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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 743 40 5.1 3.6- 7.4 703 94.9 92.6-96.4
GENDER
Male 299 21 5.7 3.5- 9.2 278 94.3 90.8-96.5
Female 444 19 4.6 2.6- 7.9 425 95.4 92.1-97.4
RACE
White 683 34 5.0 3.3- 7.3 649 95.0 92.7-96.7
African American 33 4 13.6 4.9-32.6 29 86.4 67.4-95.1
Other Minorities 27 2 2.0 0.4- 9.6 25 98.0 90.4-99.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 11 1 2.0 0.2-13.7 10 98.0 86.3-99.8
Non-Hispanic 730 38 5.1 3.5- 7.4 692 94.9 92.6-96.5
AGE
18-24 22 1 5.0 0.7-28.3 21 95.0 71.7-99.3
25-34 83 3 3.4 1.1-10.3 80 96.6 89.7-98.9
35-44 131 6 5.9 2.5-13.3 125 94.1 86.7-97.5
45-54 161 10 6.2 3.2-11.8 151 93.8 88.2-96.8
55-64 166 11 5.0 2.6- 9.4 155 95.0 90.6-97.4
65-74 120 7 7.3 3.2-15.7 113 92.7 84.3-96.8
75+ 56 2 3.0 0.7-11.6 54 97.0 88.4-99.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 86 10 10.2 5.1-19.1 76 89.8 80.9-94.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 244 15 5.1 2.7- 9.5 229 94.9 90.5-97.3
Some Post-H.S. 217 7 4.6 2.0-10.5 210 95.4 89.5-98.0
College Graduate 196 8 3.5 1.6- 7.6 188 96.5 92.4-98.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 54 3 9.2 2.7-26.9 51 90.8 73.1-97.3
$15,000- 24,999 131 7 4.7 2.1-10.3 124 95.3 89.7-97.9
$25,000- 34,999 77 4 3.3 1.0-10.3 73 96.7 89.7-99.0
$35,000- 49,999 144 6 4.3 1.7-10.6 138 95.7 89.4-98.3
$50,000-74,999 126 3 4.5 1.5-13.3 123 95.5 86.7-98.5
$75,000+ 137 7 5.3 2.3-11.5 130 94.7 88.5-97.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 235 19 7.4 4.3-12.3 216 92.6 87.7-95.7
No 507 21 4.3 2.6- 7.1 486 95.7 92.9-97.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 109 4 3.2 1.2- 8.5 105 96.8 91.5-98.8
Non-Veteran 634 36 5.5 3.7- 8.1 598 94.5 91.9-96.3

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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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