Table 1.
Prevalence (%) of demographic characteristics, and drinking and other substance use measures by DSM-IV AUD diagnostic status in 1989 and 1994a
| AUD diagnostic status in 1989 |
AUD diagnostic status in 1994 |
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| Demographic characteristics, drinking and other substance use measuresb | Total (N = 8,534) | No AUD sympt. (n = 6,268) | Orphan 1 (n = 916) | Orphan 2 (n = 250) | Alcohol abuse (n = 758) | Alcohol depend. (n = 342) | Totalc (N = 8,534) | No AUD sympt. (n = 6,427) | Orphan 1 (n = 822) | Orphan 2 (n = 246) | Alcohol abuse (n = 688) | Alcohol depend. (n = 351) |
| Gender | ||||||||||||
| Male | 50.3 | 44.0 | 57.8 | 65.5 | 71.6 | 73.1 | 45.6 | 57.1 | 57.1 | 69.9 | 75.0 | |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 6.5 | 6.8 | 5.2 | 7.0 | 4.6 | 8.2 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 7.4 | |
| Black | 14.2 | 15.9 | 11.0 | 15.7 | 6.7 | 12.2 | 14.8 | 11.0 | 21.1 | 9.3 | 17.7 | |
| White/other | 79.4 | 77.3 | 83.8 | 77.3 | 88.7 | 79.6 | 78.7 | 82.6 | 72.6 | 85.0 | 74.9 | |
| Age, in years | 27.9 | 28.0 | 27.8 | 27.6 | 27.6 | 27.6 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 32.8 | 32.9 | 32.7 | 32.5 |
| Marital status | ||||||||||||
| Never married | 32.5 | 27.9 | 42.2 | 48.2 | 42.5 | 48.6 | 21.1 | 18.7 | 21.9 | 27.9 | 29.2 | 41.8 |
| Married | 54.4 | 59.9 | 42.6 | 39.7 | 42.0 | 32.1 | 60.9 | 65.3 | 57.9 | 45.8 | 47.3 | 26.2 |
| Previously married | 13.1 | 12.1 | 15.2 | 12.0 | 15.5 | 19.3 | 18.0 | 16.0 | 20.2 | 26.3 | 23.5 | 32.0 |
| Education | ||||||||||||
| <11 years | 12.3 | 12.1 | 11.2 | 17.3 | 10.6 | 21.5 | 10.7 | 9.3 | 11.6 | 20.1 | 12.5 | 25.7 |
| 12 years | 44.0 | 43.5 | 43.4 | 50.5 | 42.9 | 52.6 | 42.6 | 42.2 | 40.1 | 47.5 | 44.7 | 48.5 |
| >12 years | 43.7 | 44.4 | 45.4 | 32.2 | 46.5 | 25.9 | 46.7 | 48.5 | 48.3 | 32.4 | 42.8 | 25.8 |
| Heavy episodic drinking (1989) | 33.1 | 15.8 | 62.9 | 80.2 | 80.8 | 94.9 | 23.7 | 51.1 | 58.3 | 66.1 | 73.6 | |
| Early-onset alcohol use (1982) | 20.2 | 16.9 | 23.3 | 27.2 | 28.9 | 42.1 | 17.1 | 24.4 | 24.0 | 34.4 | 33.6 | |
| Marijuana use (1980) | 46.1 | 40.8 | 54.1 | 60.6 | 60.7 | 69.2 | 41.5 | 57.4 | 54.1 | 62.7 | 62.2 | |
| Other illicit drug use (1980) | 20.1 | 16.4 | 23.4 | 27.5 | 32.5 | 39.1 | 16.4 | 27.9 | 22.4 | 34.6 | 36.3 | |
| Antisocial behaviors >4 (1980) | 19.2 | 14.9 | 22.4 | 35.4 | 32.4 | 38.9 | 15.5 | 23.2 | 22.9 | 33.6 | 44.8 | |
Notes: DSM-IV = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition; AUD = alcohol use disorder; sympt. = symptoms; depend. = dependence.
a
Data are weighted to 1994;
b
age, marital status, and education were measured in 1989 and 1994, respectively. Drinking and substance use were measured in years as indicated in parentheses;
c
only presenting distributions that changed between 1989 and 1994.