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Published in final edited form as: Am J Psychiatry. 2021 Jan 21;178(6):548–559. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.20050610

Table 2:

Change over time (trend) in WHO risk drinking levels, 2001–2002 (NESARC) to 2012–2013 (NESARC-III), overall

	2001–2002^a Prevalence^b		2012–2013^a Prevalence^b
	2001–2002^a Prevalence^b		2012–2013^a Prevalence^b		Prevalence difference^c

WHO drinking risk level	%	SE	%	SE	%	95% CI
Very high risk	2.6	.14	3.5	.17	+0.9	0.49, 1.31
High risk	2.6	.15	3.2	.16	+0.6	0.17, 1.03
Moderate risk	4.9	.16	5.9	.19	+1.0	0.51, 1.49
Low risk	89.8	.28	87.4	.32	−2.5	−3.34, −1.66

CI = confidence interval

2001–2002 data from NESARC survey (N=26,655); 2012–2013 data from NESARC-III survey (N=25,659)

adjusted for sample weights and sociodemographic covariates (gender, age, education, race/ethnicity, health insurance, and current smoking)

Prevalence at 2012–2013 minus prevalence at 2001–2002 indicates the trend. Prevalence differences whose 95% CI do not include 0 are statistically significant at p<.05 and are bolded.

Note that the prevalence and prevalence differences are rounded, such that subtracting the values may not yield the exact difference reported.