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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 289 203 67.8 59.8-74.9 33 13.4 8.8-19.7 27 9.9 5.8-16.5 21 6.4 3.8-10.5 5 2.5 0.8- 7.6
GENDER
Male 141 97 61.7 50.3-71.9 21 16.1 9.5-26.2 12 12.6 6.2-24.2 8 5.5 2.4-12.0 3 4.0 1.1-13.3
Female 148 106 75.3 65.6-83.0 12 9.9 5.4-17.7 15 6.6 3.6-11.6 13 7.4 3.9-13.8 2 0.7 0.1- 4.7
RACE
White 263 187 71.2 63.6-77.8 30 12.5 8.1-18.7 24 8.7 5.3-14.2 20 6.9 4.1-11.5 2 0.6 0.2- 2.5
African American 9 4 13.4 3.4-40.0 1 20.8 2.8-70.3 1 31.2 5.0-79.8 1 3.1 0.4-21.9 2 31.4 7.1-73.5
Other Minorities 16 11 74.9 39.7-93.1 2 21.0 4.7-59.1 2 3.8 0.7-18.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 2 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 287 201 67.5 59.5-74.6 33 13.5 8.9-19.9 27 10.0 5.8-16.6 21 6.4 3.9-10.6 5 2.6 0.8- 7.7
AGE
18-24 8 2 26.0 6.4-64.2 2 33.7 9.1-72.2 2 16.2 3.0-54.2 1 8.7 1.1-43.9 1 15.5 2.2-60.2
25-34 24 17 69.4 44.7-86.5 4 14.5 5.1-34.8 1 11.1 1.6-48.1 2 5.0 1.0-21.6 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 37 28 77.8 58.7-89.6 3 7.3 2.1-21.9 5 13.3 5.0-30.7 1 1.7 0.2-11.4 0 0.0 . - .
45-54 57 38 63.1 47.5-76.4 9 16.8 8.5-30.6 5 8.0 2.5-22.9 4 8.3 3.0-21.0 1 3.7 0.5-21.8
55-64 80 54 68.5 56.1-78.7 9 13.4 6.7-25.0 8 7.7 3.5-16.4 8 8.9 4.3-17.4 1 1.5 0.2- 9.7
65+ 79 61 78.7 65.4-87.8 6 6.5 2.7-14.8 5 4.6 1.7-11.6 5 8.2 2.5-23.4 2 2.1 0.3-12.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 16 13 88.7 62.2-97.4 1 2.9 0.4-18.9 1 0.9 0.1- 6.8 1 7.5 1.0-39.1 0 0.0 . - .
H.S. or G.E.D. 93 62 66.8 53.8-77.6 13 13.5 6.9-25.0 9 9.6 4.4-19.5 7 5.0 2.0-12.0 2 5.2 1.3-18.8
Some Post-H.S. 95 64 67.4 53.0-79.2 12 16.1 8.1-29.5 9 6.5 2.5-16.2 8 8.4 3.6-18.1 2 1.6 0.4- 6.3
College Graduate 85 64 66.7 49.8-80.2 7 10.5 4.8-21.4 8 17.3 6.5-38.6 5 5.4 2.0-13.7 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 23 14 48.5 23.0-74.9 6 20.9 7.6-45.9 1 2.3 0.3-15.6 1 10.3 1.5-47.2 1 18.0 2.8-62.7
$15,000- 24,999 47 35 78.4 55.9-91.2 7 19.1 7.1-42.1 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8 3 2.0 0.5- 7.4 0 0.0 . - .
$25,000- 34,999 51 35 67.7 50.3-81.3 6 15.2 6.0-33.3 7 13.1 5.3-29.0 2 2.1 0.5- 9.2 1 1.9 0.3-12.3
$35,000- 49,999 44 37 83.0 61.9-93.6 2 2.9 0.6-12.7 2 7.4 1.2-34.5 2 6.6 1.5-24.9 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6
$50,000-74,999 45 28 63.3 46.2-77.6 7 16.9 8.0-32.4 6 12.8 5.1-28.6 4 7.0 2.1-20.5 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 54 36 51.8 33.8-69.4 5 13.6 4.4-35.1 6 18.9 6.2-45.1 5 10.2 3.9-24.1 2 5.5 1.2-22.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 90 63 68.4 55.4-79.0 11 12.7 6.6-23.0 9 10.8 4.7-22.8 7 8.1 3.3-18.8 0 0.0 . - .
No 198 140 67.7 58.0-76.1 22 13.6 8.3-21.5 17 9.6 4.9-17.9 14 5.9 3.2-10.7 5 3.3 1.0- 9.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 53 39 71.9 54.0-84.8 8 11.7 5.4-23.7 1 6.1 0.9-32.2 4 5.1 1.5-15.9 1 5.2 0.7-28.6
Non-Veteran 235 163 66.8 57.8-74.6 25 13.8 8.7-21.1 26 10.7 6.1-18.1 17 6.7 3.8-11.4 4 2.1 0.5- 8.1

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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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