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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 6,741 1,959 30.7 29.0-32.4 4,782 69.3 67.6-71.0
GENDER
Male 2,477 836 34.6 31.8-37.5 1,641 65.4 62.5-68.2
Female 4,264 1,123 27.0 25.2-29.0 3,141 73.0 71.0-74.8
RACE
White 5,435 1,578 31.3 29.5-33.3 3,857 68.7 66.7-70.5
African American 904 299 34.4 29.9-39.1 605 65.6 60.9-70.1
Other Minorities 382 75 19.8 14.9-25.8 307 80.2 74.2-85.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 291 51 15.4 10.6-21.9 240 84.6 78.1-89.4
Non-Hispanic 6,438 1,905 32.1 30.3-33.9 4,533 67.9 66.1-69.7
AGE
18-24 218 48 19.3 13.6-26.7 170 80.7 73.3-86.4
25-34 670 220 33.5 28.8-38.7 450 66.5 61.3-71.2
35-44 1,142 404 37.3 33.6-41.1 738 62.7 58.9-66.4
45-54 1,393 476 34.8 31.7-38.2 917 65.2 61.8-68.3
55-64 1,375 449 34.0 30.8-37.3 926 66.0 62.7-69.2
65-74 1,068 275 26.2 22.9-29.8 793 73.8 70.2-77.1
75+ 836 82 12.1 9.2-15.9 754 87.9 84.1-90.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 871 174 22.9 18.7-27.6 697 77.1 72.4-81.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,867 600 32.1 28.9-35.5 1,267 67.9 64.5-71.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,706 573 35.4 31.8-39.2 1,133 64.6 60.8-68.2
College Graduate 2,291 609 29.2 26.6-31.9 1,682 70.8 68.1-73.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 604 120 24.1 18.9-30.2 484 75.9 69.8-81.1
$15,000- 24,999 955 266 30.5 25.5-36.1 689 69.5 63.9-74.5
$25,000- 34,999 679 212 31.5 26.3-37.2 467 68.5 62.8-73.7
$35,000- 49,999 937 318 35.9 31.4-40.7 619 64.1 59.3-68.6
$50,000-74,999 1,001 365 38.3 33.8-43.0 636 61.7 57.0-66.2
$75,000+ 1,643 516 32.1 29.1-35.2 1,127 67.9 64.8-70.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,297 597 30.2 27.2-33.4 1,700 69.8 66.6-72.8
No 4,402 1,352 30.9 28.9-33.0 3,050 69.1 67.0-71.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 907 311 38.4 33.6-43.4 596 61.6 56.6-66.4
Non-Veteran 5,832 1,648 29.7 27.9-31.5 4,184 70.3 68.5-72.1

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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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