TABLE 2—
12-Month Prevalence and Adjusted Odds Ratios of DSM-IV Disorders for Caribbean Blacks, African Americans, and Non-Hispanic Whites in Wave 1 of the National Epidemiological Survey of Alcohol and Related Conditions: United States, 2001–2002
| Variable | Caribbean Black Origin or Descent (n = 469), % (SEa) | African Americans (n = 7529), % (SEa) | Non-Hispanic Whites (n = 24 502), % (SEa) | African Americans vs Non-Hispanic Whites, AOR | Caribbean Blacks vs Non-Hispanic Whites, AOR | Caribbean Blacks vs African Americans, AOR |
| Any psychiatric diagnosis | 25.01 (2.22) | 35.37 (0.89) | 36.76 (0.62) | 0.77* | 0.65* | 0.90 |
| Any Axis I disorder | 14.45 (1.56) | 28.10 (0.88) | 31.46 (0.55) | 0.67* | 0.39* | 0.73 |
| Any substance use disorder | 4.56 (1.08) | 16.63 (0.62) | 20.44 (0.43) | 0.58* | 0.19* | 0.48 |
| Any alcohol use disorder | 2.07 (0.69) | 7.04 (0.36) | 8.93 (0.27) | 0.67* | 0.20* | 0.48* |
| Alcohol abuse | 0.99 (0.42) | 3.45 (0.30) | 5.10 (0.21) | 0.68* | 0.22* | 0.59 |
| Alcohol dependence | 1.08 (0.57) | 3.59 (0.27) | 3.83 (0.16) | 0.70* | 0.21* | 0.43 |
| Any drug disorder | 0.49 (0.26) | 2.49 (0.26) | 1.93 (0.12) | 0.92 | 0.24* | 0.27 |
| Drug abuse | 0.49 (0.26) | 1.70 (0.19) | 1.55 (0.10) | 0.79 | 0.32 | 0.34 |
| Drug dependence | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.85 (0.13) | 0.55 (0.06) | 0.94 | NA | NA |
| Nicotine dependence | 2.68 (0.78) | 10.99 (0.46) | 14.27 (0.35) | 0.53* | 0.18* | 0.56 |
| Any mood disorder | 4.82 (0.94) | 7.75 (0.45) | 8.63 (0.22) | 0.65* | 0.57* | 0.84 |
| Major depressive disorder | 2.22 (0.74) | 4.58 (0.34) | 5.53 (0.17) | 0.63* | 0.45* | 0.58 |
| Any bipolar disorder | 2.47 (0.62) | 2.71 (0.27) | 2.67 (0.14) | 0.70* | 0.88 | 1.46 |
| Dysthymia | 0.23 (0.18) | 1.19 (0.15) | 1.41 (0.09) | 0.61* | 0.22 | 0.57 |
| Any anxiety disorder | 6.22 (1.05) | 10.72 (0.61) | 11.70 (0.32) | 0.80* | 0.59* | 0.66 |
| Panic disorder | 0.75 (0.40) | 1.61 (0.19) | 2.35 (0.11) | 0.48* | 0.28* | 0.88 |
| Social anxiety disorder | 0.34 (0.21) | 2.04 (0.22) | 3.01 (0.15) | 0.57* | 0.14* | 0.29* |
| Specific phobia | 4.99 (1.03) | 7.46 (0.50) | 7.51 (0.26) | 0.93 | 0.86 | 0.74 |
| Generalized anxiety disorder | 0.74 (0.38) | 2.01 (0.25) | 2.19 (0.12) | 0.70* | 0.48 | 0.53 |
| Pathological gambling | 0.32 (0.25) | 0.33 (0.08) | 0.15 (0.03) | 1.71 | 5.00 | 2.97 |
| Any psychotic disorder | 0.61 (0.29) | 0.58 (0.12) | 0.32 (0.05) | 0.90 | 3.83* | 5.08* |
Note. AOR = adjusted odds ratio; DSM-IV = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition; NA = not applicable. AOR is adjusted for nativity, gender, age, education, individual income, marital status, urbanicity, region, insurance, and proportion of years in United States. The total sample size was n = 32 500.
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Prevalence estimates with relative standard errors greater than 30% may be unstable. Results should be interpreted with caution.
*P ≤ .05.