Table 2.

Prevalence (%) of Alcohol-Use Disorders¹ in the General Population and Among Young Men and Women Ages 18 to 29

Alcohol-Use Disorder	General Population	Men		Women
	18+	18+	18–29	18+	18–29
Abuse	4.72	7.49	12.70	2.22	8.85
Dependence	3.84	5.78	11.01	2.09	4.98
Total Alcohol-Use Disorders	8.56	13.27	23.71	4.31	13.83

¹Criteria for alcohol abuse and dependence as outlined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (American Psychiatric Association 1994).

SOURCE: Adapted from Grant 1994.