2014 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Gambling-MALES

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,414 208 15.4 13.3-17.8 1,206 84.6 82.2-86.7
-MALES 762 117 17.1 14.1-20.5 645 82.9 79.5-85.9
RACE
White 568 45 8.4 6.0-11.5 523 91.6 88.5-94.0
African American 120 46 39.8 30.2-50.2 74 60.2 49.8-69.8
Other Minorities 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 132 30 22.4 15.6-31.0 102 77.6 69.0-84.4
35-44 119 19 15.7 9.5-24.6 100 84.3 75.4-90.5
45-54 135 16 10.4 6.2-16.7 119 89.6 83.3-93.8
55-64 183 33 21.5 15.3-29.3 150 78.5 70.7-84.7
65-74 131 12 10.1 5.4-18.2 119 89.9 81.8-94.6
75+ 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 200 44 23.1 17.1-30.6 156 76.9 69.4-82.9
Some Post-H.S. 214 22 10.1 6.4-15.5 192 89.9 84.5-93.6
College Graduate 253 14 5.0 2.8- 8.7 239 95.0 91.3-97.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 103 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 88 17 21.0 12.9-32.2 71 79.0 67.8-87.1
$35,000- 49,999 101 17 17.5 10.7-27.4 84 82.5 72.6-89.3
$50,000- 74,999 112 *** *** *** 103 91.8 83.6-96.0
$75,000+ 232 18 9.1 5.3-15.1 214 90.9 84.9-94.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 179 26 15.9 10.6-23.2 153 84.1 76.8-89.4
No 576 91 17.5 14.1-21.5 485 82.5 78.5-85.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 236 27 14.6 9.6-21.7 209 85.4 78.3-90.4
Non-Veteran 526 90 17.9 14.5-22.1 436 82.1 77.9-85.5
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 396 68 19.7 15.4-24.8 328 80.3 75.2-84.6
No 366 49 14.5 10.7-19.3 317 85.5 80.7-89.3

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*Asked only of respondents who have gambled or played any games for money.

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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