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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Gambling-FEMALES

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%)
TOTAL 2,531 2,271 89.7 87.7-91.5 260 10.3 8.5-12.3
RACE
White 1,996 1,781 88.7 86.2-90.9 215 11.3 9.1-13.8
African American 412 383 93.6 90.0-96.0 29 6.4 4.0-10.0
Asian 16 13 88.8 67.1-96.8 3 11.2 3.2-32.9
Native American 50 45 92.8 82.8-97.2 5 7.2 2.8-17.2
Other Minorities 50 44 91.3 79.9-96.5 6 8.7 3.5-20.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 54 48 93.3 83.2-97.5 6 6.7 2.5-16.8
-English Speaking 42 37 91.0 76.2-96.9 5 9.0 3.1-23.8
-Spanish Speaking 12 11 97.4 81.9-99.7 1 2.6 0.3-18.1
Non-Hispanic 2,472 2,220 89.7 87.6-91.5 252 10.3 8.5-12.4
AGE
18-24 72 64 83.8 65.6-93.3 8 16.2 6.7-34.4
25-34 329 291 89.2 84.4-92.7 38 10.8 7.3-15.6
35-44 509 469 93.0 90.0-95.2 40 7.0 4.8-10.0
45-54 582 525 89.2 85.5-92.1 57 10.8 7.9-14.5
55-64 558 510 92.6 89.7-94.7 48 7.4 5.3-10.3
65-74 342 300 86.8 81.6-90.6 42 13.2 9.4-18.4
75+ 127 103 83.7 75.3-89.7 24 16.3 10.3-24.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 208 195 96.0 92.5-97.9 13 4.0 2.1- 7.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 824 764 90.8 85.4-94.3 60 9.2 5.7-14.6
Some Post-H.S. 775 701 90.4 86.7-93.1 74 9.6 6.9-13.3
College Graduate 723 610 86.1 82.7-89.0 113 13.9 11.0-17.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 202 188 94.9 90.8-97.2 14 5.1 2.8- 9.2
$15,000- 24,999 396 369 92.1 85.7-95.8 27 7.9 4.2-14.3
$25,000- 34,999 286 269 94.7 90.9-96.9 17 5.3 3.1- 9.1
$35,000- 49,999 434 387 90.8 86.8-93.6 47 9.2 6.4-13.2
$50,000-74,999 445 398 91.1 86.8-94.1 47 8.9 5.9-13.2
$75,000+ 506 434 85.3 80.7-88.9 72 14.7 11.1-19.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 795 730 90.4 85.1-94.0 65 9.6 6.0-14.9
No 1,724 1,530 89.5 87.3-91.3 194 10.5 8.7-12.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 76 70 94.8 88.2-97.8 6 5.2 2.2-11.8
Non-Veteran 2,455 2,201 89.6 87.5-91.4 254 10.4 8.6-12.5

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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.

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