Gambling: important statistics from the Overall health Survey for England

In 2012, 68% of men and 61% of girls had participated in gambling action in the past twelve months, according to new survey final results. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

The yearly Health Survey for England (HES) has been published, providing information on a assortment of health indicators from alcohol consumption to physical action and now, for the first time ever, it has integrated concerns on gambling behaviour.

In 2012, 68% of males and 61% of females had participated in gambling activity in the past 12 months, in accordance to the survey. If you strip out these that only participated in the Nationwide Lottery – which accounted for the majority of total gambling exercise – then 46% of males and forty% of females had gambled on some other action in the last twelve months.

The chart above exhibits how gambling activity breaks down by gender. The survey located that between the two guys and females, purchasing lottery tickets were the most popular form of gambling, followed by scratch cards.

Participation in other lotteries and betting on horse racing were the third and fourth most popular respectively for each genders. The following most prevalent gambling routines amongst males had been making use of slot machines (10%) and personal betting (9%).

With the exception of bingo (which was the fifth most well-known gambling action for women), the survey identified that “guys tended to be far more probably than women to gamble in most routines, and had a larger gambling action repertoire.”

The release also breaks down the responses by age even though the inclusion of the National Lottery, in accordance to the Health and Social Care Data Centre, does skew age patterns:

With much larger participation rates than any other gambling activity, the age profile of Nationwide Lottery players naturally dominates the all round age pattern for all gambling routines

The prevalence of gambling in the last year for the two guys and females was highest amongst those aged 25-64, but if you appear at the age breakdown excluding the National Lottery, a diverse pattern emerges.

Participation prices of gambling activity (excluding the Nationwide Lottery) for the two males and women were highest for 16-34 yr olds. The chart above demonstrates how participation rates in gambling activities, excluding the Nationwide Lottery, break down by gender and age.

The release also looks at gambling by location deprivation, measured using the Index of Several Deprivation (IMD). The HSE located that:

Amid both males and females, there was no distinction in gambling prevalence by spot deprivation, after age was accounted for. This held true across all gambling pursuits,with the exception of bingo, horse racing and on the internet betting with a bookmaker.

Nevertheless, the survey did uncover that those living in the most deprived IMD quintile had been more probably to get participate in bingo than people living in much less deprived regions.

An analysis of gambling on fixed odd betting terminals (FOBT) and claimant count earlier this 12 months on the Datablog identified:

£40bn was staked on substantial-velocity, substantial-stakes gambling machines with northern, urban cities and London boroughs with higher ranges of unemployment last yr bearing the brunt

A 2010 survey by the Gambling Commission located that difficulty gambling prevalence did differ by IMD and was lowest among the least deprived places and greater amongst a lot more deprived regions, getting highest amongst these in IMD quintile 4.

The survey also found an association in between issue gambling prevalence and employment status:

Dilemma gambling prevalence was highest amongst the unemployed (3.three%) and the ‘other’ group (four.6%) and lowest amid people who have been retired (.1%) and people looking after loved ones/property (.five%).

The HSE, a series of surveys commissioned by the Wellness and Social Care Data Centre, covers the grownup population aged sixteen and in excess of living in personal households in England. Considering that 1995, the surveys have also included kids who reside in households selected. For the 2012 survey, 9,024 addresses were randomly chosen in 564 postcode sectors and a complete of 8,291 adults and 2,043 kids were interviewed.

The inclusion of inquiries on gambling have also permitted the HSE 2012 to assess ‘at-risk’ gambling prevalence. They discovered that all round, 4.eight% of men and one.6% of females were identified as lower danger gamblers and a even more 1.seven% of men and .four% of girls have been recognized as reasonable chance gamblers. Though, taken with each other with gambling prevalence, the proportion of males and ladies recognized as at threat of harm from their gambling behaviour in the final 12 months rises to 7.1% and 2.1% respectively.

You can uncover a choice of the information from the HES 2012 in the downloadable spreadsheet.

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Gambling: important statistics from the Overall health Survey for England