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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 13.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Psychiatry. 2016 Jan;73(1):39–47. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.2132

Table 2.

AORs of 12-Month and Lifetime DSM-5 Drug Use Disorder By Sociodemographic Characteristics

Characteristic Drug Use Disorder, AOR (95% CI)
12-mo Lifetime
Any Mild Moderate to Severe Any Mild Moderate to Severe
Sex
 Male   1.7 (1.47–2.00)a 1.7 (1.39–2.04)a   1.7 (1.42–2.13)a 1.7 (1.58–1.89)a 1.8 (1.59–2.08)a   1.7 (1.50–1.88)a
 Female 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]
Race/ethnicity
 White 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]
 Black   1.1 (0.87–1.30) 1.1 (0.88–1.36)   1.0 (0.78–1.39) 0.7 (0.58–0.81)a 0.8 (0.63–0.91)a   0.7 (0.53–0.79)a
 Native American   1.5 (0.91–2.34) 1.4 (0.64–3.14)   1.5 (0.82–2.73) 1.3 (0.99–1.78) 1.1 (0.64–1.96)   1.4 (1.02–1.98)a
 Asian/Pacific Islander   0.3 (0.18–0.42)a 0.2 (0.07–0.43)a   0.4 (0.21–0.68)a 0.3 (0.18–0.37)a 0.3 (0.14–0.47)a   0.3 (0.18–0.39)a
 Hispanic   0.6 (0.50–0.72)a 0.5 (0.40–0.67)a   0.7 (0.51–0.92)a 0.4 (0.34–0.48)a 0.4 (0.32–0.49)a   0.4 (0.33–0.50)a
Age, y
 18–29 10.4 (7.18–15.10)a 7.6 (4.67–12.41)a 15.9 (8.33–30.45)a 9.1 (6.76–12.32)a 5.7 (3.73–8.59)a 13.1 (9.47–18.17)a
 30–44   7.1 (4.89–10.26)a 5.0 (3.17–7.89)a 11.2 (5.73–21.87)a 8.9 (6.79–11.66)a 4.8 (3.32–7.07)a 13.6 (10.00–18.57)a
 45–64   3.8 (2.63–5.59)a 2.8 (1.71–4.57)a   5.9 (3.17–10.84)a 6.3 (4.80–8.25)a 3.9 (2.66–5.70)a   9.0 (6.62–12.35)a
 ≥65 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]
Marital status
 Married/cohabiting 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]
 Widowed/separated/divorced   1.8 (1.46–2.29)a 1.6 (1.25–2.17)a   2.0 (1.49–2.81)a 1.5 (1.33–1.62)a 1.4 (1.13–1.65)a   1.5 (1.35–1.73)a
 Never married   1.7 (1.48–2.04)a 1.6 (1.22–2.05)a   1.9 (1.51–2.40)a 1.2 (1.10–1.39)a 1.2 (1.01–1.47)a   1.3 (1.07–1.45)a
Education
 <High school   1.3 (1.09–1.60)a 1.2 (0.94–1.61)   1.4 (1.05–1.89)a 1.2 (1.08–1.41)a 1.0 (0.86–1.25)   1.3 (1.14–1.58)a
 High school   1.2 (1.01–1.41)a 1.1 (0.89–1.41)   1.3 (1.02–1.56)a 1.3 (1.13–1.40)a 1.2 (1.01–1.42)a   1.3 (1.14–1.47)a
 Some college or higher 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]
Family income, $
 0–19 999   2.9 (2.28–3.73)a 2.5 (1.78–3.51)a   3.4 (2.34–4.82)a 2.0 (1.73–2.36)a 1.7 (1.32–2.06)a   2.2 (1.85–2.70)a
 20 000–34 999   1.9 (1.44–2.46)a 1.9 (1.36–2.75)a   1.8 (1.26–2.65)a 1.6 (1.39–1.87)a 1.5 (1.27–1.87)a   1.7 (1.37–1.99)a
 35 000–69 999   1.5 (1.17–1.92)a 1.5 (1.05–2.05)a   1.5 (1.06–2.23)a 1.4 (1.20–1.57)a 1.4 (1.12–1.66)a   1.4 (1.14–1.66)a
 ≥70 000 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]
Urbanicity
 Urban   1.2 (0.98–1.44) 1.2 (0.94–1.57)   1.2 (0.89–1.53) 1.1 (0.96–1.28) 1.1 (0.90–1.38)   1.1 (0.92–1.33)
 Rural 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]
Region
 Northeast   0.8 (0.67–1.01) 0.7 (0.54–0.95)a   0.9 (0.70–1.27) 0.9 (0.76–0.99)a 0.8 (0.63–1.07)   0.9 (0.78–1.02)
 Midwest   0.7 (0.55–0.86)a 0.6 (0.43–0.81)a   0.8 (0.57–1.07) 0.7 (0.60–0.81)a 0.7 (0.53–0.81)a   0.7 (0.61–0.86)a
 South   0.7 (0.53–0.79)a 0.6 (0.49–0.78)a   0.7 (0.50–0.93)a 0.6 (0.51–0.70)a 0.6 (0.51–0.76)a   0.6 (0.49–0.71)a
 West 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]

Abbreviation: AOR, adjusted odds ratio.

a

Significant ORs (P < .05).