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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Psychiatry. 2017 Jan 20;174(5):451–458. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2016.16050589

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for Divorce and Widowhood in Individuals Born between 1960 and 1990 and Married in or after 1990 with no Alcohol Use Disorder Registration Prior to Marriage

Divorce Widowhood
Males Females Males Females
Number of individuals 443,684 498,682 443,684 498,682
Age at marriage, mean (SD) 30.7 (4.9) 29.0 (4.8) 30.7 (4.9) 29.0 (4.8)
Age at AUD, mean (SD) 38.9 (6.3) 38.3 (6.5) 38.9 (6.3) 38.3 (6.5)
Age at divorce/death of spouse,
mean (SD)
35.6 (7.0) 34.2 (5.8) 38.2 (5.2) 36.9 (5.9)
Age of spouse at divorce/death,
mean (SD)
34.2 (6.1) 37.4 (6.8) 38.1 (6.6) 42.0 (8.0)
Length of marriage before divorce
or death of spouse, mean (SD)
7.0 (4.3) 7.2 (4.4) 8.1 (5.2) 8.3 (5.2)
Not divorced/widowed, no AUD 370,054
(83.40%)
409,825
(82.20%)
437,281
(98.56%)
494,045
(99.07%)
Not divorced/widowed, AUD 3,755 (0.85%) 1,641 (0.33%) 5,339 (1.20%) 2,303 (0.46%)
Divorced/Widowed, no AUD 65,123 (14.68%) 84,580 (16.94%) 1,008 (0.23%) 2,273 (0.46%)
Divorced/Widowed, AUD during
marriage
1,601 (0.36%) 681 (0.14%) 17 (0.00%) 19 (0.00%)
Divorced/Widowed, AUD after
divorce/widowhood
3,151 (0.71%) 1,955 (0.39%) 39 (0.01%) 42 (0.01%)
At least one relative with AUD 114,618
(25.83%)
133,664
(26.80%)
114,618
(25.83%)
133,664
(26.80%)