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
Have Health Insurance
Yes 706 94 14.2 10.8-18.5 612 85.8 81.5-89.2
No 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 10 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 154 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Overweight 270 34 10.6 6.8-16.1 236 89.4 83.9-93.2
Obese 294 43 18.5 12.2-27.1 251 81.5 72.9-87.8
Current Smoker
Yes 116 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 632 76 11.4 8.4-15.4 556 88.6 84.6-91.6
History of CVD**
Yes 101 23 15.8 9.2-25.9 78 84.2 74.1-90.8
No 649 79 13.8 10.2-18.4 570 86.2 81.6-89.8
Binge Drinker
Yes 126 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 594 82 14.6 10.7-19.4 512 85.4 80.6-89.3
Heavy Drinker
Yes 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 668 90 14.3 10.7-18.8 578 85.7 81.2-89.3
COPD
Yes 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 684 85 13.4 9.9-17.7 599 86.6 82.3-90.1
Current Asthma
Yes 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 668 87 13.3 10.0-17.6 581 86.7 82.4-90.0
Diabetes
Yes 104 20 12.7 7.0-21.8 84 87.3 78.2-93.0
No 647 82 14.3 10.7-18.9 565 85.7 81.1-89.3
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
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 215 38 15.2 9.6-23.2 177 84.8 76.8-90.4
No 537 64 13.7 9.8-18.7 473 86.3 81.3-90.2

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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 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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