2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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%)
North Carolina 752 102 14.1 10.8-18.2 650 85.9 81.8-89.2
Piedmont NC 370 46 15.8 11.1-22.1 324 84.2 77.9-88.9
GENDER
Male 176 25 17.8 11.1-27.3 151 82.2 72.7-88.9
Female 194 21 13.7 7.9-22.7 173 86.3 77.3-92.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 229 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 183 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 267 32 15.9 10.5-23.4 235 84.1 76.6-89.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 329 40 14.6 9.9-21.1 289 85.4 78.9-90.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 246 30 16.0 10.4-23.8 216 84.0 76.2-89.6
Unemployed 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 10 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 177 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 23 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 243 20 12.5 7.2-20.9 223 87.5 79.1-92.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 261 23 11.5 7.0-18.2 238 88.5 81.8-93.0
Rent 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 210 26 16.8 10.6-25.6 184 83.2 74.4-89.4
Regional City or Suburban County 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 141 21 17.6 11.0-26.9 120 82.4 73.1-89.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 199 20 13.1 7.2-22.7 179 86.9 77.3-92.8
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 141 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 126 19 17.3 10.2-27.7 107 82.7 72.3-89.8
3rd Quartile 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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

2Based on 2023 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. 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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