2012 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Gambling-AFRICAN AMERICANS

In the past 12 months, have you gambled or played any games for money?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Daily Weekly Monthly or less often Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 10,382 291 2.9 2.5- 3.3 894 9.9 9.2-10.8 1,405 14.9 14.0-15.8 7,792 72.3 71.1-73.5
-AFRICAN AMERICANS 1,859 65 3.7 2.7- 4.9 202 12.6 10.7-14.8 273 15.0 12.9-17.3 1,319 68.8 65.9-71.5
GENDER
Male 632 31 4.3 2.8- 6.4 103 17.3 13.9-21.4 94 14.7 11.5-18.6 404 63.7 58.9-68.2
Female 1,227 34 3.1 2.1- 4.7 99 8.7 6.9-10.9 179 15.2 12.7-18.1 915 73.0 69.6-76.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 41 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 1,814 64 3.7 2.8- 5.0 200 12.9 11.0-15.2 268 15.1 13.0-17.5 1,282 68.2 65.3-71.0
AGE
18-34 373 *** *** *** 36 10.1 7.1-14.1 57 14.0 10.4-18.6 270 72.8 67.3-77.7
35-44 269 *** *** *** 33 15.8 10.8-22.6 44 15.1 10.3-21.5 182 65.7 58.2-72.5
45-54 363 *** *** *** 43 13.7 9.5-19.4 65 20.5 15.5-26.6 245 62.8 56.0-69.1
55-64 405 26 7.0 4.5-10.7 54 13.8 10.2-18.6 57 13.2 9.7-17.6 268 66.0 60.0-71.6
65-74 272 *** *** *** 26 13.8 8.9-20.9 37 13.0 8.5-19.5 200 69.4 61.1-76.5
75+ 155 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 135 85.8 76.7-91.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 295 *** *** *** 14 5.4 3.0- 9.4 24 9.1 5.2-15.3 247 82.1 75.4-87.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 570 21 4.1 2.4- 6.8 73 15.0 11.5-19.3 59 11.4 8.5-15.2 417 69.5 64.4-74.1
Some Post-H.S. 554 25 4.1 2.6- 6.4 68 14.4 11.0-18.6 97 18.3 14.4-23.0 364 63.1 57.9-68.1
College Graduate 434 *** *** *** 47 13.1 8.8-19.1 93 21.0 16.7-26.0 286 63.9 57.6-69.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 353 *** *** *** 25 8.2 5.2-12.7 40 15.5 10.4-22.4 276 73.0 65.8-79.2
$15,000- 24,999 420 *** *** *** 50 11.8 8.5-16.0 58 12.8 9.0-17.8 299 72.2 66.3-77.4
$25,000- 34,999 243 *** *** *** 32 19.7 13.5-27.8 45 17.3 12.4-23.6 155 57.2 49.0-64.9
$35,000- 49,999 205 *** *** *** 35 21.3 14.6-30.1 44 20.7 14.3-28.9 118 54.6 45.8-63.1
$50,000- 74,999 186 *** *** *** 27 15.7 10.2-23.5 33 17.6 11.8-25.4 120 63.9 54.8-72.1
$75,000+ 169 *** *** *** 19 13.3 7.3-23.1 43 24.7 17.5-33.6 98 56.2 46.6-65.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 497 22 5.1 3.1- 8.2 48 11.9 8.6-16.2 60 13.2 9.7-17.9 367 69.8 64.1-74.9
No 1,353 43 3.3 2.3- 4.7 153 12.8 10.6-15.4 212 15.4 13.1-18.1 945 68.5 65.1-71.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 232 19 7.9 4.7-13.0 36 14.5 9.9-20.9 43 19.6 14.0-26.7 134 58.0 50.0-65.6
Non-Veteran 1,627 46 3.0 2.2- 4.3 166 12.3 10.3-14.7 230 14.3 12.1-16.8 1,185 70.3 67.2-73.2

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2012 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2012 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^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.

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