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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 2,747 640 26.4 24.1-28.7 2,107 73.6 71.3-75.9
GENDER
Male 1,015 263 28.9 25.3-32.8 752 71.1 67.2-74.7
Female 1,732 377 24.0 21.4-26.8 1,355 76.0 73.2-78.6
RACE
White 2,546 584 27.0 24.7-29.5 1,962 73.0 70.5-75.3
African American 85 32 29.7 19.0-43.2 53 70.3 56.8-81.0
Other Minorities 109 24 14.3 8.1-23.9 85 85.7 76.1-91.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 65 10 9.0 4.2-17.9 55 91.0 82.1-95.8
Non-Hispanic 2,676 629 27.1 24.8-29.5 2,047 72.9 70.5-75.2
AGE
18-24 73 19 21.3 12.6-33.5 54 78.7 66.5-87.4
25-34 225 70 30.8 24.2-38.4 155 69.2 61.6-75.8
35-44 356 120 34.0 28.6-40.0 236 66.0 60.0-71.4
45-54 502 144 31.2 26.2-36.6 358 68.8 63.4-73.8
55-64 618 143 23.9 20.2-28.0 475 76.1 72.0-79.8
65-74 543 101 18.1 14.8-22.1 442 81.9 77.9-85.2
75+ 419 40 13.3 9.6-18.3 379 86.7 81.7-90.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 429 83 22.8 18.0-28.5 346 77.2 71.5-82.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 848 213 26.6 22.7-30.9 635 73.4 69.1-77.3
Some Post-H.S. 719 192 30.8 26.2-35.8 527 69.2 64.2-73.8
College Graduate 746 152 23.9 19.9-28.5 594 76.1 71.5-80.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 330 51 15.7 11.5-21.1 279 84.3 78.9-88.5
$15,000- 24,999 537 118 21.3 17.0-26.3 419 78.7 73.7-83.0
$25,000- 34,999 303 72 22.6 17.0-29.4 231 77.4 70.6-83.0
$35,000- 49,999 430 124 35.5 29.6-42.0 306 64.5 58.0-70.4
$50,000-74,999 381 106 34.4 28.3-41.2 275 65.6 58.8-71.7
$75,000+ 420 110 30.1 24.6-36.1 310 69.9 63.9-75.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,087 212 22.0 18.8-25.6 875 78.0 74.4-81.2
No 1,637 427 28.7 25.8-31.8 1,210 71.3 68.2-74.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 422 94 28.5 23.0-34.7 328 71.5 65.3-77.0
Non-Veteran 2,325 546 26.0 23.6-28.6 1,779 74.0 71.4-76.4

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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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