Table 2.

Alcohol-related problems and heavy drinking in the past 12 months, by racial/ethnic group

Alcohol problems and current drinking, overall sample
	Whites (N=3,967)	Blacks (N=1,054)	Hispanics (N=1,610)
1+ social consequences (%)	6.4	6.9	8.2†
2+ dependence symptoms (%)	4.5	5.5	6.6b
DSM-IV alcohol dependence (%)	2.1	3.0	4.4bbb
Current drinker (%)	72.3	51.1aaa	55.6bbb
Alcohol problems and heavy drinking, current drinker sample
	Whites (N=2,810)	Blacks (N=766)	Hispanics (N=504)
1+ social consequences (%)	8.8	13.4aa	14.8bbb
2+ dependence symptoms (%)	6.2	10.8aa	11.8bbb
DSM-IV alcohol dependence (%)	2.9	5.9aa	8.0bbb
Days of 5 or more drinks, mean	15.3	17.3	20.2†
Days of drunkenness, mean	8.3	10.6	7.8
Maximum # of drinks in a day, mean	4.8	3.7aaa	5.8bb
Heavy drinking factor score, mean	−0.001	0.001	0.092b

^ap<0.05,

^aap<0.01,

^aaap<0.001 (pair-wise test between blacks and whites)

^bp<0.05,

^bbp<0.01,

^bbbp<0.001 (pair-wise test between Hispanics and whites)

^†p<0.10 (pair-wise test between Hispanics and whites)