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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Gambling

Have you purchased a lottery ticket or scratch card since the establishment and operation of the
North Carolina State Lottery?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,384 3,926 89.5 88.0-90.8 458 10.5 9.2-12.0
-Eastern NC 1,477 1,327 89.9 87.7-91.8 150 10.1 8.2-12.3
GENDER
Male 622 556 89.7 86.4-92.2 66 10.3 7.8-13.6
Female 855 771 90.3 87.2-92.7 84 9.7 7.3-12.8
RACE
White 1,034 932 90.0 87.2-92.2 102 10.0 7.8-12.8
African American 329 301 91.2 86.8-94.3 28 8.8 5.7-13.2
Other Minorities 107 89 85.5 76.8-91.3 18 14.5 8.7-23.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 35 28 84.5 67.0-93.6 7 15.5 6.4-33.0
Non-Hispanic 1,439 1,297 90.2 87.9-92.0 142 9.8 8.0-12.1
AGE
18-24 46 44 96.1 82.3-99.2 2 3.9 0.8-17.7
25-34 189 162 85.2 77.8-90.5 27 14.8 9.5-22.2
35-44 286 264 92.2 87.6-95.1 22 7.8 4.9-12.4
45-54 350 316 90.7 86.6-93.7 34 9.3 6.3-13.4
55-64 336 307 90.6 85.9-93.8 29 9.4 6.2-14.1
65-74 195 174 86.2 79.0-91.2 21 13.8 8.8-21.0
75+ 70 56 77.5 64.1-87.0 14 22.5 13.0-35.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 132 117 90.5 83.4-94.7 15 9.5 5.3-16.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 523 490 92.9 88.8-95.6 33 7.1 4.4-11.2
Some Post-H.S. 433 397 92.0 88.1-94.8 36 8.0 5.2-11.9
College Graduate 389 323 82.8 77.7-87.0 66 17.2 13.0-22.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 115 104 89.9 80.7-95.0 11 10.1 5.0-19.3
$15,000- 24,999 237 222 94.3 89.8-96.9 15 5.7 3.1-10.2
$25,000- 34,999 186 173 90.6 83.3-95.0 13 9.4 5.0-16.7
$35,000- 49,999 252 235 94.4 89.7-97.1 17 5.6 2.9-10.3
$50,000-74,999 275 246 88.6 81.6-93.2 29 11.4 6.8-18.4
$75,000+ 284 234 84.5 78.7-89.0 50 15.5 11.0-21.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 506 471 93.9 91.1-95.9 35 6.1 4.1- 8.9
No 958 843 87.9 84.9-90.4 115 12.1 9.6-15.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 324 294 90.1 85.3-93.5 30 9.9 6.5-14.7
Non-Veteran 1,153 1,033 89.9 87.3-92.0 120 10.1 8.0-12.7

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*Asked only of those who have gambled in the last SIX months.

^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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