Twelve-month prevalence and population estimates of DSM-IV alcohol abuse by age, sex, and race-ethnicity: United States, 2001

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Sociodemographic characteristic	Male			Female			Total
Sociodemographic characteristic	%	S.E.	Population estimate^a	%	S.E.	Population estimate	%	S.E.	Population estimate
Total
Total	6.93	0.28	6906	2.55	0.16	2762	4.65	0.18	9668
18–29	9.35	0.61	2110	4.57	0.39	1041	6.95	0.39	3151
30–44	8.69	0.49	2742	3.31	0.28	1080	5.95	0.31	3822
45–64	5.50	0.43	1719	1.70	0.20	566	3.54	0.25	2286
65+	2.36	0.32	335	0.38	0.11	75	1.21	0.15	410
White
Total	7.45	0.33	5276	2.92	0.19	2236	5.10	0.21	7511
18–29	10.19	0.81	1405	5.56	0.54	777	7.86	0.50	2182
30–44	10.10	0.63	2166	4.13	0.38	902	7.09	0.40	3068
45–64	5.97	0.51	1425	2.02	0.26	499	3.96	0.30	1925
65+	2.38	0.35	279	0.36	0.10	58	1.21	0.16	336
Black
Total	5.71	0.58	574	1.41	0.19	182	3.29	0.30	756
18–29	6.92	1.28	166	2.10	0.45	68	4.28	0.67	254
30–44	7.04	0.95	238	1.51	0.30	65	3.95	0.46	302
45–64	4.48	0.74	132	1.25	0.37	47	2.66	0.40	178
65+	1.79	0.59	19	0.12	0.12	2	0.78	0.25	21
Native American^b
Total	7.47	1.65	157	4.18	1.25	97	5.75	1.02	253
18–29	15.25	5.68	56	6.68	3.34	33	10.35	3.11	89
30–44	7.67	3.00	54	6.52	3.01	49	7.07	2.13	102
45–64	4.85	2.12	39	0.00	0.00	0	2.57	1.14	39
65+	3.59	2.49	8	4.12	4.00	15	3.91	2.63	24
Asian^c
Total	3.20	0.79	140	1.13	0.41	53	2.13	0.46	193
18–29	4.77	1.81	63	3.89	1.38	47	4.35	1.25	110
30–44	4.22	1.54	64	0.23	0.22	4	2.18	0.79	68
45–64	1.13	0.78	13	0.20	0.20	3	0.61	0.32	16
65+	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0.00	0
Hispanic/Latino
Total	6.21	0.50	759	1.65	0.23	195	3.97	0.30	953
18–29	9.08	1.07	400	3.04	0.63	116	6.28	0.63	516
30–44	4.88	0.59	219	1.46	0.33	61	3.23	0.37	281
45–64	4.35	0.84	111	0.63	0.36	17	2.43	0.39	128
65+	3.69	1.62	29	0.00	0.00	0	1.56	0.66	29

* Data are from the NIAAA 2001–2002 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC).

^a Population counts are in thousands.

^b Includes American Indians and Alaska Natives.

^c Includes Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders.

Source: Grant, B.F.; Dawson, D.A.; Stinson, F.S.; Chou, S.P.; Dufour, M.C.; and Pickering, R.P. The 12-month prevalence and trends in DSM-IV alcohol abuse and dependence: United States, 1991–1992 and 2001–2002. Drug Alcohol Depend, 74(3):223–34, 2004.