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<p>The Government has not made any estimates of the number of people at risk of developing
a gambling addiction. The most recent figures from the Health Survey for England published
in April 2018, estimated that 3.6% of people in England were at low or moderate risk
of developing problems with their gambling.</p><p> </p><p>The Gambling Commission
support a survey of young people each year, which found in 2017 that 0.9% of 11-16
year olds are defined as problem gamblers and 1.3% are ‘at risk’ gamblers. The survey
is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://live-gamblecom.cloud.contensis.com/PDF/survey-data/Young-People-and-Gambling-2017-Report.pdf"
target="_blank">live-gamblecom.cloud.contensis.com/PDF/survey-data/Young-People-and-Gambling-2017-Report.pdf</a></p><p>
</p><p>It is not the role of the Department to recognise gambling disorder and addiction
as a distinct mental health condition. The International Classification of Disease
(ICD) is a system created by the World Health Organization (WHO) for documenting diagnoses,
diseases, signs and symptoms and social circumstances. The ICD was revised in 2018
(ICD-11) and now recognises gambling disorder as a mental health condition due to
addictive behaviours. The revised document will be formally published in 2019 and
as a WHO member, the Government will adopt this updated classification standard for
collecting and reporting information related to health conditions by 2022.</p><p>
</p><p>Further information is available on the WHO website at the following link:</p><p>
</p><p><a href="https://icd.who.int/" target="_blank">icd.who.int/</a></p>
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