TABLE 2.
Conditional prevalences of alcohol screening, brief intervention, referral to treatment, and AUD treatment.
| Sample included in weighted prevalence | Screeneda |
Brief interventionb |
Referral to treatmentc |
AUD treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entire sample |
Screened persons who engaged in binge drinking or had AUD |
Screened persons with AUD |
Screened and referred persons with AUD |
|
|
n = 119,664 |
n = 43,896 |
n = 13,742 |
n = 983 |
|
| Weighted % (95% CI) | Weighted % (95% CI) | Weighted % (95% CI) | Weighted % (95% CI) | |
| Overall | 82.7 (82.3, 83.0) | 7.8 (7.4, 8.1) | 7.1 (6.4, 7.8) | 23.0 (18.6, 27.4) |
| Alcohol use pattern | ||||
| No binge drinking or AUD | 81.2 (80.8, 81.6) | - | - | - |
| Binge drinking without AUD | 84.0 (83.5, 84.5) | 4.2 (3.9, 4.6) | - | - |
| AUD | 87.9 (87.2, 88.6) | 16.3 (15.4, 17.1) | 7.1 (6.4, 7.8) | 23.0 (18.6, 27.4) |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 80.9 (80.3, 81.5) | 10.8 (10.1, 11.5) | 8.8 (7.8, 9.9) | 20.9 (15.3, 26.6) |
| Female | 84.2 (83.8, 84.6) | 4.6 (4.1, 5.0) | 4.9 (4.2, 5.5) | 27.5 (21.1, 34.0) |
| Age | ||||
| 18–25 | 81.1 (80.6, 81.6) | 5.1 (4.7, 5.5) | 6.5 (5.6, 7.4) | 14.2 (9.8, 18.6) |
| 26–34 | 86.3 (85.6, 86.9) | 6.6 (5.9, 7.2) | 7.8 (6.6, 9.0) | 22.9 (15.7, 30.1) |
| 35–49 | 86.3 (85.8, 86.7) | 7.6 (7.0, 8.2) | 6.7 (5.5, 7.9) | 26.3 (18.9, 33.7) |
| 50+ | 79.8 (79.1, 80.4) | 10.1 (9.1, 11.1) | 7.3 (5.3, 9.2) | 26.5 (14.2, 38.8) |
| Race and ethnicity | ||||
| White | 83.7 (83.3, 84.1) | 7.8 (7.4, 8.3) | 7.0 (6.2, 7.8) | 23.9 (19.5, 28.4) |
| Black | 80.6 (79.7, 81.5) | 7.3 (6.3, 8.2) | 7.5 (5.7, 9.3) | 17.7 (7.8, 27.6) |
| Asian | 76.5 (74.4, 78.5) | 6.6 (4.7, 8.5) | 3.7 (1.1, 6.3) | d |
| Hispanic | 80.4 (79.4, 81.5) | 7.7 (6.6, 8.8) | 7.5 (5.4, 9.6) | 25.5 (7.6, 43.3) |
| Othere | 84.1 (82.3, 85.8) | 8.5 (6.2, 10.8) | 8.5 (5.6, 11.5) | 22.4 (7.3, 37.6) |
| Sexual orientationf | ||||
| Heterosexual | 82.5 (82.2, 82.9) | 7.6 (7.2, 8.0) | 6.7 (6.0, 7.4) | 22.8 (17.9, 27.6) |
| Gay/lesbian | 85.7 (83.8, 87.5) | 10.5 (8.5, 12.6) | 7.0 (4.3, 9.7) | d |
| Bisexual | 85.5 (84.2, 86.8) | 8.5 (6.9, 10.2) | 10.2 (7.4, 13.0) | 20.8 (10.4, 31.2) |
| Insurance | ||||
| Yes | 83.1 (82.8, 83.4) | 7.8 (7.3, 8.2) | 7.0 (6.2, 7.7) | 23.4 (18.6, 28.2) |
| No | 76.0 (74.7, 77.4) | 7.7 (6.3, 9.1) | 8.2 (6.4, 9.9) | 18.4 (10.4, 26.4) |
| History of military involvementg | ||||
| Yes | 82.8 (81.6, 84.0) | 13.8 (11.8, 15.8) | 12.9 (9.5, 16.3) | 23.2 (18.9, 27.5) |
| No | 82.7 (82.3, 83.0) | 7.2 (6.8, 7.6) | 6.5 (5.8, 7.4) | 21.6 (11.9, 31.3) |
Note: The sample was comprised of adult respondents from the 2015–2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health who used an outpatient clinic and had at least one alcoholic drink in the past year.
Abbreviations: AUD, alcohol use disorder; CI, confidence interval.
There were n = 1140 missing responses for screening variable.
There were n = 449 missing responses for brief intervention variable.
There were n = 120 missing responses for referral to treatment variable.
Estimate not shown due to low statistical power.
Other race/ethnicity group was composed of persons who indicated they identified as Native American or Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, or more than one race.
There were n = 1001 missing responses for sexual orientation.
History of military involvement denoted Veteran status or reserve duty.