Table 1.
Prevalence and means for initiation of alcohol use, onset of dependence, and time of progression from drinking onset to dependence among persons < 45 years old in NESARC, wave 1, 2001-2002
| Use
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Dependence among Total Sample
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Dependence among Drinkers
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| Weighted | Age Onset | Weighted | Age Onset | Weighted | Years to Onset | ||||
| TOTAL n | Drinkers n | Prevalence (SE) | Mean (95% CI) | Dependent n | Prevalence (SE) | Mean (95% CI) | Prevalence (SE) | Mean (95% CI) | |
| Total | 21,106 | 17,651 | 85.4 (0.4) | 18.22 (18.14-18.31) | 3,311 | 17.7 (0.4) | 21.61 (21.37-21.85) | 20.8 (0.4) | 5.19 (4.97-5.42) |
| Men | 9,244 | 8,155 | 88.9 (0.5) | 17.77 (17.67-17.87) | 1,936 | 22.9 (0.6) | 21.66 (21.35-21.97) | 25.8 (0.6) | 5.35 (5.05-5.65) |
| White | 5,251 | 4,798 | 91.1 ((0.5) | 17.56 (17.45-17.67) | 1,350 | 26.1 (0.7) | 21.34 (21.02-21.67) | 28.6 (0.8) | 5.12 (4.80-5.45) |
| Black | 1,520 | 1,272 | 82.8 (1.2) | 18.54 (18.28-18.80)a | 217 | 14.1 (1.1) | 23.95 (22.82-25.08)a | 17.0 (1.3) | 6.91 (5.85-7.97)b |
| Hispanic | 2,473 | 2,085 | 84.1 (1.1) | 18.20 (17.95-18.44)c | 369 | 15.7 (1.1) | 22.39 (21.42-23.35)d’f | 18.8 (1.3) | 5.93 (5.07-6.80) |
| Women | 11,862 | 9,496 | 82.0 (0.6) | 18.71 (18.60-18.81) | 1,375 | 12.7 (0.4) | 21.52 (21.17-21.88) | 15.5 (0.5) | 4.93 (4.60-5.26) |
| White | 6,205 | 5,482 | 87.5 (0.6) | 18.33 (18.22-18.44) | 985 | 15.0 (0.5) | 21.17 (20.77-21.56) | 17.2 (0.6) | 4.72 (4.35-5.08) |
| Black | 2,652 | 1,948 | 70.5 (1.2) | 19.88 (19.65-20.11)a | 160 | 6.0 (0.6) | 24.88 (23.59-26.17)a | 8.6 (0.8) | 6.89 (5.74-8.05)a |
| Hispanic | 3,005 | 2,066 | 67.2 (1.4) | 19.85 (19.57-20.12)c | 230 | 7.8 (0.6) | 22.29 (21.18-23.39)f | 11.7 (1.0) | 5.41 (4.42-6.39) |
Mean comparisons performed using Wald test.
a
Difference between Whites and Blacks, p < 0.001
b
Difference between Whites and Blacks, p < 0.05
c
Difference between Whites and Hispanics, p < 0.001
d
Difference between Whites and Hispanics, p < 0.05
e
Difference between Blacks and Hispanics, p < 0.001
f
Difference between Blacks and Hispanics, p < 0.05