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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 2,161 97 5.8 4.3- 7.8 2,064 94.2 92.2-95.7
GENDER
Male 929 56 7.7 5.3-11.2 873 92.3 88.8-94.7
Female 1,232 41 3.6 2.3- 5.4 1,191 96.4 94.6-97.7
RACE
White 1,756 71 4.5 3.2- 6.3 1,685 95.5 93.7-96.8
African American 314 20 8.7 4.9-15.0 294 91.3 85.0-95.1
Other Minorities 83 6 12.2 4.4-29.8 77 87.8 70.2-95.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 58 3 17.4 5.9-41.6 55 82.6 58.4-94.1
Non-Hispanic 2,100 94 5.3 3.9- 7.1 2,006 94.7 92.9-96.1
AGE
18-24 60 6 9.0 3.5-21.3 54 91.0 78.7-96.5
25-34 244 12 7.3 3.7-14.1 232 92.7 85.9-96.3
35-44 442 15 5.8 2.8-11.4 427 94.2 88.6-97.2
45-54 520 24 4.3 2.6- 6.8 496 95.7 93.2-97.4
55-64 491 20 3.9 2.1- 7.0 471 96.1 93.0-97.9
65-74 304 19 8.1 4.7-13.5 285 91.9 86.5-95.3
75+ 94 1 2.5 0.3-15.5 93 97.5 84.5-99.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 183 15 8.5 3.8-18.0 168 91.5 82.0-96.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 641 38 7.0 4.4-10.8 603 93.0 89.2-95.6
Some Post-H.S. 631 24 5.7 3.1-10.4 607 94.3 89.6-96.9
College Graduate 703 20 4.1 2.2- 7.7 683 95.9 92.3-97.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 128 10 9.2 3.1-23.8 118 90.8 76.2-96.9
$15,000- 24,999 282 21 8.2 4.5-14.6 261 91.8 85.4-95.5
$25,000- 34,999 225 15 12.5 5.5-26.0 210 87.5 74.0-94.5
$35,000- 49,999 352 19 7.2 3.7-13.7 333 92.8 86.3-96.3
$50,000-74,999 399 13 4.8 2.2-10.3 386 95.2 89.7-97.8
$75,000+ 593 13 3.0 1.6- 5.8 580 97.0 94.2-98.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 657 34 4.8 3.1- 7.5 623 95.2 92.5-96.9
No 1,493 63 6.3 4.4- 8.9 1,430 93.7 91.1-95.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 338 18 9.2 4.4-18.1 320 90.8 81.9-95.6
Non-Veteran 1,823 79 5.3 3.8- 7.3 1,744 94.7 92.7-96.2

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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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