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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Gambling

Paticipation in the North Carolina Lottery*

(Adults ages 18 and older - see footnote)

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,033 3,926 30.1 29.0-31.3 10,107 69.9 68.7-71.0
-Eastern NC 4,545 1,327 30.8 28.8-32.8 3,218 69.2 67.2-71.2
GENDER
Male 1,565 556 34.6 31.3-38.1 1,009 65.4 61.9-68.7
Female 2,980 771 27.1 24.9-29.3 2,209 72.9 70.7-75.1
RACE
White 3,094 932 33.1 30.6-35.8 2,162 66.9 64.2-69.4
African American 1,024 301 31.2 27.3-35.4 723 68.8 64.6-72.7
Other Minorities 409 89 17.0 13.1-21.9 320 83.0 78.1-86.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 199 28 10.8 6.7-17.0 171 89.2 83.0-93.3
Non-Hispanic 4,330 1,297 32.6 30.5-34.8 3,033 67.4 65.2-69.5
AGE
18-24 158 44 31.9 23.3-41.8 114 68.1 58.2-76.7
25-34 515 162 29.3 24.6-34.5 353 70.7 65.5-75.4
35-44 722 264 35.6 31.3-40.0 458 64.4 60.0-68.7
45-54 887 316 37.2 33.4-41.2 571 62.8 58.8-66.6
55-64 963 307 32.8 29.3-36.5 656 67.2 63.5-70.7
65-74 752 174 23.8 20.4-27.6 578 76.2 72.4-79.6
75+ 523 56 10.7 8.0-14.2 467 89.3 85.8-92.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 682 117 19.7 15.1-25.3 565 80.3 74.7-84.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,467 490 34.6 31.1-38.2 977 65.4 61.8-68.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,206 397 34.0 29.8-38.4 809 66.0 61.6-70.2
College Graduate 1,187 323 29.1 25.8-32.6 864 70.9 67.4-74.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 513 104 21.7 16.2-28.3 409 78.3 71.7-83.8
$15,000- 24,999 796 222 28.0 23.1-33.5 574 72.0 66.5-76.9
$25,000- 34,999 567 173 32.0 26.7-37.8 394 68.0 62.2-73.3
$35,000- 49,999 644 235 38.8 33.6-44.3 409 61.2 55.7-66.4
$50,000-74,999 635 246 39.2 34.3-44.3 389 60.8 55.7-65.7
$75,000+ 776 234 33.2 28.5-38.2 542 66.8 61.8-71.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,749 471 31.2 27.8-34.8 1,278 68.8 65.2-72.2
No 2,764 843 30.5 28.1-33.0 1,921 69.5 67.0-71.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 758 294 39.8 35.2-44.6 464 60.2 55.4-64.8
Non-Veteran 3,786 1,033 28.8 26.6-31.1 2,753 71.2 68.9-73.4

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*Denominator includes respondents who have NEVER played games for money, such as casino gambling, scratch card games,
video poker, or the lottery.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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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