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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 745 640 87.0 83.4-89.9 105 13.0 10.1-16.6
GENDER
Male 301 263 87.4 81.7-91.5 38 12.6 8.5-18.3
Female 444 377 86.5 81.9-90.1 67 13.5 9.9-18.1
RACE
White 685 584 87.0 83.4-89.9 101 13.0 10.1-16.6
African American 33 32 97.7 84.9-99.7 1 2.3 0.3-15.1
Other Minorities 27 24 77.2 40.0-94.5 3 22.8 5.5-60.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 11 10 93.1 62.8-99.1 1 6.9 0.9-37.2
Non-Hispanic 732 629 86.9 83.3-89.9 103 13.1 10.1-16.7
AGE
18-24 22 19 83.4 58.4-94.7 3 16.6 5.3-41.6
25-34 83 70 82.0 70.0-89.8 13 18.0 10.2-30.0
35-44 131 120 94.3 89.5-97.0 11 5.7 3.0-10.5
45-54 161 144 91.0 85.1-94.7 17 9.0 5.3-14.9
55-64 166 143 86.3 78.9-91.4 23 13.7 8.6-21.1
65-74 121 101 84.0 74.9-90.2 20 16.0 9.8-25.1
75+ 57 40 78.3 65.9-87.0 17 21.7 13.0-34.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 86 83 96.0 84.4-99.1 3 4.0 0.9-15.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 245 213 85.2 77.9-90.4 32 14.8 9.6-22.1
Some Post-H.S. 217 192 91.8 87.0-94.9 25 8.2 5.1-13.0
College Graduate 197 152 80.1 71.4-86.6 45 19.9 13.4-28.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 54 51 94.9 83.4-98.6 3 5.1 1.4-16.6
$15,000- 24,999 131 118 85.2 73.2-92.4 13 14.8 7.6-26.8
$25,000- 34,999 77 72 95.8 87.5-98.6 5 4.2 1.4-12.5
$35,000- 49,999 144 124 90.1 81.2-95.0 20 9.9 5.0-18.8
$50,000-74,999 126 106 87.4 79.3-92.6 20 12.6 7.4-20.7
$75,000+ 138 110 80.1 70.1-87.3 28 19.9 12.7-29.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 235 212 90.7 85.3-94.3 23 9.3 5.7-14.7
No 508 427 85.7 81.2-89.3 81 14.3 10.7-18.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 110 94 87.6 79.1-93.0 16 12.4 7.0-20.9
Non-Veteran 635 546 86.9 82.9-90.1 89 13.1 9.9-17.1

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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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