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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Gambling

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 More than 100 dollars
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,593 1,158 68.9 64.6-72.8 166 11.6 9.1-14.6 114 8.8 6.0-12.6 99 7.5 5.6-10.0 56 3.3 2.3- 4.7
-Eastern NC 445 333 69.2 60.0-77.1 42 11.7 6.6-19.8 28 9.6 4.4-19.5 28 7.6 4.7-12.3 14 2.0 1.0- 3.9
GENDER
Male 215 158 65.4 51.7-76.9 21 12.3 5.6-25.1 17 14.6 6.2-30.9 13 5.8 2.9-11.4 6 1.8 0.6- 5.3
Female 230 175 74.2 63.2-82.8 21 10.8 4.9-22.3 11 2.8 1.4- 5.4 15 10.0 5.0-19.0 8 2.2 1.0- 4.9
RACE
White 313 233 68.3 57.9-77.1 31 15.0 7.8-26.7 16 5.0 2.2-10.9 22 9.4 5.4-15.9 11 2.4 1.1- 5.3
African American 90 71 76.7 55.6-89.6 7 5.7 2.2-13.6 7 12.5 2.9-40.6 4 4.4 1.1-16.2 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1
Other Minorities 41 28 60.6 27.8-86.0 4 4.7 1.3-15.2 5 28.9 6.5-70.3 2 4.0 0.9-16.0 2 1.9 0.4- 8.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 22 15 60.5 21.5-89.5 3 4.4 1.0-17.8 3 33.3 6.5-78.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.7 0.2-12.4
Non-Hispanic 421 317 70.4 61.5-78.0 38 12.0 6.5-21.0 25 7.1 3.3-14.4 28 8.5 5.2-13.6 13 2.0 1.0- 4.2
AGE
18-24 18 12 50.9 18.4-82.7 2 35.7 7.5-79.2 1 1.7 0.2-12.1 2 10.9 2.4-38.2 1 0.9 0.1- 6.7
25-34 45 31 56.8 31.9-78.6 5 10.7 2.6-34.5 6 25.8 8.3-57.4 3 6.7 1.5-25.4 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 86 69 86.6 77.2-92.5 9 5.6 2.7-11.3 3 1.9 0.6- 5.8 3 3.7 1.0-12.6 2 2.2 0.5- 9.1
45-54 96 72 69.5 52.9-82.2 10 13.5 5.5-29.4 5 9.0 2.4-28.6 7 7.1 2.6-17.8 2 0.9 0.2- 5.0
55-64 110 81 67.4 53.4-78.9 10 8.6 3.7-18.5 8 5.9 2.7-12.7 7 13.2 5.6-28.2 4 4.8 1.4-15.3
65+ 87 68 81.5 68.2-90.0 5 6.5 2.0-19.4 4 2.8 1.0- 7.5 6 6.3 2.1-17.9 4 2.9 0.8-10.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 41 33 54.2 24.3-81.3 3 14.3 2.5-51.9 2 25.2 4.5-70.3 2 5.1 1.1-20.2 1 1.3 0.2- 9.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 137 104 69.9 51.8-83.4 16 14.8 5.3-35.0 9 9.3 2.6-28.1 7 5.4 2.0-13.6 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3
Some Post-H.S. 147 109 73.2 61.9-82.1 13 10.1 4.7-20.5 7 3.0 1.3- 6.7 12 10.6 5.3-19.9 6 3.1 1.0- 9.3
College Graduate 120 87 71.2 55.8-82.8 10 7.6 2.8-19.1 10 9.7 3.2-25.9 7 8.6 2.7-24.3 6 2.9 1.1- 7.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 45 38 88.8 72.5-96.0 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1 4 5.5 1.7-16.4 2 5.1 0.9-24.8 0 0.0 . - .
$15,000- 24,999 61 50 60.6 28.9-85.3 2 3.4 0.7-14.2 4 27.3 5.7-70.0 3 5.5 1.3-20.2 2 3.2 0.7-13.1
$25,000- 34,999 45 32 55.4 26.9-80.8 7 22.9 5.5-60.4 3 15.8 3.1-52.4 2 4.5 0.9-18.6 1 1.4 0.2- 9.7
$35,000- 49,999 64 46 76.2 61.1-86.7 8 13.1 5.8-27.0 3 3.1 1.0- 9.8 3 5.5 1.4-19.6 4 2.1 0.7- 6.0
$50,000-74,999 79 61 80.0 64.4-89.8 10 11.4 4.5-26.3 4 2.1 0.7- 6.1 2 3.7 0.6-19.5 2 2.7 0.5-14.8
$75,000+ 116 77 59.3 45.2-72.0 12 10.3 4.4-22.0 8 9.6 3.1-25.8 15 18.6 9.6-32.8 4 2.3 0.7- 7.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 161 128 75.6 57.7-87.6 12 3.7 1.9- 7.0 10 13.9 4.1-37.6 7 4.1 1.4-11.6 4 2.7 0.8- 8.2
No 279 200 65.3 54.2-75.0 30 16.3 8.8-28.4 18 7.1 2.8-16.7 21 9.7 5.5-16.4 10 1.6 0.7- 3.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 101 77 75.6 59.7-86.6 8 8.4 3.8-17.4 6 9.7 2.6-30.4 8 5.9 2.2-15.0 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7
Non-Veteran 344 256 67.7 56.9-76.8 34 12.4 6.5-22.5 22 9.5 3.8-21.8 20 8.0 4.6-13.7 12 2.3 1.1- 4.8

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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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