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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 26.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Psychiatry. 2016 Oct;77(10):1404–1412. doi: 10.4088/JCP.15m10114

Table 1.

Prevalences of 12-Month and Lifetime DSM-5 Nicotine Use Disorder by Sociodemographic Characteristics.

Sociodemographic Characteristics Nicotine Use Disorder (NUD)
12-Month Lifetime
Mild Moderate Severe Any NUD Mild Moderate Severe Any NUD
% (SE) % (SE) % (SE) % (SE) % (SE) % (SE) % (SE) % (SE)
Total 6.59 (0.18) 6.54 (0.20) 6.90 (0.22) 20.03 (0.41) 6.56 (0.16) 8.40 (0.24) 12.91 (0.33) 27.87 (0.52)
Sex Men 7.72 (0.30) 7.69 (0.25) 7.86 (0.32) 23.27 (0.54) 7.59 (0.24) 9.90 (0.33) 14.64 (0.51) 32.13 (0.70)
Women 5.53 (0.19) 5.48 (0.27) 6.01 (0.24) 17.03 (0.43) 5.61 (0.20) 7.01 (0.26) 11.30 (0.33) 23.92 (0.52)
Age 18–29 7.27 (0.40) 8.05 (0.40) 8.45 (0.48) 23.76 (0.69) 6.31 (0.34) 8.38 (0.40) 11.79 (0.58) 26.49 (0.71)
30–44 7.40 (0.35) 7.70 (0.39) 8.30 (0.38) 23.40 (0.68) 6.68 (0.31) 9.22 (0.41) 14.15 (0.48) 30.05 (0.72)
45–64 7.19 (0.29) 6.58 (0.32) 7.27 (0.33) 21.05 (0.63) 7.29 (0.28) 8.59 (0.37) 14.90 (0.57) 30.79 (0.77)
65 + 3.35 (0.29) 2.91 (0.23) 2.19 (0.19) 8.45 (0.41) 5.23 (0.41) 6.83 (0.41) 8.47 (0.39) 20.53 (0.74)
Race-ethnicity White 7.05 (0.25) 7.44 (0.27) 7.82 (0.27) 22.32 (0.53) 7.06 (0.22) 9.84 (0.31) 15.48 (0.45) 32.38 (0.68)
Black 7.54 (0.34) 6.27 (0.37) 6.26 (0.44) 20.07 (0.64) 7.55 (0.33) 6.98 (0.40) 9.07 (0.53) 23.60 (0.74)
Native American 7.08 (1.39) 9.58 (1.96) 12.92 (1.78) 29.59 (2.95) 6.35 (1.23) 11.05 (1.98) 21.02 (2.12) 38.43 (2.93)
Asian/Pacific Islander 5.01 (0.73) 2.82 (0.41) 3.32 (0.49) 11.15 (0.95) 4.69 (0.58) 3.36 (0.54) 5.04 (0.56) 13.09 (1.04)
Hispanic 4.29 (0.26) 3.86 (0.28) 4.01 (0.33) 12.16 (0.54) 4.25 (0.26) 4.76 (0.28) 6.63 (0.41) 15.64 (0.60)
Education < High school 9.25 (0.48) 8.07 (0.47) 10.63 (0.72) 27.95 (1.01) 8.76 (0.56) 9.28 (0.59) 15.31 (0.87) 33.35 (1.16)
High school 8.29 (0.41) 9.04 (0.43) 8.80 (0.40) 26.13 (0.66) 8.18 (0.41) 10.22 (0.40) 15.45 (0.60) 33.85 (0.84)
Some college 5.30 (0.20) 5.17 (0.21) 5.30 (0.18) 15.77 (0.38) 5.41 (0.18) 7.45 (0.25) 11.32 (0.29) 24.18 (0.46)
Marital status Married/cohabitating 5.68 (0.23) 5.57 (0.24) 5.48 (0.25) 16.73 (0.52) 6.00 (0.18) 7.97 (0.29) 11.87 (0.44) 25.84 (0.63)
Widowed/separated/divorced 8.24 (0.32) 8.34 (0.38) 8.61 (0.38) 25.18 (0.62) 8.18 (0.43) 10.04 (0.40) 15.95 (0.50) 34.16 (0.79)
Never married 7.47 (0.38) 7.47 (0.35) 9.06 (0.47) 24.00 (0.58) 6.59 (0.34) 8.08 (0.43) 12.92 (0.51) 27.58 (0.61)
Income $0–$19,999 8.40 (0.37) 8.76 (0.43) 11.35 (0.47) 28.51 (0.73) 8.05 (0.38) 9.52 (0.43) 16.51 (0.53) 34.08 (0.82)
$20,000–$34,999 8.42 (0.41) 7.57 (0.39) 7.31 (0.40) 23.30 (0.67) 7.65 (0.38) 9.18 (0.41) 13.30 (0.53) 30.13 (0.80)
$35,000–$69,999 6.57 (0.33) 6.71 (0.30) 6.40 (0.33) 19.69 (0.50) 6.31 (0.30) 8.79 (0.35) 13.13 (0.47) 28.22 (0.64)
$70,000 or more 4.15 (0.30) 4.14 (0.29) 3.82 (0.27) 12.11 (0.56) 5.02 (0.27) 6.76 (0.34) 9.83 (0.51) 21.62 (0.71)
Urbanicity Urban 6.09 (0.19) 6.14 (0.20) 6.40 (0.23) 18.64 (0.42) 6.09 (0.16) 7.89 (0.24) 12.05 (0.35) 26.03 (0.53)
Rural 8.41 (0.52) 8.02 (0.44) 8.74 (0.52) 25.17 (1.05) 8.28 (0.39) 10.30 (0.53) 16.06 (0.84) 34.65 (1.19)
Region Northeast 5.97 (0.36) 6.33 (0.51) 6.23 (0.43) 18.54 (0.71) 6.08 (0.31) 8.99 (0.65) 12.63 (0.68) 27.70 (1.21)
Midwest 7.38 (0.45) 7.49 (0.25) 7.83 (0.60) 22.70 (0.74) 7.50 (0.38) 8.95 (0.30) 14.94 (0.86) 31.39 (0.99)
South 7.43 (0.32) 6.81 (0.41) 7.31 (0.39) 21.54 (0.83) 7.26 (0.29) 8.62 (0.41) 12.45 (0.61) 28.33 (0.97)
West 4.99 (0.34) 5.40 (0.35) 5.91 (0.30) 16.31 (0.77) 4.95 (0.22) 7.07 (0.51) 11.97 (0.48) 23.99 (0.97)