2023 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 752 102 14.1 10.8-18.2 650 85.9 81.8-89.2
GENDER
Male 369 50 14.5 10.0-20.6 319 85.5 79.4-90.0
Female 383 52 13.5 9.2-19.5 331 86.5 80.5-90.8
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 458 32 7.6 4.8-11.9 426 92.4 88.1-95.2
Non-Hispanic Black 145 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 107 14 11.3 5.9-20.5 93 88.7 79.5-94.1
35-44 112 15 14.6 7.3-27.1 97 85.4 72.9-92.7
45-54 156 22 18.1 10.4-29.7 134 81.9 70.3-89.6
55-64 174 28 12.3 7.1-20.5 146 87.7 79.5-92.9
65-74 122 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 72 *** *** *** 66 94.8 87.3-97.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 142 31 17.6 10.9-27.2 111 82.4 72.8-89.1
Some Post-H.S. 239 34 14.7 9.3-22.5 205 85.3 77.5-90.7
College Graduate 324 24 6.4 3.6-11.2 300 93.6 88.8-96.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 241 40 15.6 9.7-24.3 201 84.4 75.7-90.3
No 502 61 13.5 9.7-18.6 441 86.5 81.4-90.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 646 88 13.4 10.1-17.7 558 86.6 82.3-89.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 467 61 14.1 10.1-19.5 406 85.9 80.5-89.9
Unemployed 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 188 24 13.6 6.8-25.3 164 86.4 74.7-93.2
Unable to Work 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 18 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000-74,999 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000-100,000 106 *** *** *** 98 91.3 79.7-96.6
$100,000-150,000 113 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$150,000+ 107 *** *** *** 103 94.3 82.9-98.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 10 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 472 42 10.0 6.4-15.3 430 90.0 84.7-93.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 558 65 11.2 8.0-15.6 493 88.8 84.4-92.0
Rent 144 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 237 27 15.2 9.8-22.9 210 84.8 77.1-90.2
Regional City or Suburban County 170 19 11.1 5.8-20.3 151 88.9 79.7-94.2
Rural 345 56 15.3 10.2-22.3 289 84.7 77.7-89.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 240 47 17.9 10.9-28.0 193 82.1 72.0-89.1
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 214 28 15.1 9.9-22.5 186 84.9 77.5-90.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 298 27 11.3 6.8-18.1 271 88.7 81.9-93.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 245 20 11.3 6.4-19.2 225 88.7 80.8-93.6
2nd Quartile 182 28 16.5 10.5-25.0 154 83.5 75.0-89.5
3rd Quartile 189 24 13.6 7.7-22.8 165 86.4 77.2-92.3
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 136 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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

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.

1Based on 2023 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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