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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Gambling

Have there ever been periods for 2 weeks or more when you spent a lot of time thinking about
gambling or planning future gambling?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,632 51 2.9 1.8- 4.6 1,581 97.1 95.4-98.2
-Eastern NC 463 19 4.0 1.9- 8.1 444 96.0 91.9-98.1
GENDER
Male 222 10 5.6 2.3-13.3 212 94.4 86.7-97.7
Female 241 9 1.8 0.8- 4.0 232 98.2 96.0-99.2
RACE
White 326 7 1.5 0.5- 4.1 319 98.5 95.9-99.5
African American 93 10 7.9 3.1-18.7 83 92.1 81.3-96.9
Other Minorities 43 2 10.8 1.9-43.0 41 89.2 57.0-98.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 22 3 15.5 2.8-53.4 19 84.5 46.6-97.2
Non-Hispanic 439 16 2.8 1.4- 5.6 423 97.2 94.4-98.6
AGE
18-24 20 1 1.9 0.2-13.6 19 98.1 86.4-99.8
25-34 49 2 6.6 1.4-26.8 47 93.4 73.2-98.6
35-44 87 4 4.2 1.2-13.8 83 95.8 86.2-98.8
45-54 100 3 1.1 0.3- 3.6 97 98.9 96.4-99.7
55-64 113 4 4.4 0.9-19.1 109 95.6 80.9-99.1
65+ 90 5 4.4 1.5-12.3 85 95.6 87.7-98.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 43 5 12.8 2.9-42.1 38 87.2 57.9-97.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 142 6 3.4 1.1-10.4 136 96.6 89.6-98.9
Some Post-H.S. 153 4 2.9 0.8-10.0 149 97.1 90.0-99.2
College Graduate 125 4 1.2 0.4- 3.4 121 98.8 96.6-99.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 46 4 12.8 2.4-46.9 42 87.2 53.1-97.6
$15,000- 24,999 64 1 0.4 0.1- 3.3 63 99.6 96.7-99.9
$25,000- 34,999 46 1 1.3 0.2- 9.6 45 98.7 90.4-99.8
$35,000- 49,999 67 6 10.5 3.8-26.3 61 89.5 73.7-96.2
$50,000-74,999 82 4 3.8 0.7-17.6 78 96.2 82.4-99.3
$75,000+ 119 0 0.0 . - . 119 100 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 164 9 8.0 3.0-19.8 155 92.0 80.2-97.0
No 294 10 1.7 0.8- 3.9 284 98.3 96.1-99.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 104 5 5.3 1.7-15.5 99 94.7 84.5-98.3
Non-Veteran 359 14 3.6 1.4- 8.8 345 96.4 91.2-98.6

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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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