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2014 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Gambling-FEMALES

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

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  Total
Respond.^		 Daily Weekly Monthly Yearly* Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,185 86 1.4 1.1- 1.8 335 5.8 5.1- 6.6 290 4.9 4.3- 5.6 717 12.3 11.3-13.3 4,757 75.6 74.3-76.9
-FEMALES 3,618 38 1.1 0.7- 1.6 112 3.2 2.6- 4.0 121 3.0 2.4- 3.6 391 11.3 10.1-12.6 2,956 81.5 79.9-82.9
RACE
White 2,576 27 1.0 0.6- 1.6 76 3.1 2.4- 4.1 74 2.5 1.9- 3.3 298 12.4 10.9-14.1 2,101 81.0 79.1-82.8
African American 764 11 1.8 0.9- 3.4 30 4.2 2.8- 6.1 39 4.7 3.2- 6.7 68 8.6 6.5-11.2 616 80.8 77.3-83.9
Other Minorities 232 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 22 9.8 6.1-15.4 197 86.1 80.2-90.4
AGE
18-34 504 *** *** *** 12 1.9 1.0- 3.6 *** *** *** 54 10.5 7.9-13.8 421 84.7 81.0-87.7
35-44 445 *** *** *** 20 4.7 2.9- 7.5 17 3.6 2.2- 6.0 61 14.0 10.8-18.1 343 76.4 71.8-80.6
45-54 549 *** *** *** 24 4.5 2.9- 7.0 25 4.3 2.8- 6.5 78 14.4 11.4-18.0 420 76.5 72.3-80.3
55-64 751 *** *** *** 27 4.2 2.7- 6.5 28 3.0 1.9- 4.5 88 11.6 9.2-14.4 598 79.5 76.0-82.7
65-74 736 *** *** *** 20 2.3 1.4- 3.6 32 4.1 2.8- 5.9 66 8.7 6.7-11.2 608 83.7 80.6-86.3
75+ 584 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 42 7.5 5.4-10.4 521 89.0 85.8-91.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 416 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 21 5.5 3.5- 8.7 374 90.0 86.3-92.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,006 12 1.5 0.8- 2.9 38 3.7 2.5- 5.2 33 3.2 2.1- 4.8 93 9.5 7.6-11.9 830 82.1 79.1-84.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,017 11 0.9 0.4- 1.9 31 3.5 2.3- 5.1 36 3.2 2.2- 4.6 120 13.0 10.6-15.7 819 79.4 76.3-82.3
College Graduate 1,164 14 1.4 0.7- 2.5 32 2.5 1.7- 3.7 42 3.1 2.2- 4.4 157 14.5 12.3-17.1 919 78.4 75.5-81.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 431 *** *** *** 13 3.2 1.6- 6.0 12 2.5 1.2- 4.8 28 6.1 3.9- 9.4 377 88.2 84.0-91.4
$15,000- 24,999 618 *** *** *** 21 3.0 1.8- 4.9 19 3.2 1.8- 5.3 46 7.5 5.3-10.4 524 85.1 81.5-88.1
$25,000- 34,999 379 *** *** *** 14 4.1 2.3- 7.2 16 4.4 2.6- 7.5 34 11.2 7.5-16.2 309 78.9 73.3-83.6
$35,000- 49,999 415 *** *** *** 15 4.2 2.3- 7.7 20 3.3 2.0- 5.4 50 13.0 9.3-17.9 323 77.7 72.2-82.4
$50,000- 74,999 349 *** *** *** 14 4.7 2.6- 8.2 11 2.4 1.1- 4.9 59 17.7 13.5-22.9 261 73.8 67.9-78.9
$75,000+ 607 *** *** *** 19 2.8 1.6- 4.8 23 3.6 2.3- 5.6 116 18.8 15.5-22.6 442 73.4 69.2-77.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,091 12 1.2 0.6- 2.4 34 4.2 2.8- 6.4 34 2.5 1.7- 3.7 118 11.8 9.6-14.3 893 80.3 77.2-83.1
No 2,510 26 1.0 0.7- 1.6 78 2.9 2.2- 3.7 87 3.1 2.5- 4.0 273 11.2 9.8-12.8 2,046 81.7 79.9-83.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 84 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 12 16.4 9.1-27.8 *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 3,532 34 1.0 0.7- 1.5 109 3.2 2.6- 4.0 116 2.9 2.4- 3.6 379 11.2 10.0-12.5 2,894 81.7 80.1-83.2
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,994 15 0.7 0.4- 1.3 61 3.2 2.4- 4.3 71 3.1 2.4- 4.1 210 10.9 9.3-12.7 1,637 82.1 80.0-84.1
No 1,624 23 1.5 0.9- 2.4 51 3.2 2.3- 4.4 50 2.8 2.0- 3.9 181 11.8 10.1-13.9 1,319 80.7 78.3-82.9

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*Yearly equals less than once per month.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2014 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2014 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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