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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-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
GENDER
Male 292 179 62.5 55.1-69.3 32 10.4 6.7-16.0 30 10.8 6.7-16.9 26 7.4 4.8-11.4 25 8.9 5.3-14.4
Female 435 288 68.3 62.4-73.6 38 8.4 5.7-12.3 37 6.9 4.7-10.1 47 10.4 7.3-14.7 25 6.0 3.5-10.1
RACE
White 670 434 66.5 61.6-71.0 65 9.5 6.9-12.9 62 8.7 6.2-12.2 65 8.5 6.3-11.3 44 6.8 4.6- 9.9
African American 31 18 50.6 31.5-69.5 4 17.0 5.9-39.9 3 7.3 2.3-21.0 2 8.0 1.9-28.2 4 17.1 5.8-41.1
Other Minorities 26 15 45.3 21.7-71.2 1 0.9 0.1- 6.4 2 15.3 2.4-56.6 6 19.7 6.8-45.5 2 18.8 3.1-62.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 11 6 61.0 29.0-85.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.6 0.7-32.2 4 33.4 11.0-67.0 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 714 460 65.4 60.6-69.9 70 9.6 7.1-12.9 65 8.9 6.4-12.3 69 8.5 6.4-11.3 50 7.6 5.2-10.9
AGE
18-24 22 14 57.6 33.9-78.3 1 4.4 0.6-25.6 1 3.9 0.5-23.6 3 16.3 5.1-41.2 3 17.8 5.2-45.9
25-34 81 57 65.1 51.7-76.4 10 12.5 6.1-23.8 7 11.7 5.1-24.8 2 2.9 0.7-10.8 5 7.9 2.9-19.4
35-44 128 86 68.6 58.7-77.1 8 7.0 3.0-15.6 13 8.6 4.5-15.7 10 8.1 4.1-15.2 11 7.7 4.0-14.6
45-54 159 111 71.1 61.9-78.7 11 7.4 3.8-13.8 12 7.3 3.8-13.8 17 9.4 5.4-15.8 8 4.9 2.2-10.6
55-64 163 93 59.2 50.5-67.4 23 13.7 8.7-21.0 18 10.0 6.1-16.2 14 7.8 4.2-13.9 15 9.2 5.4-15.3
65-74 116 73 64.8 54.6-73.8 9 5.8 2.9-11.2 9 7.2 3.5-14.4 20 19.4 12.4-29.2 5 2.8 1.0- 7.2
75+ 54 31 58.2 42.9-72.0 7 13.6 6.1-27.5 6 9.8 4.0-22.2 7 13.1 6.0-26.1 3 5.4 1.7-15.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 83 59 71.5 59.3-81.2 5 6.9 2.6-16.9 4 4.6 1.6-12.4 10 13.6 7.1-24.5 5 3.4 1.2- 8.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 238 155 65.0 56.5-72.7 26 10.0 6.2-15.8 19 6.8 3.8-11.9 24 8.8 5.1-14.8 14 9.4 4.9-17.3
Some Post-H.S. 215 147 67.8 58.5-75.9 22 8.5 4.9-14.2 21 12.1 6.4-21.7 14 7.0 3.9-12.3 11 4.6 2.1- 9.7
College Graduate 191 106 60.0 50.6-68.8 17 11.0 5.7-20.0 23 9.9 6.0-15.7 25 9.0 5.6-14.1 20 10.2 5.6-17.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 54 39 74.7 59.9-85.4 5 6.5 2.4-16.4 3 3.4 1.1-10.5 7 15.4 7.0-30.4 0 0.0 . - .
$15,000- 24,999 128 82 59.0 46.6-70.2 9 5.6 2.5-11.8 11 15.2 6.8-30.7 15 14.0 7.6-24.3 11 6.3 3.1-12.1
$25,000- 34,999 75 52 72.9 59.4-83.2 9 14.1 6.7-27.4 6 4.2 1.7- 9.8 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 7 8.4 3.5-18.8
$35,000- 49,999 142 88 63.7 52.4-73.7 16 9.4 4.9-17.0 12 7.4 3.5-15.2 11 5.4 2.5-11.4 15 14.0 7.1-25.8
$50,000-74,999 124 82 69.4 58.3-78.6 11 9.7 4.2-20.5 14 9.5 5.1-17.1 12 6.9 3.6-12.9 5 4.5 1.5-12.7
$75,000+ 135 77 58.6 47.9-68.6 14 11.6 6.0-21.3 14 9.8 5.3-17.3 18 11.7 6.8-19.5 12 8.2 4.3-15.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 234 165 72.8 65.3-79.1 18 7.3 4.0-13.0 17 5.9 3.3-10.4 22 8.2 5.1-13.0 12 5.8 3.0-10.9
No 492 302 62.6 56.7-68.1 51 10.1 7.1-14.3 50 10.0 6.8-14.5 51 9.1 6.5-12.7 38 8.1 5.3-12.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 107 70 69.5 58.5-78.6 11 7.4 3.8-14.0 11 9.5 4.8-17.9 7 5.9 2.5-13.1 8 7.8 3.4-16.7
Non-Veteran 620 397 64.5 59.3-69.5 59 9.8 7.0-13.6 56 8.8 6.1-12.6 66 9.4 7.0-12.5 42 7.5 4.9-11.1

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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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