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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2012 Jun 2;125(Suppl 1):S44–S50. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2012.05.005

Table 3.

Proportion with Unmet Need for Specialty Treatment Across Need Categories (Age & Gender Adjusted)

Unmet Need NSDUH NESARC

Whites Blacks Asians Latinos Whites Blacks Asians Latinos

PERCEIVED NEED
Mean 88.84 88.92 NS 97.79 ** 88.27 NS
SE 1.64 3.44 2.27 3.63
N 827 188 22 221
ALCOHOL
Lifetime
Mean 97.59 95.81 * 96.66 NS 96.98 NS
SE 0.19 0.77 1.71 0.80
N 8088 1594 170 1698
Dependence
Mean 89.60 87.78 NS 94.24 NS 91.68 NS 90.87 89.76 NS 82.64 NS 91.69 NS
SE 0.68 2.02 3.99 2.55 0.99 2.72 8.41 2.37
N 5417 777 193 1121 878 242 33 287
Abuse
Mean 97.21 93.64 + 99.84 *** 98.15 NS 98.23 97.47 NS 100.00 *** 98.60 NS
SE 0.27 1.91 0.12 0.59 0.41 1.00 0.00 0.99
N 7883 828 266 1283 1227 239 33 309
Heavy Use
Mean 96.89 93.73 * 99.41 *** 97.40 NS 97.66 96.07 NS 91.89 NS 98.28 NS
SE 0.21 1.47 0.36 0.64 0.47 1.35 5.64 0.68
N 12786 980 347 1578 1424 338 42 489

DRUGS

Lifetime

Mean 94.18 91.02 + 93.00 NS 92.40 NS

SE 0.52 1.67 4.14 1.62

N 2553 558 51 552

Dependence

Mean 84.43 81.59 NS 94.61 ** 85.96 NS 68.34 78.55 NS 77.62 NS 67.02 NS

SE 0.98 3.25 2.95 2.50 4.21 7.40 18.95 10.95

N 3480 723 103 615 129 51 7 46

Abuse

Mean 93.09 90.98 NS 89.30 NS 97.08 + 89.19 90.15 NS 100.00 *** 90.61 NS

SE 1.08 3.17 9.03 1.96 1.85 4.00 0.00 3.53

N 1537 279 61 356 359 99 12 94

Use

Mean 94.27 88.26 ** 95.40 NS 95.56 NS 91.49 87.76 NS 93.92 NS 87.08 NS

SE 0.37 1.80 2.46 0.89 0.99 3.15 3.37 3.29

N 14392 1493 420 2427 893 175 41 260
***

< .001

**

< .01

*

< .05

+

< 0.10