[psychcnd2.htm, dated 4/06]
Average drinking level and psychiatric disorders
Both sexes/ages 18 and older
Sex
Rate
S.E.
Male
Female
Light drinker
Alcohol abuse
24.55
1.62
30.29
2.47
20.12
1.94
Alcohol dependence
9.53
0.98
8.94
1.38
9.99
1.35
Nicotine dependence
125.65
4.47
121.89
6.19
128.54
5.06
Drug abuse/dependence
3.79
0.58
4.88
1.09
2.95
0.56
Major depression
78.56
2.83
47.88
3.26
102.17
4.27
Dysthymia
18.99
1.36
12.98
1.83
23.61
1.87
Manic disorder
17.41
1.22
14.21
1.93
19.87
1.61
Hypomanic disorder
13.27
1.20
14.18
2.16
12.56
1.33
Panic disorder without agoraphobia
16.02
9.54
1.54
21.01
1.75
Panic disorder with agoraphobia
5.27
0.60
#1.54
0.48
8.14
1.00
Social phobia
30.08
1.74
21.70
2.27
36.53
2.52
Specific phobia
77.53
3.24
44.76
3.16
102.76
4.60
Generalized anxiety
22.73
1.53
13.41
1.78
29.91
2.20
Pathological gambling
1.14
0.25
#0.98
0.38
1.27
0.34
Conduct disorder
10.81
1.08
15.52
1.98
7.17
0.99
Antisocial personality disorder
32.69
1.81
49.22
3.52
19.97
1.67
Avoidant personality disorder
25.70
1.51
18.46
2.07
31.28
2.30
Dependent personality disorder
4.00
#1.95
0.63
5.58
0.91
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
87.33
3.21
85.62
4.71
88.65
3.83
Paranoid personality disorder
47.56
2.46
38.61
54.45
3.01
Schizoid personality disorder
31.88
33.79
2.74
30.41
1.90
Histrionic personality disorder
19.02
1.23
17.78
19.98
1.68
Moderate drinker
132.46
6.46
148.05
7.74
89.98
9.04
62.17
4.15
63.01
4.77
59.88
6.81
154.42
6.93
153.41
8.11
157.17
11.08
8.83
1.71
9.66
2.25
#6.57
2.08
58.63
3.76
45.24
95.09
8.68
11.39
9.69
1.86
16.03
3.27
13.79
1.70
13.67
1.99
14.13
3.35
12.85
1.79
12.49
2.28
13.83
2.76
11.97
1.40
7.75
23.47
4.13
4.05
0.97
#3.28
1.11
#6.17
2.13
22.68
2.22
20.01
2.63
29.97
4.55
61.73
4.04
44.40
4.09
108.94
9.84
13.11
1.95
8.02
26.98
4.86
#2.30
0.73
#2.38
0.92
#2.06
12.74
1.69
14.32
2.19
8.45
46.35
3.92
54.05
5.01
25.40
4.48
16.31
2.03
15.20
2.42
19.34
3.98
#2.96
1.10
#3.29
1.48
0.86
81.54
5.04
76.79
5.49
94.46
10.00
35.19
31.47
3.55
45.32
6.04
29.18
2.96
29.31
3.45
28.81
5.26
22.44
2.62
21.54
3.33
24.91
4.39
Heavier drinker
171.80
8.40
202.36
11.22
126.32
10.28
242.59
9.42
285.05
12.21
179.39
11.23
273.41
9.52
287.47
12.14
252.49
13.00
28.27
3.13
34.40
19.15
3.84
90.30
5.24
66.74
5.59
125.36
9.61
22.09
2.67
12.48
2.38
36.38
5.63
25.42
2.75
26.82
23.33
3.78
20.07
2.40
18.61
3.09
22.23
20.50
2.53
16.53
2.86
26.41
5.00
8.99
1.76
#5.77
1.77
13.77
3.15
30.40
3.40
22.96
3.74
41.47
6.42
88.08
5.75
65.68
121.43
10.30
26.13
3.07
19.09
3.28
36.62
5.57
4.75
1.17
6.60
#1.99
1.34
13.29
2.10
16.44
8.59
2.54
81.96
5.66
104.88
8.13
47.84
27.00
3.36
24.65
30.49
7.97
1.88
#8.47
2.72
#7.22
92.92
6.18
91.11
7.54
95.61
8.90
64.40
4.59
60.74
5.69
69.83
7.67
35.67
3.66
34.66
4.49
37.17
5.48
38.94
4.11
35.02
4.85
44.77
S.E.: standard error.
#Unreliable estimate with relative standard error > 0.3.
1 Substance use disorders, mood and anxiety disorders, and pathological gambling are past-year diagnoses; conduct and personality disorders are lifetime diagnoses.
2 Light drinker: 3 or fewer drinks per week on average. Moderate drinker: on average more than 3 drinks and up to 7 drinks per week for women and more than 3 drinks and up to 14 drinks per week for men.Heavier drinker: on average more than 1 drink per day for women and more than 2 drinks per day for men.
3 Current drinker: 1 or more drinks in the past year.
SOURCE: Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System. Chen, C.M.; Yi, H.; Falk D.E., Stinson, F.S.; Dawson, D.A.; and Grant, B.F. Alcohol Use and Alcohol Use Disorder in the United States: Main Findings from the 2001–2002 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC). U.S. Alcohol Epidemiologic Data Reference Manual, Vol. 8, Number 1. Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (January 2006).