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Table 1 Probable Gambling Disorder prevalence rates (according to sex, migration background, and age)

From: Risk factors, physical and mental health burden of male and female pathological gamblers in the German general population aged 40–80

  

Men

Women

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

Overall sample

2.1 [1.8; 2.3]

3.0 [2.6; 3.4]

1.2 [0.9; 1.5]

1st Gen. Migrants

5.5 [4.3; 7.1]

7.8 [5.8; 10.5]

3.4 [2.2; 5.4]

2nd Gen. Migrants

2.2 [1.6; 3.1]

2.4 [1.5; 3.8]

2.0 [1.2; 3.3]

Non-Migrants

1.6 [1.4; 1.9]

2.5 [2.1; 3.0]

0.7 [0.5; 1.1]

40–49 years

3.1 [2.5; 3.8]

4.5 [3.6; 5.7]

1.6 [1.1; 2.4]

50–59 years

2.1 [1.7; 2.6]

2.9 [2.2; 3.9]

1.2 [0.8; 1.9]

60–69 years

1.3 [0.9; 1.8]

1.9 [1.2; 2.8]

0.8 [0.4; 1.5]

70–79 years

1.4 [1.0; 2.0]

1.9 [1.2; 3.0]

1.0 [0.6; 1.8]

  1. Presented are percentages and 95% confidence intervals