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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Psychiatry. 2016 Mar 4;173(6):588–599. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.15070907

Table 1.

Prevalence of 12-Month and Lifetime DSM-5 Cannabis Use Disorder by Sociodemographic Characteristics

Characteristic 12-Month 21 Cannabis Use Disorder, % (SE) Lifetime Cannabis Use Disorder, % (SE)
Any cannabis use disorder (n=972) Mild (n=516) Moderate (n=242) Severe (n=214) Any cannabis use disorder (n=2,242) Mild (n=1,002) Moderate (n=529) Severe (n=711)
Total 2.54 (0.11) 1.38 (0.07) 0.59 (0.05) 0.57 (0.05) 6.27 (0.23) 2.85 (0.13) 1.42 (0.10) 2.00 (0.10)
Sex
 Male 3.5 (0.19) 1.9 (0.12) 0.8 (0.08) 0.8 (0.10) 8.4 (0.34) 3.7 (0.18) 1.9 (0.16) 2.8 (0.17)
 Female 1.7 (0.13) 0.9 (0.09) 0.4 (0.06) 0.3 (0.04) 4.3 (0.23) 2.1 (0.15) 1.0 (0.10) 1.3 (0.10)
Race/ethnicity
 White 2.2 (0.14) 1.3 (0.09) 0.5 (0.06) 0.4 (0.06) 6.7 (0.30) 3.2 (0.17) 1.5 (0.14) 2.0 (0.14)
 Black 4.5 (0.39) 2.1 (0.21) 1.2 (0.15) 1.2 (0.21) 7.2 (0.47) 3.1 (0.25) 1.7 (0.18) 2.5 (0.27)
 Native American 5.3 (1.45) 2.7 (1.31) 0.9 (0.36) 1.7 (0.72) 11.5 (1.84) 4.9 (1.33) 1.7 (0.58) 4.9 (1.12)
 Asian/Pacific Islander 1.3 (0.28) 0.4 (0.18) 0.4 (0.18) 0.4 (0.17) 3.1 (0.50) 1.4 (0.36) 0.8 (0.20) 0.9 (0.26)
 Hispanic 2.6 (0.21) 1.2 (0.16) 0.7 (0.13) 0.7 (0.12) 4.5 (0.41) 1.7 (0.22) 1.2 (0.20) 1.6 (0.20)
Age, y
 18–29 6.9 (0.40) 3.5 (0.27) 1.7 (0.18) 1.6 (0.17) 11 (0.56) 4.7 (0.35) 2.9 (0.25) 3.5 (0.24)
 30–44 2.5 (0.21) 1.4 (0.16) 0.5 (0.09) 0.6 (0.11) 7.4 (0.38) 3.2 (0.23) 1.5 (0.15) 2.8 (0.23)
 ≥45 0.8 (0.07) 0.5 (0.05) 0.2 (0.03) 0.1 (0.04) 3.7 (0.19) 2.0 (0.13) 0.8 (0.09) 1.0 (0.10)
Marital status
 Married/cohabiting 1.3 (0.10) 0.7 (0.07) 0.3 (0.05) 0.3 (0.06) 5.0 (0.23) 2.3 (0.16) 1.0 (0.09) 1.7 (0.12)
 Widowed/separated/divorced 1.9 (0.21) 1.1 (0.18) 0.4 (0.08) 0.4 (0.10) 5.3 (0.34) 2.6 (0.25) 1.1 (0.14) 1.5 (0.17)
 Never married 6.4 (0.36) 3.3 (0.26) 1.6 (0.17) 1.4 (0.14) 10.4 (0.45) 4.4 (0.29) 2.8 (0.23) 3.2 (0.19)
Education
 Less than high school 3.2 (0.30) 1.6 (0.2) 0.8 (0.18) 0.8 (0.15) 5.7 (0.42) 2.3 (0.21) 1.5 (0.23) 1.9 (0.22)
 High school 3.0 (0.20) 1.6 (0.15) 0.7 (0.10) 0.7 (0.12) 7.4 (0.40) 3.5 (0.25) 1.6 (0.18) 2.3 (0.19)
 Some college or higher 2.2 (0.14) 1.2 (0.10) 0.5 (0.06) 0.5 (0.06) 5.9 (0.25) 2.7 (0.16) 1.3 (0.11) 1.9 (0.12)
Family income, $
 0–19,999 4.9 (0.30) 2.5 (0.19) 1.1 (0.14) 1.3 (0.15) 8.5 (0.45) 3.6 (0.27) 2.1 (0.21) 2.8 (0.22)
 20,000–34,999 2.5 (0.23) 1.5 (0.18) 0.5 (0.08) 0.6 (0.11) 6.5 (0.37) 3.2 (0.25) 1.3 (0.15) 2.0 (0.19)
 35,000–69,999 2.1 (0.16) 1.2 (0.12) 0.5 (0.10) 0.4 (0.07) 6.2 (0.28) 2.9 (0.22) 1.3 (0.14) 2.0 (0.14)
 ≥70,000 1.2 (0.14) 0.7 (0.10) 0.3 (0.08) 0.2 (0.05) 4.6 (0.30) 2.1 (0.19) 1.1 (0.16) 1.4 (0.16)
Urbanicity
 Urban 2.7 (0.12) 1.5 (0.09) 0.6 (0.06) 0.6 (0.06) 6.5 (0.23) 3.0 (0.14) 1.5 (0.10) 2.1 (0.10)
 Rural 1.8 (0.21) 1.0 (0.13) 0.4 (0.08) 0.5 (0.11) 5.5 (0.47) 2.4 (0.26) 1.2 (0.19) 1.8 (0.22)
Region
 Northeast 2.7 (0.26) 1.3 (0.17) 0.8 (0.17) 0.6 (0.11) 7.0 (0.45) 3.0 (0.34) 1.5 (0.24) 2.5 (0.19)
 Midwest 2.3 (0.23) 1.2 (0.17) 0.5 (0.08) 0.6 (0.14) 6.5 (0.37) 2.9 (0.26) 1.4 (0.15) 2.3 (0.21)
 South 2.3 (0.20) 1.2 (0.12) 0.5 (0.08) 0.5 (0.09) 5.3 (0.49) 2.5 (0.24) 1.3 (0.20) 1.5 (0.19)
 West 3.1 (0.22) 1.8 (0.14) 0.7 (0.1) 0.6 (0.09) 7.0 (0.34) 3.3 (0.22) 1.6 (0.17) 2.1 (0.15)