2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Gambling

Gambling Status*

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  Total
Respond.^
No Gambling Low-Risk Gambling Problem Gambling
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,010 2,261 75.3 73.0-77.4 611 19.7 17.8-21.7 138 5.0 3.9- 6.4
Medicaid Region 5 758 561 72.9 67.6-77.7 153 21.4 17.1-26.4 44 5.7 3.5- 9.0
GENDER
Male 305 209 71.9 63.8-78.8 76 22.2 16.3-29.5 20 5.8 2.7-12.2
Female 453 352 73.8 66.5-80.0 77 20.7 14.9-27.9 24 5.5 3.1- 9.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 300 205 67.3 59.8-74.0 84 28.6 22.2-36.0 11 4.1 2.1- 7.9
Non-Hispanic Black 133 99 76.2 64.9-84.7 23 13.9 8.2-22.7 11 9.9 4.5-20.4
Other 313 246 84.9 74.0-91.8 45 9.5 4.4-19.3 22 5.5 1.9-14.8
AGE
18-44 231 174 79.3 72.0-85.2 45 17.5 12.2-24.4 12 3.2 1.2- 8.1
45-64 282 191 59.8 49.5-69.2 69 31.4 22.4-42.0 22 8.8 5.0-15.0
65+ 235 189 77.7 66.3-86.0 36 16.2 9.8-25.6 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 248 197 81.8 72.3-88.5 32 11.7 6.5-20.3 19 6.5 2.9-13.9
Some Post-H.S. 241 170 65.0 55.3-73.6 57 29.2 21.0-38.9 14 5.9 2.8-11.9
College Graduate 268 193 69.9 61.7-77.0 64 25.9 19.3-33.8 11 4.2 1.9- 9.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 281 216 75.9 65.6-83.8 44 15.4 9.5-24.1 21 8.7 4.1-17.5
$50,000+ 310 202 63.5 55.3-71.1 91 32.2 24.9-40.6 17 4.2 2.2- 8.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 167 143 85.2 75.7-91.4 18 10.8 5.8-19.2 *** *** ***

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*Those who report no gambling in the past 12 months form the first category No Gambling.
Gamblers who answer No to Q2 and Q3 and Q4 of the Gambling module are in the Low-Risk Gambling category.
The remainder are gamblers who answer Yes to Q2 or Q3 or Q4 of the Gambling module and are in the Problem Gambling category.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2023 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 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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