2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Gambling

In the past 12 months, have you gambled or played any games for money?

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  Total
Respond.^
Daily Weekly Monthly Yearly* Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,010 70 2.4 1.7- 3.3 167 5.1 4.2- 6.3 189 6.6 5.4- 8.0 323 10.6 9.1-12.3 2,261 75.3 73.1-77.4
GENDER
Male 1,251 35 3.2 2.0- 4.9 100 7.2 5.5- 9.4 92 8.2 6.3-10.8 143 10.5 8.4-13.1 881 70.8 67.2-74.2
Female 1,759 35 1.7 1.1- 2.7 67 3.4 2.5- 4.6 97 5.2 4.0- 6.8 180 10.6 8.6-13.0 1,380 79.1 76.3-81.6
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,755 65 2.3 1.7- 3.2 149 5.0 4.0- 6.2 182 7.1 5.8- 8.6 306 11.0 9.5-12.9 2,053 74.5 72.2-76.8
No 219 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 178 82.0 73.7-88.0
Body Mass Index
Underweight 54 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 705 *** *** *** 28 3.6 2.2- 5.6 46 8.5 5.9-12.3 67 7.0 5.2- 9.2 550 79.3 75.1-83.0
Overweight 995 27 3.2 1.9- 5.3 66 5.3 3.9- 7.4 65 6.1 4.4- 8.4 111 12.3 9.3-16.0 726 73.1 68.8-77.0
Obese 1,063 26 2.6 1.5- 4.4 64 6.3 4.4- 8.9 72 6.8 4.9- 9.3 130 12.2 9.7-15.2 771 72.1 68.1-75.8
Current Smoker
Yes 369 *** *** *** 32 9.4 5.7-15.2 31 8.3 5.2-13.1 42 13.9 8.5-21.9 254 65.8 57.6-73.1
No 2,619 59 2.3 1.7- 3.3 135 4.5 3.6- 5.6 156 6.3 5.1- 7.9 280 10.1 8.7-11.7 1,989 76.8 74.5-78.9
History of CVD**
Yes 359 *** *** *** 20 5.2 3.0- 9.1 28 9.3 5.4-15.3 43 12.0 7.5-18.8 258 71.3 63.6-77.9
No 2,631 60 2.4 1.7- 3.4 147 5.1 4.1- 6.4 160 6.3 5.1- 7.7 279 10.4 8.9-12.2 1,985 75.7 73.4-77.9
Binge Drinker
Yes 313 *** *** *** 18 6.0 3.3-10.5 35 12.7 8.6-18.3 57 16.2 11.9-21.5 188 61.8 54.6-68.5
No 2,636 53 2.0 1.4- 2.9 138 4.8 3.8- 6.0 148 5.6 4.5- 7.1 253 9.7 8.1-11.5 2,044 77.8 75.5-80.0
Heavy Drinker
Yes 133 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 24 15.5 9.6-24.0 *** *** ***
No 2,818 59 2.0 1.4- 2.8 147 4.8 3.9- 6.0 173 6.2 5.1- 7.7 286 10.2 8.6-11.9 2,153 76.7 74.5-78.9
COPD
Yes 258 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 192 70.2 59.8-78.8
No 2,744 65 2.3 1.6- 3.2 149 5.0 4.0- 6.2 173 6.5 5.3- 7.9 294 10.5 9.1-12.2 2,063 75.7 73.4-77.8
Current Asthma
Yes 335 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 40 11.4 7.3-17.3 257 74.8 67.3-81.1
No 2,664 62 2.2 1.6- 3.1 149 5.2 4.2- 6.4 174 6.7 5.5- 8.2 281 10.5 8.9-12.3 1,998 75.4 73.0-77.6
Diabetes
Yes 447 *** *** *** 28 5.0 3.2- 7.7 *** *** *** 46 12.7 8.2-19.1 343 75.9 68.9-81.7
No 2,561 57 2.3 1.6- 3.3 139 5.2 4.1- 6.5 171 7.0 5.8- 8.5 277 10.3 8.7-12.0 1,917 75.2 72.8-77.5
Functional Disability
Yes 1,030 20 1.7 1.0- 3.0 57 5.7 3.8- 8.2 62 5.7 3.9- 8.3 101 9.1 6.8-12.0 790 77.8 73.8-81.3
No 1,956 50 2.7 1.9- 4.0 106 4.6 3.6- 5.9 124 7.0 5.6- 8.8 220 11.3 9.5-13.5 1,456 74.3 71.5-76.9
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 902 *** *** *** 46 4.8 3.2- 7.0 53 6.4 4.3- 9.4 96 11.3 8.1-15.5 687 75.2 70.5-79.4
No 2,107 50 2.4 1.6- 3.5 121 5.3 4.1- 6.7 136 6.7 5.4- 8.4 227 10.3 8.8-12.2 1,573 75.3 72.7-77.7

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*Yearly equals less than once per month.

**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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