Table 5.

Sensitivity and specificity of psychopathology diagnoses by telephone within specific demographic groups

Characteristics	Alcohol abuse		Alcohol dependence		Suicide
	Sensitivity	Sensitivity	Sensitivity	Specificity	Sensitivity	Specificity
	(95% CI)	(95% CI)	(95% CI)	(95% CI)	(95% CI)	(95% CI)
Sex
Male	0.37 (0.28–0.45)	0.79 (0.74–0.83)	0.46 (0.37–0.55)	0.88 (0.85–0.92)	0.36 (0.13–0.65)	0.99 (0.98–1.00)
Female	0.67 (0.41–0.87)	0.93 (0.81–0.99)	0.43 (0.10–0.82)	0.92 (0.85–1.00)	0.20 (0.01–0.72)	0.98 (0.95–1.0)
Age
17–34	0.45 (0.34–0.56)	0.78 (0.75–0.84)	0.60 (0.49–0.72)	0.81 (0.77–0.86)	0.20 (0.04–0.48)	0.98 (0.96–1.0)
≥ 35	0.40 (0.27–0.54)	0.75 (0.66–0.83)	0.59 (0.39–0.76)	0.83 (0.76–0.89)	0.75 (0.19–0.99)	—a
Race
White	0.40 (0.31–0.47)	0.79 (0.75–0.84)	0.60 (0.49–0.70)	0.81 (0.77–0.85)	0.36 (0.13–0.65)	0.99 (0.98–1.0)
Non‐White	0.50 (0.21–0.79)	0.86 (0.72–0.95)	0.60 (0.15–0.95)	0.90 (0.82–0.98)	0.20 (0.01–0.72)	0.96 (0.86–1.0)

^a n = 0 for either the telephone sample or in‐person clinical interview sub‐sample for the specific diagnosis.

CI, confidence interval.