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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2016 Jul 18;40(8):1728–1736. doi: 10.1111/acer.13134

Table 2.

Prevalence of alcohol use disorders according to DSM-IV and DSM-5 definitions (N=31,367)

N Weighted % SE
No alcohol use 7,361 23.2 0.4
DSM-IV
Alcohol use, but no DSM-IV alcohol use disorder 18,361 59.2 0.5
DSM-IV AUD diagnostic orphans1 1,778 5.3 0.2
DSM-IV alcohol abuse2 2,394 8.0 0.2
DSM-IV alcohol dependence3 1,473 4.3 0.2
Any DSM-IV alcohol use disorder 3,867 12.3 0.3
DSM-5
Alcohol use, but no DSM-5 alcohol use disorder 18,415 59.5 0.5
No DSM-5 alcohol use disorder (1 criterion) 2,150 6.5 0.2
Mild DSM-5 alcohol use disorder (2–3 criteria) 1,730 5.6 0.2
Moderate DSM-5 alcohol use disorder (4–5 criteria) 710 2.3 0.1
Severe DSM-5 alcohol use disorder (6+ criteria) 1,001 2.8 0.1
Any DSM-5 alcohol use disorder 3,441 10.8 0.2

Nine Countries were included: Iraq, Brazil, Medellin, Romania, Australia, Murcia, Northern Ireland, Poland and Portugal.

1

Those who meet 1 or 2 DSM-IV dependence criteria and no abuse criteria.

2

Those who meet DSM-IV abuse criteria but not dependence criteria.

3

Those who meet DSM-IV dependence criteria regardless of whether they meet criteria for abuse or not.