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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2020 Apr 11;60(5):579–592. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2020.02.014

Table 2.

Lifetime Prevalence of Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders in Young Adulthood

Lifetime, n (%)
SBx
PR
Between Site
Young Men (n=459) Young Women (n=462) Within Site Gender p-value Young Men (n=522) Young Women (n=561) Within Site Gender p-value Young Men p-value Young Women p-value

Tobacco Dependence 104 (22.6) 80 (16.8) 0.0312* 86 (16.5) 31 (6.3) <.0001* 0.0275* <.0001*
Alcohol Abuse/Dependence 93 (20.2) 70 (14.2) 0.0168* 103 (19.7) 43 (8.1) <.0001* 0.8322 0.0039*
Illicit SUD (Drug Abuse/Dependence) 103 (22.6) 62 (13.3) 0.0004* 59 (11.6) 28 (4.9) 0.0004* <.0001* <.0001*
Mania 14 (3.2) 14 (3.1) 0.9772 15 (3.1) 3 (0.6) 0.0072* 0.9799 0.0076*
Hypomania 20 (4.2) 29 (6.2) 0.1642 22 (3.3) 15 (2.2) 0.2546 0.5104 0.0013*
MDD 68 (15.0) 90 (19.1) 0.1054 71 (13.3) 70 (11.1) 0.3154 0.4761 0.0005*
GAD 14 (3.5) 44 (9.2) 0.0011* 16 (2.9) 22 (3.0) 0.9296 0.6329 <.0001*
MDD/GAD 72 (16.0) 110 (23.2) 0.0074* 78 (14.8) 80 (12.6) 0.3474 0.6140 <.0001*
Any SUDa 151 (32.9) 97 (20.5) <.0001* 135 (26.3) 60 (10.9) <.0001* 0.0419* <.0001*
Any SUDa or MDD/GAD 192 (42.0) 163 (34.5) 0.0227* 182 _(35.1) 129 (21.7) <.0001* 0.0418* <.0001*

Note: GAD = generalized anxiety disorder; MDD = major depressive disorder; PR = Puerto Rico; SBx = South Bronx; SUD = substance use disorder.

a

excluding tobacco dependence

*

p < .05.