2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Gambling

How much money do you usually wager on a day when you play for money?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 1-5 dollars 6-10 dollars 11-20 dollars 21-50 dollars More than 50 dollars
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 892 496 55.1 50.9-59.1 166 18.4 15.6-21.7 111 13.4 10.7-16.6 64 7.6 5.7-10.1 55 5.5 4.0- 7.5
GENDER
Male 473 240 49.9 44.2-55.6 88 17.9 14.2-22.4 64 15.1 11.2-19.9 39 9.0 6.2-12.8 42 8.1 5.7-11.4
Female 419 256 61.5 55.5-67.1 78 19.0 14.8-24.1 47 11.3 8.0-15.6 25 5.9 3.7- 9.4 *** *** ***
Have Health Insurance
Yes 799 442 54.2 49.8-58.5 149 18.6 15.6-22.1 100 13.8 10.9-17.2 59 8.1 6.0-10.9 49 5.3 3.8- 7.4
No 91 *** *** *** 17 17.1 9.6-28.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 216 123 54.5 46.2-62.6 39 19.2 13.5-26.6 26 15.6 9.9-23.6 *** *** *** 18 5.7 3.4- 9.5
Overweight 290 156 56.1 48.9-63.0 49 15.1 10.9-20.6 40 12.7 8.8-17.9 23 8.5 5.2-13.8 22 7.6 4.8-11.8
Obese 340 193 54.6 47.8-61.2 65 20.4 15.6-26.1 39 11.8 8.2-16.7 28 8.6 5.5-13.1 *** *** ***
Current Smoker
Yes 199 105 53.0 44.4-61.4 37 19.0 13.3-26.3 21 10.8 6.6-17.2 22 11.6 7.1-18.2 *** *** ***
No 686 388 56.1 51.3-60.7 127 18.0 14.8-21.7 88 13.7 10.7-17.5 42 6.6 4.6- 9.5 41 5.6 3.9- 7.9
History of CVD**
Yes 103 *** *** *** 21 19.0 11.7-29.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 784 433 54.7 50.3-59.1 143 18.2 15.1-21.7 102 13.9 11.0-17.4 57 7.8 5.7-10.5 49 5.4 3.9- 7.4
Binge Drinker
Yes 157 72 51.3 41.8-60.8 29 16.3 10.7-24.1 26 17.4 10.9-26.6 15 7.3 4.1-12.7 15 7.7 4.4-13.1
No 705 409 56.2 51.5-60.7 132 19.3 16.0-23.2 81 12.0 9.3-15.5 47 7.5 5.3-10.5 36 4.9 3.3- 7.3
Heavy Drinker
Yes 68 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 790 446 55.3 50.9-59.6 144 18.6 15.5-22.2 96 12.9 10.1-16.3 54 7.3 5.3-10.0 50 5.9 4.3- 8.2
COPD
Yes 92 *** *** *** 18 21.4 13.2-32.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 798 443 54.9 50.5-59.2 148 18.2 15.2-21.7 99 13.5 10.7-16.9 55 7.4 5.4-10.1 53 6.0 4.4- 8.2
Current Asthma
Yes 82 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 808 448 55.1 50.8-59.4 147 17.6 14.7-21.0 103 13.9 11.0-17.3 57 7.5 5.5-10.2 53 5.9 4.3- 8.0
Diabetes
Yes 121 *** *** *** 22 18.8 11.7-28.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 771 421 54.4 49.9-58.7 144 18.4 15.3-21.9 101 14.0 11.1-17.5 55 7.8 5.7-10.5 50 5.5 4.0- 7.5
Functional Disability
Yes 268 161 60.0 52.2-67.4 49 17.4 12.7-23.5 33 12.5 8.2-18.5 18 6.8 4.0-11.2 *** *** ***
No 621 334 53.3 48.5-58.1 116 18.7 15.3-22.7 78 13.8 10.6-17.7 45 7.8 5.4-11.0 48 6.4 4.7- 8.8
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 306 175 58.5 51.2-65.5 57 18.1 13.4-24.0 41 13.4 9.3-19.0 23 6.8 4.2-10.8 *** *** ***
No 586 321 53.7 48.7-58.6 109 18.6 15.1-22.6 70 13.3 10.1-17.4 41 7.9 5.5-11.2 45 6.5 4.7- 8.9

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*Asked of respondents who reported they gambled or played any games for money.

**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 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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