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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 878 25 2.6 1.3- 4.9 853 97.4 95.1-98.7
GENDER
Male 409 12 2.2 0.9- 5.0 397 97.8 95.0-99.1
Female 469 13 3.1 1.2- 8.2 456 96.9 91.8-98.8
RACE
White 731 17 1.2 0.7- 2.2 714 98.8 97.8-99.3
African American 115 8 9.3 3.6-22.2 107 90.7 77.8-96.4
Other Minorities 25 0 0.0 . - . 25 100 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 18 0 0.0 . - . 18 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 858 25 2.7 1.4- 5.2 833 97.3 94.8-98.6
AGE
18-24 18 2 10.3 1.8-42.0 16 89.7 58.0-98.2
25-34 106 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 105 99.6 97.1-99.9
35-44 156 2 2.7 0.5-12.7 154 97.3 87.3-99.5
45-54 188 6 2.4 1.0- 5.9 182 97.6 94.1-99.0
55-64 214 6 2.6 1.0- 6.9 208 97.4 93.1-99.0
65+ 190 8 2.3 1.0- 5.0 182 97.7 95.0-99.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 70 7 2.3 0.9- 5.6 63 97.7 94.4-99.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 245 8 3.3 0.8-12.4 237 96.7 87.6-99.2
Some Post-H.S. 239 3 1.7 0.5- 5.3 236 98.3 94.7-99.5
College Graduate 324 7 2.8 1.0- 7.4 317 97.2 92.6-99.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 66 3 2.3 0.5- 9.4 63 97.7 90.6-99.5
$15,000- 24,999 125 9 6.7 1.9-20.7 116 93.3 79.3-98.1
$25,000- 34,999 68 2 2.0 0.5- 8.4 66 98.0 91.6-99.5
$35,000- 49,999 121 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4 120 99.2 94.6-99.9
$50,000-74,999 138 2 1.7 0.3- 8.3 136 98.3 91.7-99.7
$75,000+ 267 5 2.3 0.7- 7.3 262 97.7 92.7-99.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 245 7 1.3 0.5- 3.6 238 98.7 96.4-99.5
No 630 18 3.0 1.4- 6.2 612 97.0 93.8-98.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 138 4 1.3 0.5- 3.7 134 98.7 96.3-99.5
Non-Veteran 738 21 2.8 1.4- 5.6 717 97.2 94.4-98.6

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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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