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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 3.

Cross-classification of specific DSM-IV and DSM-5 AUD diagnostic subgroups (N=31,367)

No DSM-IV alcohol use disorder DSM-IV diagnostic orphans2 DSM-IV alcohol abuse3 DSM-IV alcohol dependence4 Total
N %1 SE N %1 SE N %1 SE N %1 SE N
No DSM-5 AUD 25,685 99.8 0 0 0 0 91 4.8 0.7 25,776
No DSM-5 AUD (1 criterion) 37 0.2 0 1,311 74.3 1.3 802 31 1.3 2,150
Mild DSM-5 AUD (2–3 criteria) 467 25.7 1.3 1,156 49.1 1.6 107 8.2 1 1,730
Moderate DSM-5 AUD (4–5 criteria) 325 14 1.1 385 28.2 1.8 710
Severe DSM-5 AUD (6+ criteria) 20 1.1 0.3 981 63.7 1.9 1,001
Total 25,722 100 0 1,778 100 0 2,394 100 0 1,473 100 0 31,367

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

1

% shown in the table is column percent, so the sum of each column is 100%.

2

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

3

Those who meet abuse criteria but not dependence criteria.

4

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