2012 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Gambling

Have you ever tried to cut down or control your gambling?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,553 409 17.0 15.2-19.0 2,144 83.0 81.0-84.8
GENDER
Male 1,264 186 16.0 13.6-18.8 1,078 84.0 81.2-86.4
Female 1,289 223 18.3 15.8-21.2 1,066 81.7 78.8-84.2
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 1,763 203 12.4 10.5-14.6 1,560 87.6 85.4-89.5
Non-Hispanic Black 528 160 29.8 25.1-34.9 368 70.2 65.1-74.9
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 113 21 24.2 15.7-35.3 92 75.8 64.7-84.3
AGE
18-34 403 85 22.8 18.3-28.0 318 77.2 72.0-81.7
35-44 426 77 17.6 13.8-22.2 349 82.4 77.8-86.2
45-54 530 86 16.7 13.1-21.1 444 83.3 78.9-86.9
55-64 603 106 15.3 12.3-18.8 497 84.7 81.2-87.7
65-74 422 44 8.7 5.9-12.7 378 91.3 87.3-94.1
75+ 159 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 205 41 20.5 14.5-28.3 164 79.5 71.7-85.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 717 151 21.3 17.8-25.4 566 78.7 74.6-82.2
Some Post-H.S. 817 131 16.7 13.8-20.2 686 83.3 79.8-86.2
College Graduate 809 85 10.8 8.3-13.8 724 89.2 86.2-91.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 224 58 23.3 17.0-31.1 166 76.7 68.9-83.0
$15,000- 24,999 417 99 26.0 20.9-31.9 318 74.0 68.1-79.1
$25,000- 34,999 287 59 21.6 16.3-28.0 228 78.4 72.0-83.7
$35,000- 49,999 397 75 20.0 15.2-25.8 322 80.0 74.2-84.8
$50,000-74,999 364 28 8.0 5.3-12.1 336 92.0 87.9-94.7
$75,000+ 600 54 10.5 7.7-14.1 546 89.5 85.9-92.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 627 126 19.5 15.9-23.8 501 80.5 76.2-84.1
No 1,921 282 16.3 14.3-18.6 1,639 83.7 81.4-85.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 435 51 11.3 8.2-15.5 384 88.7 84.5-91.8
Non-Veteran 2,118 358 18.0 16.0-20.3 1,760 82.0 79.7-84.0

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*Asked only of respondents who have gambled or played any games for money.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2012 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2012 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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.

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