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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Gambling-WHITES

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
-WHITES 3,569 2,649 72.6 70.2-74.8 360 11.2 9.7-12.9 240 7.2 5.9- 8.7 227 5.7 4.8- 6.9 93 3.3 2.3- 4.6
GENDER
Males 1,687 1,168 68.0 64.6-71.2 203 12.0 9.8-14.5 138 8.8 7.1-10.8 114 6.6 5.1- 8.5 64 4.6 3.1- 6.8
Females 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
HISPANIC
Hispanic 27 24 85.1 59.7-95.6 1 2.5 0.3-16.7 1 5.4 0.7-30.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.0 1.0-36.6
Non-Hispanic 3,538 2,622 72.5 70.1-74.7 359 11.3 9.8-13.0 239 7.2 6.0- 8.7 227 5.8 4.8- 7.0 91 3.2 2.3- 4.6
AGE
18-24 92 64 69.0 56.3-79.3 13 13.8 7.5-24.0 8 8.3 3.3-19.7 3 3.2 0.9-10.4 4 5.7 1.8-17.0
25-34 335 231 68.9 62.4-74.8 35 10.4 6.9-15.3 29 8.7 5.7-13.0 30 8.0 5.1-12.4 10 4.0 1.8- 8.6
35-44 648 481 72.2 67.6-76.3 66 11.7 8.8-15.3 46 7.3 5.2-10.2 36 5.2 3.5- 7.7 19 3.6 2.2- 6.0
45-54 827 634 75.1 71.2-78.7 87 11.4 8.9-14.5 44 5.6 4.0- 7.9 43 5.7 4.0- 8.1 19 2.1 1.2- 3.7
55-64 928 686 74.5 71.0-77.7 93 10.2 8.1-12.9 64 7.5 5.6- 9.8 66 5.9 4.4- 7.8 19 2.0 1.2- 3.2
65-74 536 393 73.5 68.8-77.7 51 10.3 7.5-14.0 39 6.7 4.7- 9.6 37 5.9 4.1- 8.3 16 3.6 1.9- 6.4
75+ 190 150 79.5 71.5-85.7 14 7.3 3.8-13.5 9 4.6 2.0-10.3 11 6.7 3.3-13.2 6 1.8 0.8- 4.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 285 218 73.0 63.8-80.5 26 11.6 6.9-18.9 20 7.6 4.0-14.0 16 6.4 2.6-15.2 5 1.4 0.4- 4.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,058 784 72.9 68.3-77.1 116 13.0 9.9-17.0 66 6.4 4.6- 8.8 62 4.0 2.8- 5.7 30 3.7 2.0- 6.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,077 817 73.7 69.5-77.5 100 10.4 8.0-13.5 68 5.9 4.4- 7.9 69 7.0 5.0- 9.6 23 3.0 1.3- 6.5
College Graduate 1,147 828 71.2 67.2-74.9 118 10.0 8.0-12.4 86 9.0 6.3-12.6 80 6.2 4.7- 8.2 35 3.7 2.4- 5.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 231 185 82.4 74.4-88.2 20 9.7 5.5-16.7 9 2.5 1.1- 5.8 16 4.9 2.6- 9.3 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1
$15,000- 24,999 440 331 74.8 67.6-80.8 41 9.1 6.0-13.6 30 7.8 4.6-13.2 28 6.4 3.2-12.4 10 1.9 0.8- 4.0
$25,000- 34,999 330 256 78.7 70.9-84.8 23 7.9 3.9-15.7 22 5.8 3.5- 9.5 23 5.7 2.9-11.0 6 1.8 0.6- 5.5
$35,000- 49,999 607 451 71.9 66.2-76.9 61 11.5 8.0-16.2 45 7.8 5.3-11.4 33 6.8 4.1-11.1 17 2.0 1.0- 3.9
$50,000-74,999 655 505 74.9 69.7-79.4 68 12.8 9.1-17.7 41 6.4 4.4- 9.2 33 4.5 2.8- 7.0 8 1.5 0.7- 3.2
$75,000+ 999 678 67.6 63.1-71.8 119 11.5 9.1-14.4 79 8.8 6.2-12.4 79 6.3 4.8- 8.2 44 5.8 3.6- 9.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,170 896 74.9 70.8-78.5 109 11.0 8.3-14.3 66 6.1 4.3- 8.6 71 5.7 4.2- 7.8 28 2.3 1.4- 3.7
No 2,386 1,744 71.6 68.8-74.4 251 11.3 9.5-13.3 171 7.6 6.0- 9.5 156 5.8 4.6- 7.2 64 3.7 2.5- 5.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 649 452 68.1 63.0-72.9 77 11.6 8.6-15.5 53 8.4 5.9-11.8 42 8.5 5.6-12.8 25 3.3 2.0- 5.4
Non-Veteran 2,919 2,197 73.4 70.8-75.9 282 11.1 9.4-13.0 187 7.0 5.6- 8.7 185 5.2 4.3- 6.4 68 3.3 2.2- 4.8

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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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