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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Addict. 2010 Nov 17;20(1):69–77. doi: 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2010.00098.x

Table 2.

Prevalence of psychiatric diagnoses by gambling problem severity among black and white respondents.

Psychiatric Diagnoses White respondents
 Black respondents
NG LRG PPG NG LRG PPG
N % N % N % P N % N % N % P
Any Axis I disorder 6855 40.2 3888 56.7 95 82.9 <.0001 1601 28.6 950 46.1 57 78.1 <.0001
Any mood disorder 1699 9.5 722 9.8 30 24.3 .005 452 7.9 206 10.6 26 34.6 .0003
Major depression 1384 7.7 539 7.2 23 15.9 .035 343 5.9 136 7.1 13 19.4 .038
Dysthymia 341 1.9 155 1.9 5 5.1 .4 100 1.7 36 1.8 7 11.2 .156
Mania 280 1.6 140 1.9 6 7.3 .064 74 1.0 47 2.8 13 17.8 .001
Hypomania 176 1.1 92 1.4 2 2.8 .139 56 1.1 45 2.4 1 0.6 .02
Any anxiety disorder 1980 11.3 958 13.5 35 30.6 <.0001 570 9.6 265 12.9 19 30.6 .002
Panic disorder w/ or w/o agoraphobia 405 2.3 184 2.5 9 9.2 .137 85 1.3 43 2.1 1 2.4 .205
Social phobia 515 3.0 246 3.3 13 7.7 .116 103 1.7 54 2.9 3 6.4 .09
Simple phobia 1220 7.1 639 9.1 24 21.1 <.0001 396 6.8 189 8.7 13 20.5 .023
Generalized anxiety disorder 400 2.1 172 2.4 9 8.9 .084 99 1.8 33 1.9 6 9.4 .269
Any substance use disorder 6334 37.4 3854 56.7 92 80.6 <.0001 1253 22.6 883 43.3 47 56.4 <.0001
Alcohol abuse/dependence 1225 7.3 843 12.7 37 34.6 <.0001 244 5.0 188 10.6 18 22.5 <.0001
Drug abuse/dependence 285 1.7 177 2.8 8 6.0 .0002 72 1.7 62 3.9 6 8.2 .004
Nicotine dependence 2051 12.3 1294 19.5 56 52.2 <.0001 481 8.6 294 14.5 23 25.4 .0001
Any Axis II disorder 2320 13.6 1286 18.5 58 51.1 <.0001 801 14.8 417 21.3 41 57.7 <.0001
Any Cluster A 934 5.2 479 6.6 27 24.9 <.0001 490 8.9 239 12.1 26 36.3 .0003
Paranoid 633 3.6 317 4.4 25 23.2 .0004 366 6.6 190 9.9 25 35.7 .0001
Schizoid 466 2.6 245 3.5 12 14.8 .001 237 4.5 116 5.6 15 24.1 .015
Any Cluster B 699 4.3 473 6.9 33 25.8 <.0001 211 4.3 159 8.7 21 31.6 <.0001
Histrionic 286 1.7 144 2.0 17 14.0 .0048 112 2.2 69 3.6 10 10.8 .015
Antisocial 477 3.0 367 5.5 24 20.6 <.0001 123 2.7 101 5.6 13 22.9 .0003
Any Cluster C 1575 9.2 802 11.8 34 27.9 <.0001 466 8.3 218 11.4 26 35.2 .0004
Avoidant 466 2.6 152 2.2 11 8.7 .011 103 1.8 42 2.3 6 8.4 .118
Dependent 86 0.6 34 0.5 3 2.4 .33 20 0.3 7 0.3 4 3.7 .206
Obsessive-Compulsive 1288 7.7 710 10.4 32 25.6 <.0001 404 7.3 196 9.9 25 32.8 .0008

Note: NG = no gambling or low-frequency gambling group; LRG = low-risk or at-risk gambling group; PPG = problem or pathological gambling group.