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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Gambling

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,617 226 15.5 12.6-18.9 1,391 84.5 81.1-87.4
-Western NC 289 38 14.0 9.4-20.3 251 86.0 79.7-90.6
GENDER
Male 139 20 15.9 9.2-26.1 119 84.1 73.9-90.8
Female 150 18 11.8 6.9-19.3 132 88.2 80.7-93.1
RACE
White 262 32 13.7 9.0-20.5 230 86.3 79.5-91.0
African American 10 3 11.2 2.7-35.9 7 88.8 64.1-97.3
Other Minorities 16 3 24.1 5.7-62.5 13 75.9 37.5-94.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 2 1 85.1 26.3-98.9 1 14.9 1.1-73.7
Non-Hispanic 287 37 13.4 8.9-19.5 250 86.6 80.5-91.1
AGE
18-24 8 2 30.3 7.8-69.2 6 69.7 30.8-92.2
25-34 24 2 8.7 2.0-30.8 22 91.3 69.2-98.0
35-44 38 5 11.1 4.0-27.0 33 88.9 73.0-96.0
45-54 56 11 21.5 11.3-36.9 45 78.5 63.1-88.7
55-64 80 10 13.6 6.8-25.3 70 86.4 74.7-93.2
65+ 79 7 6.5 2.9-14.0 72 93.5 86.0-97.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 17 3 13.6 3.4-41.0 14 86.4 59.0-96.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 94 11 10.8 5.1-21.4 83 89.2 78.6-94.9
Some Post-H.S. 93 17 20.1 11.0-33.7 76 79.9 66.3-89.0
College Graduate 85 7 10.1 4.2-22.2 78 89.9 77.8-95.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 23 3 11.9 3.0-37.4 20 88.1 62.6-97.0
$15,000- 24,999 47 7 10.9 3.7-28.1 40 89.1 71.9-96.3
$25,000- 34,999 50 7 13.1 5.6-27.7 43 86.9 72.3-94.4
$35,000- 49,999 44 7 17.8 7.2-37.7 37 82.2 62.3-92.8
$50,000-74,999 45 6 11.3 4.6-25.1 39 88.7 74.9-95.4
$75,000+ 55 5 16.3 5.8-38.2 50 83.7 61.8-94.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 90 17 18.9 10.7-31.2 73 81.1 68.8-89.3
No 198 21 12.6 7.6-20.3 177 87.4 79.7-92.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 52 5 4.7 1.7-12.2 47 95.3 87.8-98.3
Non-Veteran 236 33 15.7 10.4-23.0 203 84.3 77.0-89.6

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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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