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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Gambling-MALES

In the past 12 months, have you gambled or played any games for money?

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  Total
Respond.^		 1+ times per day 1+ times per week 1+ times per month 1+ times last 12 months Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,439 47 0.9 0.6- 1.5 418 8.6 7.3-10.0 588 11.6 10.3-13.1 579 12.1 10.6-13.7 3,807 66.8 64.6-69.0
-MALES 2,068 24 1.0 0.5- 1.9 244 12.2 9.9-14.8 281 14.0 11.8-16.6 224 12.4 9.9-15.3 1,295 60.4 56.7-64.0
RACE
White 1,686 20 1.1 0.5- 2.4 200 12.8 10.3-15.7 227 14.6 12.1-17.5 187 12.5 9.9-15.7 1,052 59.1 55.1-63.0
African American 223 3 1.0 0.2- 4.7 27 12.0 7.1-19.8 30 14.0 8.5-22.2 23 11.1 6.6-18.2 140 61.9 52.2-70.7
Other Minorities 144 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5 15 5.8 2.5-13.1 20 10.3 5.3-18.9 12 14.0 5.7-30.5 96 69.3 55.0-80.7
AGE
18-24 80 0 0.0 . - . 4 5.5 1.7-16.7 14 13.2 6.2-25.7 7 11.3 3.6-30.0 55 70.0 53.6-82.5
25-34 177 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 16 11.8 5.9-22.2 42 19.9 13.6-28.1 28 18.7 11.5-29.0 90 49.2 38.9-59.5
35-44 283 1 1.0 0.1- 6.8 38 12.4 8.2-18.4 45 14.1 9.7-20.1 41 11.3 7.7-16.3 158 61.2 53.3-68.4
45-54 416 4 0.5 0.1- 1.5 50 13.9 9.6-19.7 64 14.2 10.4-19.1 46 11.2 7.5-16.5 252 60.2 53.4-66.6
55-64 465 10 3.2 1.2- 8.4 70 16.5 11.8-22.7 51 11.5 8.1-16.1 62 14.2 10.4-19.2 272 54.5 48.1-60.8
65+ 637 8 1.1 0.4- 2.9 64 11.1 7.9-15.4 61 9.0 6.3-12.6 40 6.3 4.3- 9.2 464 72.6 67.3-77.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 269 4 0.3 0.1- 0.9 28 7.5 4.3-12.7 20 9.2 4.9-16.5 22 20.8 10.7-36.4 195 62.2 49.1-73.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 571 5 1.4 0.4- 4.7 84 19.4 13.9-26.6 89 16.8 11.9-23.1 55 7.6 5.3-10.9 338 54.8 47.5-61.8
Some Post-H.S. 503 9 1.5 0.5- 4.3 64 10.6 7.3-15.1 75 12.6 9.4-16.7 63 12.5 9.1-17.0 292 62.8 56.3-68.9
College Graduate 722 6 0.5 0.2- 1.5 68 9.2 6.4-13.2 97 15.2 11.8-19.4 84 12.5 9.4-16.4 467 62.5 57.2-67.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 172 5 0.7 0.3- 1.9 14 4.4 2.2- 8.8 16 10.3 4.9-20.7 16 17.0 7.7-33.3 121 67.6 53.1-79.3
$15,000- 24,999 321 2 0.5 0.1- 2.6 33 12.2 6.7-21.4 41 13.3 8.7-19.8 32 13.0 6.8-23.2 213 61.0 50.7-70.4
$25,000- 34,999 193 0 0.0 . - . 28 22.8 12.6-37.7 26 19.2 9.6-34.6 21 10.5 5.2-20.1 118 47.4 35.0-60.2
$35,000- 49,999 263 4 0.8 0.2- 2.9 39 13.8 8.8-20.9 41 12.4 8.4-18.1 27 11.2 6.4-19.0 152 61.8 52.4-70.3
$50,000- 74,999 319 7 2.1 0.8- 5.4 47 16.0 10.5-23.6 41 11.0 7.5-15.9 31 9.4 5.8-14.9 193 61.5 53.2-69.2
$75,000+ 592 3 0.8 0.1- 4.0 57 9.5 6.4-13.8 98 18.8 14.6-24.0 86 16.3 11.4-22.8 348 54.6 48.1-61.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 698 8 1.5 0.5- 4.6 77 12.7 9.0-17.4 86 12.0 8.8-16.2 61 12.4 8.0-18.8 466 61.4 54.8-67.7
No 1,359 16 0.8 0.4- 1.8 167 12.1 9.4-15.4 193 14.8 12.1-18.0 162 12.5 9.6-16.0 821 59.8 55.4-64.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 718 11 1.6 0.5- 4.9 101 17.2 12.8-22.6 85 11.0 8.3-14.6 68 10.6 7.6-14.7 453 59.5 53.6-65.2
Non-Veteran 1,345 13 0.8 0.3- 1.8 141 9.9 7.7-12.8 195 15.0 12.3-18.2 156 13.1 10.0-16.8 840 61.2 56.8-65.5

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^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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