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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 859 622 68.9 63.4-73.9 91 11.2 8.3-14.8 59 8.2 4.9-13.3 50 7.7 5.1-11.4 37 4.0 2.6- 6.2
GENDER
Male 396 275 64.0 55.7-71.5 39 11.2 7.1-17.1 38 11.0 5.8-19.8 25 9.6 5.7-15.9 19 4.3 2.4- 7.4
Female 463 347 75.3 69.5-80.4 52 11.1 7.8-15.6 21 4.6 2.6- 7.8 25 5.2 3.1- 8.7 18 3.8 1.9- 7.4
RACE
White 718 525 70.1 63.9-75.6 73 9.7 7.0-13.4 50 8.8 4.9-15.4 41 7.4 4.8-11.1 29 4.0 2.4- 6.5
African American 114 79 65.0 51.3-76.5 15 15.9 8.3-28.5 6 5.4 2.3-12.3 8 10.5 3.7-26.4 6 3.2 1.2- 8.2
Other Minorities 22 14 63.3 30.7-87.1 3 18.8 4.3-54.3 3 9.1 1.6-37.3 0 0.0 . - . 2 8.8 1.5-38.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 16 6 57.9 23.8-85.8 5 23.4 5.9-59.9 1 0.5 0.1- 4.0 2 8.2 1.6-33.5 2 10.0 1.6-43.1
Non-Hispanic 841 614 69.3 63.7-74.3 86 10.7 7.9-14.3 58 8.5 5.1-13.8 48 7.7 5.1-11.6 35 3.8 2.4- 5.9
AGE
18-24 18 10 43.1 17.9-72.5 1 5.9 0.8-33.3 3 31.4 7.3-72.9 4 19.6 5.2-52.2 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 104 64 61.7 49.1-72.8 17 18.3 10.3-30.2 7 5.4 2.4-11.6 13 12.1 6.1-22.6 3 2.6 0.8- 8.0
35-44 154 112 67.1 56.2-76.5 13 8.8 4.2-17.6 15 11.8 6.6-20.2 8 7.2 2.9-16.6 6 5.1 2.0-12.6
45-54 182 139 77.4 68.4-84.4 17 9.1 5.0-15.9 9 4.3 2.0- 9.0 9 3.8 1.8- 8.0 8 5.4 2.0-13.9
55-64 209 154 76.1 67.7-82.9 27 11.1 6.5-18.1 10 3.5 1.8- 6.8 10 5.7 2.4-12.6 8 3.6 1.7- 7.5
65+ 187 139 77.8 69.7-84.3 16 8.5 4.5-15.4 14 5.9 3.1-10.7 6 1.7 0.7- 4.2 12 6.1 3.1-11.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 70 58 68.5 39.4-87.9 6 8.7 2.6-25.4 2 17.5 3.0-59.0 2 2.3 0.5- 9.6 2 3.1 0.5-17.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 240 175 69.8 59.7-78.2 26 8.7 5.1-14.5 17 5.8 3.1-10.7 12 10.9 5.0-22.2 10 4.8 1.9-11.3
Some Post-H.S. 231 169 72.3 62.8-80.2 25 13.8 7.9-23.2 16 6.0 3.1-11.5 13 6.1 2.8-12.6 8 1.7 0.8- 3.8
College Graduate 318 220 66.0 58.4-72.8 34 11.8 7.5-18.1 24 8.4 5.3-13.3 23 8.3 4.6-14.5 17 5.5 3.1- 9.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 65 56 89.0 76.3-95.3 6 5.9 2.0-16.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 5.1 1.5-16.0 0 0.0 . - .
$15,000- 24,999 122 96 82.7 70.9-90.4 10 11.5 4.9-24.5 8 2.5 1.2- 5.3 3 1.0 0.2- 4.4 5 2.3 0.9- 6.0
$25,000- 34,999 68 48 67.7 46.3-83.5 9 8.4 3.7-18.1 5 5.3 1.7-15.5 2 11.3 1.9-45.9 4 7.4 2.1-23.5
$35,000- 49,999 121 82 64.6 51.1-76.0 18 14.3 7.6-25.3 9 7.5 3.5-15.5 8 11.8 4.5-27.6 4 1.9 0.7- 5.2
$50,000-74,999 135 106 68.1 54.1-79.5 8 12.2 4.6-28.8 8 8.5 3.7-18.2 9 5.9 2.4-13.6 4 5.3 1.4-18.3
$75,000+ 259 165 60.2 50.0-69.7 34 12.4 7.7-19.2 21 12.4 5.3-26.6 23 9.9 5.7-16.5 16 5.1 2.7- 9.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 240 186 75.6 66.1-83.2 21 10.0 5.2-18.4 14 4.4 2.4- 8.0 7 5.4 1.8-14.8 12 4.6 2.2- 9.4
No 616 434 66.5 59.8-72.5 69 11.6 8.3-15.9 45 9.5 5.3-16.4 43 8.6 5.5-13.0 25 3.9 2.3- 6.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 136 103 82.7 74.0-89.0 12 6.4 3.0-13.3 12 6.5 3.2-12.9 3 1.1 0.3- 4.1 6 3.2 1.3- 7.7
Non-Veteran 722 518 66.6 60.5-72.2 79 11.9 8.7-16.1 47 8.5 4.8-14.5 47 8.8 5.8-13.1 31 4.2 2.6- 6.7

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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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