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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatr Serv. 2013 Sep 1;64(9):863–870. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201200289

Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of 18,972 NSDUH 2005-2010 adult participants with past-year major depressive episodes with and without comorbid alcohol dependence disorder, drug dependence disorder or both alcohol and drug dependence disorders.

Socio-demographic characteristics Major depressive episodes without substance dependence comorbidity (N=15,089) Major depressive episodes with alcohol dependence comorbidity (N=1,932) Major depressive episodes with non-alcohol drug dependence comorbidity (N=1,266) Major depressive episodes with both alcohol and non-alcohol drug dependence comorbidity (N= 685)
N % N % OR 95% CI N % OR 95% CI N % OR 95% CI
Gender
    Male 4,376 32.2 827 50.4 1.00 Ref. 463 41.9 1.00 Ref. 318 57.5 1.00 Ref.
    Female 10,713 67.9 1105 49.7 .47 .41-.53 803 58.1 .66 .55-.78 367 42.6 .35 .27-.45
Age
    18-25 7477 16.3 1161 25.8 1.00 Ref. 866 33.5 1.00 Ref. 506 42.4 1.00 Ref.
    26-34 2406 17.6 307 22.8 .82 .69-.98* 169 21.4 .59 .45-.78 85 22.7 .50 .36-.68
    34-50 3513 33.0 365 32.9 .63 .53-.74 194 31.2 .46 .38-.57 80 25.7 .30 .22-.42
    50 or more 1693 33.1 99 18.5 .35 .26-.48 37 13.9 .20 .13-.32 14 9.3 .11 .06-.20
Race/Ethnicity
    White 10,467 74.6 1301 71.9 1.00 Ref. 880 74.2 1.00 Ref. 461 68.6 1.00 Ref.
    Black 1,545 9.4 178 11.3 1.24 .92-1.66 154 13.5 1.44 1.04-2.00* 84 17.2 1.98 1.35-2.91
    Hispanic 1,864 11.0 288 12.4 1.17 .88-1.57 129 9.2 .84 .55-1.29 90 11.4 1.13 .76-1.68
    Others 1,213 5.0 165 4.4 .90 .63-1.29 103 3.1 .62 .41-.92* 50 2.8 .60 .33-1.08
Marital status
    Married 4,648 43.4 308 25.6 1.00 Ref. 180 20.9 1.00 Ref. 58 13.8 1.00 Ref.
    Divorced/Separated/Widowed 2,596 27.1 325 28.5 1.78 1.39-2.27 161 2.6 1.97 1.39-2.79 89 23.2 2.69 1.59-4.56
    Never married 7,845 29.5 1299 45.9 2.64 2.14-3.25 925 53.4 3.76 2.85-4.96 538 63.1 6.74 4.59-9.90
Educational status
    < high school 2513 15.1 323 16.4 1.00 Ref. 286 20.2 1.00 Ref. 186 24.8 1.00 Ref.
    High school 4773 30.1 629 31.9 .98 .75-1.28 446 36.1 .90 .68-1.17 259 39.6 0.80 .58-1.10
    ≥ College 7803 54.8 980 51.8 .87 .69-1.10 534 43.7 .60 .45-.79 240 35.6 0.39 .29-.54
Household income
    ≤$19,999 4632 24.6 695 32.2 1.00 Ref. 508 37.1 1.00 Ref. 253 37.3 1.00 Ref.
    $20,000-$34,999 5429 35.3 651 31.5 0.68 .54-.85 425 36.9 .69 .55-.87 239 35.9 .67 .50-.90*
    $35,000-$69,999 2274 17.4 240 13.7 0.60 .45-.79 161 12.4 .47 .34-.65 78 10.2 .39 .25-.59
    ≥$70,000 2754 22.7 346 22.6 0.76 .59-.97* 172 13.7 .40 .28-.57 115 16.7 .48 .34-.68
Insurance status
    No insurance 3332 17.8 538 25.5 1.00 Ref. 368 29.3 1.00 Ref. 255 37.2 1.00 Ref.
    Private Health 7620 51.4 929 47.2 .64 .53-.77 491 34.3 .41 .31-.53 254 33.1 .31 .23-.41
    Medicare 602 9.5 28 3.4 .25 .15-.42 20 3.2 .20 .12-.34 8 2.0 .10 .04-.26
    Medicaid /State 2540 14.4 274 14.0 .68 .53-.87 303 24.6 1.04 .76-1.42 117 18.8 .63 .44-.89
    Champus/Military 576 5.1 83 6.8 .93 .60-1.40 32 4.8 .57 .29-1.12* 24 6.6 .62 .32-1.22
    Others 391 1.9 74 3.1 1.17 .78-1.75 47 3.9 1.27 .76-2.13 25 2.2 .57 .28-1.16
Employment
    Partial/Full 9579 60.3 1316 66.2 1.00 Ref. 729 50.8 1.00 Ref. 411 56.4 1.00 Ref.
    Unemployed 1318 6.7 211 9.9 1.36 1.02-1.81* 173 12.8 2.27 1.65-.14 118 15.2 2.43 1.78-3.32
    Not labor force 4192 33.0 405 23.9 .66 .54-.81 364 36.4 1.31 1.07-.60* 156 28.5 0.92 .70-1.22
Sheehan's disability scale rating
    None 92 .7 6 .4 1.00 Ref. 2 .1 1.00 Ref. 1 .1 1.00 Ref.
    Mild 1048 7.5 88 4.5 .99 .24-4.13 49 4.2 5.41 1.08-6.97 15 2.2 1.73 .20-15.27
    Moderate 4492 30.5 533 28.4 1.52 .39-5.96 258 16.2 5.16 1.11-23.89 137 20.6 4.05 .52-31.54
    Severe 6682 42.3 950 48.2 1.87 .47-7.41 625 50.6 11.60 2.45-54.82 365 58.4 8.29 1.09-62.84*
    Very severe 2701 19.1 336 18.5 1.59 .39-6.53 325 29.0 14.77 3.09-70.59 163 18.8 5.93 .76-46.49
Population density
    Metropolitan 5964 49.1 774 53.4 1.00 Ref. 552 49.7 1.00 Ref. 300 53.9 1.00 Ref.
    Suburban 7798 43.9 1001 40.1 .84 .70-1.00 623 44.2 .99 .81-1.22 340 42.4 .88 .65-1.19
    Rural 1327 7.0 157 6.5 .85 .60-1.21 91 6.2 .87 .56-1.35 45 3.8 .49 .27-.89*

Note: OR stands for risk ratio, CI for confidence interval.

*

P<.05

P<.01

P<.001.