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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 333 85 30.9 23.3-39.8 248 69.1 60.2-76.7
Buncombe 340 83 25.0 19.6-31.3 257 75.0 68.7-80.4
Cabarrus 345 105 30.2 23.8-37.4 240 69.8 62.6-76.2
Catawba 387 109 30.2 24.4-36.8 278 69.8 63.2-75.6
Cumberland 355 109 30.0 24.2-36.6 246 70.0 63.4-75.8
Davidson 347 110 34.7 27.6-42.5 237 65.3 57.5-72.4
Durham 313 72 22.5 17.0-29.2 241 77.5 70.8-83.0
Forsyth 363 97 26.6 21.2-32.8 266 73.4 67.2-78.8
Gaston 367 104 31.5 25.3-38.5 263 68.5 61.5-74.7
Guilford 362 122 35.3 28.6-42.6 240 64.7 57.4-71.4
Iredell 372 133 37.6 31.3-44.3 239 62.4 55.7-68.7
Johnston 414 143 33.0 26.2-40.7 271 67.0 59.3-73.8
Mecklenburg 642 180 28.3 24.0-33.2 462 71.7 66.8-76.0
New Hanover 373 113 36.3 27.9-45.6 260 63.7 54.4-72.1
Onslow 359 116 33.5 27.2-40.4 243 66.5 59.6-72.8
Orange 335 66 22.9 16.4-31.1 269 77.1 68.9-83.6
Pitt 366 102 28.9 23.5-35.0 264 71.1 65.0-76.5
Randolph 356 117 34.1 27.7-41.3 239 65.9 58.7-72.3
Robeson 391 110 33.1 26.8-40.0 281 66.9 60.0-73.2
Rowan 422 145 37.6 31.5-44.1 277 62.4 55.9-68.5
Union 356 88 25.4 20.0-31.8 268 74.6 68.2-80.0
Wake 579 172 30.3 25.5-35.7 407 69.7 64.3-74.5
Wayne 341 96 30.8 24.1-38.4 245 69.2 61.6-75.9
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 4,545 1,327 30.8 28.8-32.8 3,218 69.2 67.2-71.2
Piedmont 6,741 1,959 30.7 29.0-32.4 4,782 69.3 67.6-71.0
Western NC 2,747 640 26.4 24.1-28.7 2,107 73.6 71.3-75.9
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,818 391 23.5 20.9-26.4 1,427 76.5 73.6-79.1
Northwest 2,941 879 31.8 29.2-34.4 2,062 68.2 65.6-70.8
Charlotte 1,924 531 28.6 25.7-31.7 1,393 71.4 68.3-74.3
Greensboro 1,586 450 32.1 28.6-35.9 1,136 67.9 64.1-71.4
Southern Regional 1,295 370 31.2 27.4-35.2 925 68.8 64.8-72.6
Coastal 724 221 34.5 29.2-40.2 503 65.5 59.8-70.8
Wake 1,505 455 31.1 27.7-34.7 1,050 68.9 65.3-72.3
Area L 384 119 32.2 26.3-38.6 265 67.8 61.4-73.7
Eastern 1,856 510 28.1 25.2-31.1 1,346 71.9 68.9-74.8

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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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