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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Gambling

Have you ever lied to family members or friends about how much you gamble or how much
money you have lost gambling?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,632 33 3.9 2.0- 7.4 1,599 96.1 92.6-98.0
-Piedmont NC 878 17 4.0 1.8- 8.5 861 96.0 91.5-98.2
GENDER
Male 409 12 6.4 2.7-14.2 397 93.6 85.8-97.3
Female 469 5 0.7 0.2- 1.9 464 99.3 98.1-99.8
RACE
White 731 13 2.7 1.2- 5.9 718 97.3 94.1-98.8
African American 115 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0 113 99.5 98.0-99.9
Other Minorities 25 2 39.6 11.8-76.2 23 60.4 23.8-88.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 18 2 35.6 9.2-75.1 16 64.4 24.9-90.8
Non-Hispanic 858 15 2.2 1.0- 4.8 843 97.8 95.2-99.0
AGE
18-24 18 1 1.8 0.2-12.9 17 98.2 87.1-99.8
25-34 106 5 12.9 4.9-29.8 101 87.1 70.2-95.1
35-44 156 2 0.8 0.2- 3.4 154 99.2 96.6-99.8
45-54 188 2 1.1 0.2- 5.7 186 98.9 94.3-99.8
55-64 214 6 1.7 0.7- 4.1 208 98.3 95.9-99.3
65+ 190 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 189 99.5 96.4-99.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 70 3 16.6 4.1-47.9 67 83.4 52.1-95.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 245 6 1.2 0.5- 3.2 239 98.8 96.8-99.5
Some Post-H.S. 239 3 3.1 0.6-13.9 236 96.9 86.1-99.4
College Graduate 324 5 2.6 0.9- 7.5 319 97.4 92.5-99.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 66 3 18.6 3.3-60.9 63 81.4 39.1-96.7
$15,000- 24,999 125 3 4.3 0.8-19.8 122 95.7 80.2-99.2
$25,000- 34,999 68 2 2.9 0.7-11.3 66 97.1 88.7-99.3
$35,000- 49,999 121 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 120 99.6 97.3-99.9
$50,000-74,999 138 3 6.3 1.4-23.7 135 93.7 76.3-98.6
$75,000+ 267 5 2.2 0.7- 7.1 262 97.8 92.9-99.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 245 4 3.3 0.8-12.3 241 96.7 87.7-99.2
No 630 13 4.2 1.6-10.3 617 95.8 89.7-98.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 138 4 3.0 1.0- 8.9 134 97.0 91.1-99.0
Non-Veteran 738 13 4.2 1.7- 9.7 725 95.8 90.3-98.3

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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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