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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 17.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Psychiatry. 2015 Aug;72(8):757–766. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.0584

Table 2.

Prevalence of 12-Month and Lifetime DSM-5 Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) by Sociodemographic Characteristics

Prevalence of AUD, % (SE)a
12-mo
Lifetime
Characteristic Any (n = 5133) Mild (n = 2624) Moderate (n = 1186) Severe (n = 1323) Any (n = 10 001) Mild (n = 2967) Moderate (n = 2228) Severe (n = 4806)
Total 13.9 (0.31) 7.3 (0.19) 3.2 (0.13) 3.4 (0.12) 29.1 (0.48) 8.6 (0.18) 6.6 (0.18) 13.9 (0.31)

Sex

    Male 17.6 (0.42) 9.1 (0.29) 4.1 (0.21) 4.5 (0.18) 36.0 (0.62) 9.9 (0.28) 7.7 (0.25) 18.3 (0.47)

    Female 10.4 (0.34) 5.6 (0.23) 2.5 (0.14) 2.3 (0.13) 22.7 (0.53) 7.3 (0.24) 5.7 (0.24) 9.7 (0.32)

Race or ethnicity

    White 14.0 (0.42) 7.5 (0.26) 3.3 (0.17) 3.2 (0.16) 32.6 (0.64) 9.3 (0.23) 7.5 (0.24) 15.8 (0.44)

    Black 14.4 (0.72) 7.2 (0.41) 3.3 (0.27) 3.9 (0.32) 22.0 (0.80) 7.6 (0.40) 5.0 (0.30) 9.4 (0.50)

    Native American 19.2 (2.23) 6.5 (1.09) 5.1 (1.14) 7.7 (1.60) 43.4 (2.81) 7.5 (1.51) 8.8 (1.41) 27.2 (2.54)

    Asian or Pacific Islander 10.6 (0.87) 5.9 (0.68) 2.5 (0.47) 2.2 (0.35) 15.0 (1.19) 6.1 (0.74) 3.6 (0.64) 5.3 (0.61)

    Hispanic 13.6 (0.44) 7.0 (0.36) 3.0 (0.24) 3.5 (0.19) 22.9 (0.56) 7.0 (0.37) 5.1 (0.29) 10.9 (0.47)

Age, y

    18-29 26.7 (0.74) 13.1 (0.49) 6.5 (0.39) 7.1 (0.40) 37.0 (0.82) 11.6 (0.43) 8.8 (0.39) 16.6 (0.61)

    30-44 16.2 (0.55) 8.8 (0.38) 3.6 (0.25) 3.8 (0.22) 34.4 (0.68) 9.8 (0.34) 7.5 (0.35) 17.0 (0.48)

    45-64 10.0 (0.32) 5.3 (0.25) 2.4 (0.17) 2.4 (0.17) 28.2 (0.69) 7.8 (0.31) 6.4 (0.31) 14.0 (0.51)

    ≥65 2.3 (0.22) 1.8 (0.21) 0.3 (0.10) 0.2 (0.06) 13.4 (0.56) 4.5 (0.32) 3.2 (0.25) 5.7 (0.37)

Marital status

    Married or cohabiting 10.4 (0.30) 6.1 (0.21) 2.4 (0.14) 1.9 (0.12) 27.2 (0.49) 8.4 (0.25) 6.5 (0.24) 12.4 (0.34)

    Widowed, separated, or divorced 11.4 (0.44) 5.6 (0.28) 2.6 (0.20) 3.2 (0.24) 27.1 (0.70) 7.0 (0.35) 5.3 (0.27) 14.9 (0.51)

    Never married 25.0 (0.74) 11.8 (0.46) 6.0 (0.37) 7.3 (0.37) 35.5 (0.84) 10.6 (0.40) 8.2 (0.38) 16.8 (0.58)

Educational level

    Less than high school 11.5 (0.62) 4.8 (0.33) 2.6 (0.25) 4.1 (0.36) 22.3 (0.88) 5.4 (0.35) 4.3 (0.33) 12.6 (0.72)

    High school 14.6 (0.47) 7.3 (0.31) 3.5 (0.23) 3.8 (0.25) 28.4 (0.62) 8.2 (0.38) 6.0 (0.32) 14.2 (0.48)

    Some college or higher 14.1 (0.38) 7.8 (0.27) 3.3 (0.15) 3.1 (0.15) 30.8 (0.52) 9.4 (0.23) 7.4 (0.25) 14.0 (0.37)

Annual family income, $

    0-19 999 16.2 (0.60) 7.2 (0.34) 3.8 (0.29) 5.2 (0.27) 28.9 (0.83) 7.1 (0.32) 5.7 (0.28) 16.1 (0.61)

    20 000-34 999 14.0 (0.58) 7.2 (0.35) 3.1 (0.22) 3.6 (0.28) 27.9 (0.66) 7.9 (0.38) 6.3 (0.35) 13.7 (0.47)

    35 000-69 999 13.2 (0.39) 6.9 (0.30) 3.3 (0.22) 3.1 (0.20) 29.0 (0.55) 8.6 (0.32) 6.7 (0.32) 13.7 (0.40)

    ≥70 000 12.7 (0.43) 7.7 (0.32) 2.8 (0.20) 2.1 (0.19) 30.0 (0.81) 10.1 (0.43) 7.5 (0.39) 12.4 (0.54)

Urbanicity

    Urban 14.9 (0.34) 7.7 (0.23) 3.5 (0.15) 3.6 (0.13) 29.2 (0.47) 8.7 (0.19) 6.7 (0.19) 13.8 (0.31)

    Rural 10.2 (0.55) 5.6 (0.38) 2.1 (0.21) 2.4 (0.25) 28.6 (1.10) 8.2 (0.45) 6.4 (0.43) 14.1 (0.80)

Region

    Northeast 13.5 (0.55) 6.9 (0.32) 3.2 (0.35) 3.5 (0.29) 28.8 (0.99) 8.3 (0.37) 6.9 (0.26) 13.7 (0.70)

    Midwest 15.0 (0.84) 8.1 (0.54) 3.5 (0.28) 3.5 (0.24) 33.6 (0.95) 9.8 (0.46) 7.5 (0.42) 16.2 (0.59)

    South 12.3 (0.56) 6.3 (0.33) 3.0 (0.21) 2.9 (0.21) 25.3 (0.87) 7.8 (0.31) 5.9 (0.29) 11.6 (0.57)

    West 15.7 (0.53) 8.4 (0.34) 3.4 (0.22) 3.8 (0.25) 31.3 (0.80) 8.9 (0.29) 6.9 (0.38) 15.5 (0.52)
a

Based on weighted data.