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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Gambling

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,617 226 15.5 12.6-18.9 1,391 84.5 81.1-87.4
-Eastern NC 456 65 20.7 13.7-30.1 391 79.3 69.9-86.3
GENDER
Male 221 35 26.7 15.9-41.1 186 73.3 58.9-84.1
Female 235 30 12.7 7.5-20.6 205 87.3 79.4-92.5
RACE
White 323 24 11.0 5.2-21.8 299 89.0 78.2-94.8
African American 90 29 37.8 22.1-56.6 61 62.2 43.4-77.9
Other Minorities 42 12 43.3 17.9-72.7 30 56.7 27.3-82.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 21 7 45.6 14.8-80.2 14 54.4 19.8-85.2
Non-Hispanic 433 58 18.3 12.0-26.9 375 81.7 73.1-88.0
AGE
18-24 20 3 7.1 1.6-25.7 17 92.9 74.3-98.4
25-34 48 11 41.4 19.8-67.0 37 58.6 33.0-80.2
35-44 86 9 9.6 4.1-20.9 77 90.4 79.1-95.9
45-54 98 14 19.8 10.3-34.6 84 80.2 65.4-89.7
55-64 110 21 23.4 13.7-37.0 89 76.6 63.0-86.3
65+ 90 7 7.8 2.8-20.0 83 92.2 80.0-97.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 42 15 50.8 23.0-78.1 27 49.2 21.9-77.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 139 28 27.3 14.3-45.8 111 72.7 54.2-85.7
Some Post-H.S. 152 11 8.4 3.9-17.4 141 91.6 82.6-96.1
College Graduate 123 11 12.9 5.9-25.7 112 87.1 74.3-94.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 46 11 23.2 10.1-44.8 35 76.8 55.2-89.9
$15,000- 24,999 64 17 48.2 23.8-73.4 47 51.8 26.6-76.2
$25,000- 34,999 45 11 42.8 17.7-72.1 34 57.2 27.9-82.3
$35,000- 49,999 65 5 6.0 2.0-16.1 60 94.0 83.9-98.0
$50,000-74,999 81 11 11.5 5.2-23.6 70 88.5 76.4-94.8
$75,000+ 117 6 6.7 2.5-16.9 111 93.3 83.1-97.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 161 25 23.1 11.4-41.2 136 76.9 58.8-88.6
No 290 39 19.4 11.5-30.9 251 80.6 69.1-88.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 104 8 7.8 3.3-17.5 96 92.2 82.5-96.7
Non-Veteran 352 57 23.9 15.5-34.9 295 76.1 65.1-84.5

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*Results pertain only to those who have gambled and wagered money in the last 12 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.

**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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