TABLE 3—
Lifetime 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 (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 disorder | 32.94 (2.66) | 47.41 (0.92) | 57.26 (0.73) | 0.63* | 0.59* | 0.93 |
| Any Axis I disorder | 23.97 (2.41) | 43.44 (0.93) | 55.41 (0.72) | 0.58* | 0.40* | 0.79 |
| Any substance use disorder | 10.61 (2.01) | 29.78 (0.77) | 42.83 (0.65) | 0.53* | 0.27* | 0.62* |
| Any alcohol use disorder | 7.72 (1.89) | 21.28 (0.70) | 34.07 (0.65) | 0.52* | 0.30* | 0.68 |
| Alcohol abuse disorder | 5.62 (1.49) | 12.52 (0.50) | 20.29 (0.46) | 0.64* | 0.47* | 0.94 |
| Alcohol dependence disorder | 2.11 (0.75) | 8.76 (0.40) | 13.78 (0.35) | 0.54* | 0.19* | 0.45* |
| Any drug use disorder | 1.54 (0.62) | 9.23 (0.47) | 11.25 (0.32) | 0.70* | 0.21* | 0.29* |
| Drug abuse disorder | 0.95 (0.55) | 6.75 (0.37) | 8.58 (0.25) | 0.70* | 0.19* | 0.22* |
| Drug dependence disorder | 0.59 (0.27) | 2.48 (0.26) | 2.67 (0.14) | 0.78* | 0.30* | 0.68 |
| Nicotine dependence | 4.02 (0.90) | 13.86 (0.50) | 20.13 (0.39) | 0.52* | 0.21* | 0.68 |
| Any mood disorder | 8.52 (1.26) | 14.78 (0.59) | 19.67 (0.37) | 0.59* | 0.44* | 0.72 |
| Major depressive disorder | 4.27 (0.86) | 9.10 (0.46) | 14.58 (0.29) | 0.52* | 0.34* | 0.57* |
| Any bipolar disorder | 3.31 (0.84) | 4.99 (0.39) | 4.44 (0.18) | 0.84 | 0.66 | 0.93 |
| Dysthymia | 1.27 (0.51) | 2.37 (0.22) | 3.51 (0.13) | 0.56* | 0.50 | 0.93 |
| Any anxiety disorder | 9.67 (1.13) | 14.76 (0.69) | 18.44 (0.43) | 0.72* | 0.59* | 0.81 |
| Panic disorder | 1.41 (0.60) | 3.78 (0.31) | 5.80 (0.18) | 0.53* | 0.28* | 0.60 |
| Social anxiety disorder | 1.59 (0.81) | 3.49 (0.27) | 5.49 (0.22) | 0.57* | 0.42 | 0.87 |
| Specific phobia | 7.78 (1.17) | 9.26 (0.54) | 9.90 (0.31) | 0.88 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Generalized anxiety disorder | 1.86 (0.59) | 3.14 (0.27) | 4.61 (0.20) | 0.59* | 0.59 | 1.23 |
| Conduct disorder | 0.97 (0.55) | 1.05 (0.16) | 0.99 (0.08) | 1.02 | 1.42 | 0.87 |
| Pathological gambling | 0.49 (0.32) | 0.91 (0.13) | 0.37 (0.05) | 2.29* | 3.83 | 1.60 |
| Any psychotic disorder | 0.28 (0.26) | 0.52 (0.11) | 0.28 (0.04) | 0.89 | 1.82 | 2.13 |
| Any personality disorder | 16.79 (1.33) | 16.67 (0.70) | 14.65 (0.38) | 0.98 | 1.39* | 1.18 |
| Avoidant personality disorder | 1.33 (0.45) | 2.02 (0.24) | 2.44 (0.13) | 0.52* | 0.62 | 0.93 |
| Dependent personality disorder | 0.22 (0.17) | 0.39 (0.09) | 0.53 (0.06) | 0.34* | 0.18 | 0.64 |
| Obsessive–compulsive disorder | 9.98 (1.21) | 7.80 (0.40) | 8.28 (0.26) | 0.93 | 1.58* | 1.24 |
| Paranoid personality disorder | 5.97 (1.23) | 7.70 (0.47) | 3.67 (0.17) | 1.48* | 1.56 | 0.90 |
| Schizoid personality disorder | 5.27 (1.01) | 4.98 (0.39) | 2.78 (0.14) | 1.43* | 2.09* | 1.23 |
| Histrionic personality disorder | 1.51 (0.70) | 2.73 (0.24) | 1.75 (0.10) | 1.18 | 0.95 | 0.60 |
| Antisocial personality disorder | 2.65 (0.73) | 3.85 (0.34) | 3.61 (0.17) | 0.81 | 0.98 | 1.15 |
Note. AOR = adjusted odds ratio; DSM-IV = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition. 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.