2020 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 1,053 190 19.1 16.1-22.5 863 80.9 77.5-83.9
GENDER
Male 587 107 19.2 15.2-24.0 480 80.8 76.0-84.8
Female 466 83 18.9 14.7-24.0 383 81.1 76.0-85.3
Have Health Insurance
Yes 929 146 16.1 13.3-19.4 783 83.9 80.6-86.7
No 123 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 13 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 225 45 19.8 14.1-27.2 180 80.2 72.8-85.9
Overweight 368 52 14.0 10.2-19.0 316 86.0 81.0-89.8
Obese 380 82 24.0 18.4-30.6 298 76.0 69.4-81.6
Current Smoker
Yes 227 55 24.4 17.5-32.9 172 75.6 67.1-82.5
No 823 134 17.4 14.2-21.1 689 82.6 78.9-85.8
History of CVD**
Yes 108 20 17.2 10.2-27.6 88 82.8 72.4-89.8
No 938 169 19.3 16.1-23.0 769 80.7 77.0-83.9
Binge Drinker
Yes 190 36 16.8 11.6-23.6 154 83.2 76.4-88.4
No 824 144 19.6 16.1-23.7 680 80.4 76.3-83.9
Heavy Drinker
Yes 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 935 165 19.4 16.2-23.2 770 80.6 76.8-83.8
COPD
Yes 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 970 166 18.4 15.3-22.0 804 81.6 78.0-84.7
Current Asthma
Yes 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 973 176 19.0 16.0-22.6 797 81.0 77.4-84.0
Diabetes
Yes 144 31 19.2 12.7-27.8 113 80.8 72.2-87.3
No 906 158 19.1 15.8-22.8 748 80.9 77.2-84.2
Functional Disability
Yes 294 63 23.6 17.2-31.5 231 76.4 68.5-82.8
No 754 127 17.6 14.4-21.4 627 82.4 78.6-85.6
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 312 58 17.6 13.0-23.4 254 82.4 76.6-87.0
No 741 132 19.6 16.0-23.8 609 80.4 76.2-84.0

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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 2020 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2020 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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