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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 291 7 1.8 0.8- 3.9 284 98.2 96.1-99.2
GENDER
Male 141 3 1.5 0.5- 4.8 138 98.5 95.2-99.5
Female 150 4 2.1 0.7- 6.2 146 97.9 93.8-99.3
RACE
White 264 6 1.8 0.8- 4.2 258 98.2 95.8-99.2
African American 10 1 2.9 0.3-20.4 9 97.1 79.6-99.7
Other Minorities 16 0 0.0 . - . 16 100 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 2 0 0.0 . - . 2 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 289 7 1.8 0.8- 4.0 282 98.2 96.0-99.2
AGE
18-24 8 0 0.0 . - . 8 100 . - .
25-34 24 0 0.0 . - . 24 100 . - .
35-44 38 0 0.0 . - . 38 100 . - .
45-54 57 4 5.8 2.0-15.7 53 94.2 84.3-98.0
55-64 81 2 2.5 0.6- 9.7 79 97.5 90.3-99.4
65+ 79 1 1.3 0.2- 8.8 78 98.7 91.2-99.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 17 1 3.7 0.5-23.1 16 96.3 76.9-99.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 94 4 2.7 0.9- 7.5 90 97.3 92.5-99.1
Some Post-H.S. 95 1 1.1 0.1- 7.3 94 98.9 92.7-99.9
College Graduate 85 1 1.1 0.2- 7.6 84 98.9 92.4-99.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 23 2 6.6 1.5-24.5 21 93.4 75.5-98.5
$15,000- 24,999 47 4 6.4 2.0-18.5 43 93.6 81.5-98.0
$25,000- 34,999 51 0 0.0 . - . 51 100 . - .
$35,000- 49,999 44 0 0.0 . - . 44 100 . - .
$50,000-74,999 45 0 0.0 . - . 45 100 . - .
$75,000+ 55 1 1.0 0.1- 7.0 54 99.0 93.0-99.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 91 4 5.3 1.9-14.0 87 94.7 86.0-98.1
No 199 3 0.8 0.2- 2.4 196 99.2 97.6-99.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 53 0 0.0 . - . 53 100 . - .
Non-Veteran 237 7 2.1 0.9- 4.6 230 97.9 95.4-99.1

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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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