2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Gambling

Have there ever been periods for 2 weeks or more when you spent a lot of time thinking about
gambling or planning future gambling?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 753 43 7.4 5.0-11.0 710 92.6 89.0-95.0
GENDER
Male 371 27 9.9 6.0-15.9 344 90.1 84.1-94.0
Female 382 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Have Health Insurance
Yes 707 41 7.7 5.2-11.5 666 92.3 88.5-94.8
No 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 10 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 155 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Overweight 272 16 7.6 4.2-13.3 256 92.4 86.7-95.8
Obese 292 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Current Smoker
Yes 117 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 632 33 5.9 3.8- 9.0 599 94.1 91.0-96.2
History of CVD**
Yes 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 650 32 6.4 4.0-10.1 618 93.6 89.9-96.0
Binge Drinker
Yes 125 15 16.6 9.4-27.5 110 83.4 72.5-90.6
No 596 26 5.3 3.0- 9.4 570 94.7 90.6-97.0
Heavy Drinker
Yes 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 669 37 7.6 4.9-11.6 632 92.4 88.4-95.1
COPD
Yes 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 685 35 6.6 4.2-10.2 650 93.4 89.8-95.8
Current Asthma
Yes 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 671 40 8.0 5.3-11.9 631 92.0 88.1-94.7
Diabetes
Yes 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 648 39 7.7 5.0-11.7 609 92.3 88.3-95.0
Functional Disability
Yes 240 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 504 24 5.2 3.1- 8.4 480 94.8 91.6-96.9
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 216 17 12.8 7.2-21.8 199 87.2 78.2-92.8
No 537 26 5.5 3.1- 9.4 511 94.5 90.6-96.9

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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 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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