Table 2.
Prevalence (%) of Past-Year Alcohol Use Disorders, Nicotine Dependence, and Comorbid Disorders in the United States, by Gender, Age, and Race/Ethnicity, 2001–2002 NESARC
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| Total | 81.7 | 0.2 | 4.7 | 0.1 | 3.8 | 0.1 | 8.5 | 0.2 | 12.8 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 0.1 |
| Men | 77.6 | 0.4 | 6.9 | 0.2 | 5.4 | 0.2 | 12.4 | 0.3 | 14.2 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 4.1 | 0.2 |
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| 18–24 | 65.7 | 1.2 | 8.7 | 0.7 | 16.4 | 0.9 | 25.1 | 1.1 | 19.1 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 7.7 | 0.7 | 9.9 | 0.8 |
| 25–44 | 74.5 | 0.6 | 9.1 | 0.4 | 5.6 | 0.3 | 14.7 | 0.5 | 15.6 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 4.8 | 0.3 |
| 45–64 | 79.9 | 0.7 | 5.5 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 8.2 | 0.4 | 14.4 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 0.2 |
| 65+ | 93.1 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 4.6 | 0.4 | 0.3* | 0.1 | 0.1* | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
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| White | 76.0 | 1.2 | 7.5 | 0.3 | 5.4 | 0.9 | 12.9 | 0.4 | 15.7 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 4.6 | 0.3 |
| Black | 80.6 | 0.6 | 5.7 | 0.5 | 5.1 | 0.3 | 10.8 | 0.7 | 11.8 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 0.4 |
| American Indian/Alaskan Native | 64.7 | 0.7 | 7.5 | 1.6 | 8.4 | 0.2 | 15.9 | 2.4 | 26.4 | 3.2 | 2.0* | 1.0 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 7.0 | 1.8 |
| Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 88.0 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 0.1 | 6.8 | 1.2 | 8.3 | 1.3 | 1.0* | 0.4 | 2.1* | 0.7 | 3.1 | 0.8 |
| Hispanic | 83.1 | 0.9 | 6.2 | 0.5 | 5.9 | 0.6 | 12.1 | 0.8 | 7.0 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 0.4 |
| Women | 85.4 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 4.9 | 0.2 | 11.5 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 0.1 |
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| 18–24 | 77.8 | 1.0 | 4.8 | 0.5 | 6.9 | 0.6 | 11.7 | 0.8 | 15.2 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 4.7 | 0.5 |
| 25–44 | 81.6 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 6.3 | 0.3 | 14.4 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 0.2 |
| 45–64 | 87.2 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 10.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.2 |
| 65+ | 95.9 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1* | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 0.0* | 0.0 | 0.1* | 0.1 | 0.1* | 0.1 |
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| White | 83.7 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 5.3 | 0.2 | 13.0 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 0.1 |
| Black | 88.4 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 3.8 | 0.4 | 9.2 | 0.5 | 0.2* | 0.1 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 0.2 |
| American Indian/Alaskan Native | 75.1 | 2.5 | 4.2* | 1.3 | 4.5 | 1.2 | 8.7 | 1.7 | 20.2 | 2.4 | 1.1* | 0.6 | 2.9* | 1.0 | 4.0 | 1.1 |
| Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 94.4 | 0.9 | 1.1* | 0.4 | 1.3* | 0.5 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 4.5 | 0.8 | 0.8* | 0.4 | 0.6* | 0.3 | 1.4* | 0.5 |
| Hispanic | 91.8 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 3.6 | 0.4 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 0.3* | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.2 |
NOTE: AA = alcohol abuse ; AD = alcohol dependence; AUD = alcohol use disorder; ND = nicotine dependence; SE = standard error of the estimated percentage.