.6 4 5.4 1.4-18.6 4 2.6 0.7- 9.8
Non-Hispanic 2,055 1,477 73.4 70.6-76.0 167 7.5 6.1- 9.2 138 5.8 4.7- 7.3 143 6.5 5.3- 7.9 130 6.8 5.3- 8.6
AGE
18-24 60 41 74.2 59.3-85.1 9 14.5 6.9-28.0 3 4.8 1.1-19.0 3 3.4 0.8-13.1 4 3.0 1.0- 8.5
25-34 239 177 75.1 67.4-81.6 16 6.5 3.4-12.0 14 6.2 3.1-11.9 18 5.8 3.4- 9.6 14 6.4 3.4-11.8
35-44 435 309 69.9 63.9-75.4 38 8.1 5.4-12.1 31 6.3 4.2- 9.3 29 7.8 5.2-11.6 28 7.8 4.6-12.9
45-54 513 380 74.2 69.1-78.7 40 6.6 4.5- 9.6 28 6.2 4.1- 9.4 37 6.6 4.5- 9.7 28 6.3 4.0- 9.9
55-64 485 351 72.5 67.1-77.3 42 8.9 6.1-12.9 34 6.1 4.1- 9.0 26 5.0 3.1- 8.1 32 7.5 4.8-11.3
65-74 294 189 64.8 57.5-71.5 27 8.9 5.4-14.3 30 10.1 6.4-15.7 22 8.1 4.8-13.2 26 8.1 5.1-12.6
75+ 84 65 81.7 70.7-89.2 3 2.5 0.7- 8.4 2 2.6 0.6-10.3 12 10.5 5.4-19.3 2 2.7 0.5-12.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 178 132 70.1 58.5-79.7 17 11.7 6.0-21.6 13 10.3 4.7-20.8 6 1.3 0.5- 3.5 10 6.5 2.5-16.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 630 475 76.8 71.8-81.2 35 6.8 4.4-10.6 40 4.9 3.3- 7.3 41 6.2 4.0- 9.4 39 5.2 3.4- 7.8
Some Post-H.S. 617 437 73.9 68.5-78.7 68 8.7 6.2-12.0 33 4.5 2.6- 7.9 39 5.3 3.5- 8.0 40 7.5 4.9-11.5
College Graduate 688 473 68.9 64.1-73.3 54 7.4 5.0-10.9 56 7.6 5.6-10.3 61 9.1 6.8-12.0 44 7.0 4.7-10.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 124 103 78.9 62.0-89.6 9 15.0 5.7-33.9 3 1.0 0.3- 3.2 3 1.4 0.4- 5.3 6 3.7 0.9-14.1
$15,000- 24,999 278 208 75.6 66.5-82.8 25 8.0 4.6-13.7 21 8.8 4.5-16.4 15 5.1 2.4-10.6 9 2.6 0.8- 7.7
$25,000- 34,999 223 178 79.9 70.0-87.2 10 6.1 2.9-12.3 10 2.0 1.0- 4.1 14 4.4 2.3- 8.3 11 7.6 2.7-19.4
$35,000- 49,999 344 253 77.1 70.9-82.3 25 5.7 3.4- 9.5 26 5.4 3.5- 8.4 21 5.6 3.2- 9.7 19 6.2 3.6-10.5
$50,000-74,999 389 280 74.0 67.0-80.0 42 8.1 5.2-12.4 17 5.2 2.5-10.5 22 4.3 2.6- 7.1 28 8.3 4.8-14.1
$75,000+ 584 370 63.3 58.2-68.2 55 9.2 6.4-13.1 53 9.0 6.6-12.1 60 10.9 8.1-14.4 46 7.6 5.4-10.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 642 481 76.7 71.7-81.1 49 8.7 5.8-12.9 38 5.8 3.9- 8.6 38 3.8 2.5- 5.7 36 5.0 3.2- 7.6
No 1,464 1,029 71.1 67.7-74.3 124 7.8 6.1- 9.9 104 6.4 4.9- 8.5 109 7.5 5.9- 9.4 98 7.3 5.5- 9.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 332 227 71.6 64.1-78.1 27 7.2 4.4-11.5 26 7.9 4.1-14.7 23 5.6 3.5- 9.0 29 7.6 4.7-12.1
Non-Veteran 1,784 1,291 72.9 69.8-75.7 148 8.2 6.5-10.3 116 6.0 4.7- 7.6 124 6.5 5.2- 8.1 105 6.4 4.9- 8.4

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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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