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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Gambling-FEMALES

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 4,595 3,457 74.3 72.3-76.2 459 10.4 9.2-11.8 297 6.9 5.9- 8.2 267 5.4 4.5- 6.4 115 3.0 2.2- 4.0
-FEMALES 2,500 1,968 78.2 75.5-80.6 217 10.2 8.5-12.1 133 5.3 3.8- 7.2 138 4.6 3.6- 5.8 44 1.8 1.1- 2.8
RACE
White 1,882 1,481 78.3 75.1-81.2 157 10.2 8.3-12.5 102 5.2 3.5- 7.8 113 4.6 3.6- 5.9 29 1.6 0.9- 3.0
African American 470 377 78.0 72.3-82.8 42 8.4 5.7-12.3 20 5.0 2.9- 8.7 18 5.7 3.1-10.3 13 2.8 1.5- 5.4
Other Minorities 138 102 77.1 65.4-85.7 17 15.0 7.9-26.7 10 5.8 2.7-12.1 7 1.6 0.6- 4.3 2 0.5 0.1- 2.5
AGE
18-24 72 52 72.5 57.6-83.7 12 16.5 9.0-28.4 7 9.9 3.1-26.9 1 1.1 0.2- 7.4 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 286 227 78.9 72.0-84.4 29 10.2 6.8-15.2 16 3.5 1.9- 6.1 13 5.7 2.9-10.9 1 1.7 0.2-11.2
35-44 483 379 78.6 73.7-82.8 49 10.4 7.4-14.3 24 5.3 3.3- 8.4 20 3.5 2.1- 5.8 11 2.2 1.1- 4.4
45-54 591 475 79.1 74.6-83.0 53 9.9 7.2-13.4 20 3.3 1.9- 5.5 31 5.5 3.5- 8.5 12 2.2 1.1- 4.4
55-64 587 457 78.1 73.8-81.9 40 7.6 5.2-10.9 42 7.4 5.2-10.3 38 4.8 3.3- 7.0 10 2.1 1.1- 4.0
65-74 336 260 77.6 72.0-82.4 23 7.3 4.6-11.4 19 4.9 2.9- 8.2 26 7.5 4.9-11.3 8 2.7 1.2- 6.0
75+ 133 108 83.8 74.9-89.9 10 5.9 2.9-11.5 5 2.2 0.8- 5.4 8 7.4 3.2-16.2 2 0.8 0.2- 3.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 213 161 74.4 63.5-82.9 23 15.4 8.4-26.6 11 5.4 2.3-12.3 13 2.9 1.4- 5.9 5 1.8 0.7- 4.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 718 564 79.6 75.0-83.6 65 9.2 6.8-12.3 35 4.6 2.9- 7.1 42 4.4 2.9- 6.6 12 2.2 0.8- 5.9
Some Post-H.S. 817 650 78.3 73.8-82.1 71 10.8 7.8-14.7 39 3.9 2.7- 5.7 42 5.4 3.5- 8.4 15 1.6 0.8- 3.2
College Graduate 751 592 77.6 72.1-82.3 58 9.1 6.5-12.6 48 7.2 3.8-13.2 41 4.4 3.0- 6.5 12 1.6 0.9- 3.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 236 187 81.4 73.3-87.5 26 10.7 6.4-17.3 8 3.2 1.4- 7.3 14 4.2 2.1- 8.3 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4
$15,000- 24,999 384 309 80.1 73.5-85.4 27 8.0 4.7-13.2 20 6.6 3.5-12.1 20 3.9 2.1- 7.1 8 1.4 0.6- 2.9
$25,000- 34,999 280 230 85.4 79.5-89.8 17 6.8 3.8-11.8 12 2.6 1.3- 5.2 16 3.6 2.0- 6.5 5 1.6 0.4- 5.7
$35,000- 49,999 413 325 80.2 74.9-84.6 29 8.1 5.2-12.3 26 5.3 3.4- 8.2 24 5.2 3.0- 8.8 9 1.2 0.6- 2.6
$50,000-74,999 419 328 75.4 69.1-80.8 44 13.3 9.0-19.3 20 4.7 2.8- 7.9 22 5.2 3.0- 8.8 5 1.3 0.5- 3.2
$75,000+ 520 391 76.2 69.5-81.8 52 9.8 6.9-13.6 34 6.7 3.0-14.4 33 5.3 3.2- 8.7 10 1.9 0.9- 4.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 854 685 78.7 74.2-82.6 73 10.7 7.7-14.5 37 4.5 2.8- 7.2 46 4.8 3.3- 7.1 13 1.3 0.7- 2.3
No 1,638 1,276 77.9 74.6-80.9 144 10.0 8.1-12.3 95 5.5 3.8- 8.1 92 4.5 3.4- 6.1 31 2.0 1.2- 3.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 68 53 72.3 51.5-86.5 4 2.4 0.8- 6.9 5 11.9 3.4-33.7 5 12.7 3.6-36.1 1 0.7 0.1- 5.2
Non-Veteran 2,432 1,915 78.3 75.7-80.8 213 10.4 8.7-12.4 128 5.1 3.7- 7.0 133 4.4 3.5- 5.5 43 1.8 1.2- 2.9

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*Results pertain only to those who have gambled and wagered money in the last SIX months.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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.

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