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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 2,162 1,959 89.7 87.4-91.6 203 10.3 8.4-12.6
GENDER
Male 930 836 89.3 86.0-92.0 94 10.7 8.0-14.0
Female 1,232 1,123 90.1 87.0-92.6 109 9.9 7.4-13.0
RACE
White 1,756 1,578 88.5 85.8-90.7 178 11.5 9.3-14.2
African American 314 299 95.7 92.0-97.8 15 4.3 2.2- 8.0
Other Minorities 84 75 86.0 71.4-93.8 9 14.0 6.2-28.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 59 51 80.1 60.0-91.5 8 19.9 8.5-40.0
Non-Hispanic 2,100 1,905 90.2 88.0-92.0 195 9.8 8.0-12.0
AGE
18-24 61 48 75.8 58.9-87.3 13 24.2 12.7-41.1
25-34 244 220 90.5 84.5-94.4 24 9.5 5.6-15.5
35-44 442 404 91.9 88.2-94.5 38 8.1 5.5-11.8
45-54 520 476 91.6 88.2-94.1 44 8.4 5.9-11.8
55-64 491 449 90.8 86.9-93.7 42 9.2 6.3-13.1
65-74 304 275 90.0 85.1-93.4 29 10.0 6.6-14.9
75+ 94 82 87.3 77.2-93.3 12 12.7 6.7-22.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 183 174 90.5 77.2-96.4 9 9.5 3.6-22.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 642 600 90.8 85.3-94.4 42 9.2 5.6-14.7
Some Post-H.S. 631 573 90.7 87.0-93.4 58 9.3 6.6-13.0
College Graduate 703 609 87.7 84.1-90.5 94 12.3 9.5-15.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 128 120 92.3 73.6-98.1 8 7.7 1.9-26.4
$15,000- 24,999 282 266 89.6 79.9-94.9 16 10.4 5.1-20.1
$25,000- 34,999 225 212 95.6 92.0-97.7 13 4.4 2.3- 8.0
$35,000- 49,999 352 318 90.7 86.1-93.9 34 9.3 6.1-13.9
$50,000-74,999 399 365 90.1 84.2-94.0 34 9.9 6.0-15.8
$75,000+ 593 516 87.5 83.8-90.4 77 12.5 9.6-16.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 657 597 89.3 84.2-92.8 60 10.7 7.2-15.8
No 1,494 1,352 89.9 87.3-92.0 142 10.1 8.0-12.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 338 311 93.3 89.5-95.8 27 6.7 4.2-10.5
Non-Veteran 1,824 1,648 89.1 86.5-91.2 176 10.9 8.8-13.5

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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.

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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