Table 1.
Characteristics associated with past 12-month alcohol use disorder± in the 2015–2019 National Survey of Drug Use and Health.
| No AUD (n=193,235) | All AUD (n=21,270) | Mild AUD (n=14,134) | Moderate AUD (n=4,178) | Severe AUD (n=2,958) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weighted % (95% CI) | Weighted % (95% CI) | Weighted % (95% CI) | Weighted % (95% CI) | Weighted % (95% CI) | |||||
| Prevalence | 92.2 (92.0–92.4) | 7.8 (7.6–8.0) | 5.2 (5.1–5.3) | 1.6 (1.5–1.7) | 1.1 (1.0–1.1) | ||||
| Past 12-Month AUD Treatment | 0.5 (0.5–0.6) | 5.8 (5.4–6.3) | p <.001 | 2.7 (2.3–3.1) | p <.001 | 6.0 (4.9–7.0) | p <.001 | 20.7 (18.5–22.8) | p <.001 |
| Sex | |||||||||
| Male | 47.1 (46.8–47.5) | 61.3 (60.1–62.5) | p <.001 | 60.6 (59.2–62.1) | p <.001 | 62.8 (60.1–65.5) | p <.001 | 62.2 (59.7–64.7) | p <.001 |
| Female | 52.9 (52.5–53.2) | 38.7 (37.5–39.9) | 37.9 (38.8–40.8) | 37.2 (34.5–39.9) | 37.8 (35.3–40.3) | ||||
| Age | |||||||||
| 18–25 years old | 13.0 (12.8–13.2) | 24.7 (23.9–25.4) | p <.001 | 26.3 (25.6–27.1) | p <.001 | 22.9 (21.4–24.4) | p <.001 | 19.1 (17.6–20.6) | p <.001 |
| 26–34 years old | 15.4 (15.1–15.6) | 23.3 (22.4–24.2) | 22.5 (21.5–23.5) | 23.8 (21.6–26.0) | 26.5 (24.3–28.7) | ||||
| 35–49 years old | 24.6 (24.3–24.9) | 25.1 (24.2–26.0) | 23.4 (22.3–24.4) | 26.7 (24.4–29.1) | 31.2 (28.7–33.7) | ||||
| 50 or older | 47.0 (46.6–47.5) | 26.9 (25.6–28.2) | 27.8 (26.3–29.3) | 26.5 (23.6–29.5) | 23.1 (20.6–25.7) | ||||
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 63.7 (63.3–64.3) | 64.9 (63.8–66.1) | p=.002 | 64.3 (62.9–65.7) | p =.025 | 66.8 (64.5–69.1) | p =.005 | 65.1 (62.7–67.5) | p=.188 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 11.9 (11.5–12.2) | 11.7 (10.9–12.4) | 12.4 (11.7–13.2) | 9.8 (8.5–11.0) | 10.7 (9.2–12.1) | ||||
| Non-Hispanic Other/Multi- Race | 8.3 (8.1–8.6) | 7.1 (6.5–7.8) | 7.1 (6.3–8.0) | 7.1 (5.8–8.3) | 7.2 (6.1–8.4) | ||||
| Hispanic | 16.0 (15.6–16.4) | 16.3 (15.4–17.1) | 16.1 (14.9–17.3) | 16.4 (14.6–18.2) | 17.0 (14.5–19.5) | ||||
| Health Insurance | |||||||||
| Yes | 90.3 (90.1–90.5) | 86.6 (86.0–87.3) | p <.001 | 87.3 (86.5–88.0) | p <.001 | 87.0 (85.4–88.5) | p<.001 | 83.0 (80.9–85.0) | p <.001 |
| Past 12-Month Mental Health Treatment | 14.0 (13.8–14.2) | 25.0 (24.0–26.0) | p <.001 | 21.3 (20.2–22.4) | p <.001 | 28.0 (25.7–30.2) | p <.001 | 38.3 (35.9–40.8) | p <.001 |
| Past 12-month illicit SUD | 2.0 (1.9–2.1) | 12.9 (12.4–13.5) | p <.001 | 9.0 (8.3–9.6) | p <.001 | 16.9 (15.3–18.4) | p <.001 | 26.3 (24.4–28.2) | p <.001 |
Abbreviations: AUD= alcohol use disorder; CI= confidence interval; SUD= substance use disorder.
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AUD definition derived from Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition diagnostic criteria.