Table 2. Number and rate of any (all-listed) alcohol-related diagnoses for U.S. population ages 15 years and older by sex and age group, 1979–2005.
Diagnostic
category
and year 		Number of discharges (in 1,000s) Rate per 10,000 population
Total Male Female 15–24
years		 25–44
years		 45–64
years		 65+
years		 Total Male Female 15–24
years		 25–44
years		 45–64
years		 65+
years
Any alcohol-related diagnosis
2005 1,635 1,083 553 94 535 727 279 69.7 95.0 45.8 22.7 64.3 99.8 75.7
2004 1,650 1,096 554 101 536 726 287 71.2 97.6 46.4 24.5 64.2 102.8 79.0
2003 1,574 1,068 506 90 542 678 264 68.8 96.3 42.9 22.2 64.9 98.7 73.5
2002 1,514 1,039 476 90 554 616 254 66.9 94.8 40.7 22.5 65.8 92.5 71.4
2001 1,440 982 458 97 558 541 243 64.4 90.9 39.6 24.6 66.2 83.9 68.9
2000 1,368 941 427 87 546 519 217 62.0 88.3 37.4 22.4 64.7 83.0 61.8
1999 1,371 935 436 87 538 512 233 63.7 90.1 39.1 22.7 64.4 86.8 68.2
1998 1,366 923 443 78 567 496 225 64.1 89.8 40.1 20.7 67.4 86.9 65.9
1997 1,345 923 423 79 556 458 251 63.9 90.7 38.8 21.3 65.9 83.0 74.4
1996 1,342 938 404 72 594 438 238 64.3 93.2 37.4 19.6 70.3 81.7 70.8
1995 1,317 904 413 96 591 413 217 63.9 91.2 38.6 26.3 70.3 79.4 65.2
1994 1,300 919 381 90 582 412 215 63.8 93.8 36.0 24.7 69.5 81.3 65.6
1993 1,226 880 347 76 561 372 216 60.7 90.7 33.1 20.9 67.3 75.3 66.6
1992 1,175 814 361 90 515 357 213 58.8 84.9 34.7 24.6 62.1 74.2 66.4
1991 1,066 753 312 83 465 317 201 53.9 79.5 30.4 22.5 56.2 68.0 63.9
1990 1,021 717 304 86 432 314 189 52.1 76.4 29.8 23.0 53.0 68.1 61.3
1989 1,020 702 318 94 412 324 190 53.2 76.7 31.7 25.5 52.4 70.7 62.0
1988 979 670 309 102 390 315 172 51.4 73.8 31.0 27.1 50.4 69.3 57.1

1987*		 1,136 817 319 93 476 378 189 60.2 90.9 32.3 24.3 62.6 84.4 63.7
1986* 1,198 847 351 96 497 406 199 64.1 95.2 35.9 24.8 66.7 91.1 68.6
1985* 1,112 798 314 86 436 408 181 60.2 90.8 32.4 21.9 60.2 91.5 63.8
1984* 1,084 752 331 81 421 391 191 59.3 86.7 34.6 20.4 59.6 87.9 68.5
1983* 1,060 741 319 79 406 395 180 58.7 86.4 33.6 19.7 59.1 88.8 65.8
1982* 1,093 781 312 91 410 415 177 61.2 92.1 33.3 22.3 61.5 93.4 66.2
1981* 1,125 798 326 86 415 453 171 63.7 95.3 35.2 20.7 64.2 101.9 65.4
1980* 1,092 781 311 74 395 454 170 62.7 94.5 34.0 17.8 63.1 102.1 66.1
1979* 1,045 757 288 78 369 446 151 60.9 93.0 32.0 18.8 61.1 100.6 60.3
Alcoholic psychoses
2005 309 222 87 8 125 143 32 13.2 19.5 7.2 2.0 15.0 19.7 8.6
2004 298 215 83 10 113 139 36 12.9 19.1 7.0 2.5 13.5 19.7 9.9
2003 281 206 75 9 112 122 39 12.3 18.6 6.4 2.1 13.4 17.7 10.8
2002 287 218 69 8 125 116 38 12.7 19.9 5.9 2.1 14.8 17.4 10.7
2001 251 181 70 11 109 98 33 11.2 16.7 6.1 2.7 12.9 15.2 9.4
2000 251 187 64 9 117 95 30 11.4 17.5 5.6 2.3 13.9 15.2 8.6
1999 219 173 46 7 98 81 33 10.2 16.6 4.2 1.9 11.7 13.7 9.7
1998 222 170 51 4 99 86 33 10.4 16.6 4.7 1.1 11.8 15.0 9.6
1997 206 155 50 — 93 75 33 9.8 15.3 4.6 — 11.0 13.6 9.9
1996 203 155 48 — 92 66 42 9.7 15.4 4.4 — 10.9 12.3 12.5
1995 180 138 42 5 84 67 23 8.7 13.9 3.9 1.5 10.0 12.9 7.0
1994 198 162 37 4 83 80 31 9.7 16.5 3.5 1.2 9.9 15.7 9.5
1993 181 143 38 4 85 66 27 9.0 14.8 3.6 1.2 10.2 13.3 8.2
1992 162 129 33 5 74 56 28 8.1 13.5 3.2 1.4 8.9 11.6 8.6
1991 153 122 31 4 67 60 23 7.8 12.9 3.0 1.1 8.0 12.8 7.4
1990 129 106 23 4 53 49 22 6.6 11.3 2.2 1.0 6.5 10.7 7.2
1989 130 100 30 5 52 49 24 6.8 10.9 3.0 1.3 6.7 10.6 7.9
1988 129 99 31 — 55 46 23 6.8 10.9 3.1 — 7.1 10.2 7.5

1987*		 164 128 36 — 76 60 25 8.7 14.3 3.7 — 10.0 13.3 8.5
1986* 171 136 36 6 80 63 23 9.2 15.2 3.7 1.5 10.7 14.1 7.9
1985* 160 129 31 7 73 58 21 8.7 14.7 3.2 1.7 10.1 13.1 7.4
1984* 141 109 31 6 57 58 20 7.7 12.6 3.3 1.5 8.1 13.1 7.1
1983* 116 93 22 — 49 45 17 6.4 10.9 2.3 — 7.1 10.2 6.2
1982* 130 103 26 — 55 54 17 7.3 12.2 2.8 — 8.3 12.2 6.4
1981* 142 114 28 6 58 61 17 8.1 13.6 3.0 1.4 9.0 13.8 6.3
1980* 129 101 28 — 57 57 13 7.4 12.2 3.1 — 9.1 12.8 5.2
1979* 115 97 18 — 44 53 15 6.7 11.9 2.0 — 7.3 11.9 5.8
Alcohol dependence syndrome
2005 757 525 232 33 287 354 83 32.3 46.1 19.2 8.0 34.5 48.6 22.5
2004 764 530 234 39 283 344 97 33.0 47.2 19.6 9.6 33.9 48.7 26.8
2003 742 528 214 30 302 324 87 32.4 47.6 18.1 7.3 36.1 47.2 24.1
2002 767 553 213 38 329 313 86 33.9 50.5 18.3 9.6 39.1 47.0 24.0
2001 735 527 208 42 329 281 82 32.9 48.8 18.0 10.8 39.1 43.5 23.3
2000 727 526 201 38 332 275 83 33.0 49.4 17.6 9.7 39.3 44.0 23.8
1999 737 529 207 36 331 281 88 34.2 51.0 18.6 9.4 39.6 47.7 25.8
1998 759 552 207 38 371 270 80 35.6 53.7 18.8 10.0 44.1 47.3 23.6
1997 757 548 209 35 350 275 97 35.9 53.9 19.2 9.4 41.5 49.7 28.8
1996 787 592 195 39 392 259 97 37.8 58.8 18.1 10.5 46.4 48.4 29.0
1995 853 618 235 59 423 275 95 41.4 62.4 22.0 16.1 50.4 52.9 28.6
1994 775 578 197 49 390 247 90 38.0 59.0 18.6 13.3 46.6 48.6 27.4
1993 752 568 183 44 393 228 87 37.2 58.6 17.5 12.1 47.1 46.2 26.7
1992 745 552 193 51 375 226 92 37.3 57.5 18.6 13.9 45.2 47.0 28.9
1991 654 491 164 46 332 192 85 33.1 51.8 15.9 12.6 40.0 41.1 27.0
1990 647 484 163 55 311 202 79 33.0 51.5 16.0 14.6 38.1 43.8 25.6
1989 646 481 165 65 302 196 84 33.7 52.5 16.5 17.6 38.4 42.7 27.3
1988 647 468 179 74 289 204 80 34.0 51.5 18.0 19.9 37.3 44.8 26.6

1987*		 785 593 192 66 372 252 95 41.6 66.0 19.4 17.2 48.8 56.3 32.1
1986* 828 621 208 72 390 271 95 44.3 69.8 21.2 18.5 52.4 60.8 32.8
1985* 756 578 179 58 347 267 85 40.9 65.8 18.4 14.7 47.8 59.9 29.9
1984* 760 557 204 61 333 273 93 41.6 64.2 21.3 15.5 47.2 61.3 33.3
1983* 721 536 185 59 314 261 86 39.9 62.5 19.5 14.8 45.8 58.8 31.5
1982* 749 567 182 67 313 277 92 41.9 66.8 19.4 16.3 46.9 62.3 34.4
1981* 775 585 189 61 322 307 85 43.9 69.9 20.4 14.8 49.8 69.0 32.6
1980* 746 573 173 51 307 303 85 42.8 69.3 18.9 12.4 49.1 68.0 33.0
1979* 724 554 170 53 287 304 80 42.2 68.1 18.9 12.8 47.5 68.6 31.7
All chronic liver disease and cirrhosis
2005 477 281 196 5 82 256 135 20.3 24.7 16.3 1.1 9.8 35.1 36.6
2004 500 295 206 4 94 264 138 21.6 26.2 17.2 1.0 11.3 37.4 37.9
2003 458 275 183 4 81 248 125 20.0 24.8 15.5 0.9 9.7 36.0 34.9
2002 411 253 158 4 72 210 125 18.1 23.1 13.5 1.1 8.5 31.5 35.1
2001 386 226 159 — 83 179 121 17.2 20.9 13.8 — 9.8 27.8 34.2
2000 351 207 144 4 76 179 91 15.9 19.4 12.6 1.0 9.1 28.7 25.9
1999 346 199 147 — 69 173 102 16.1 19.1 13.2 — 8.3 29.4 29.7
1998 361 211 149 3 79 164 114 16.9 20.6 13.5 0.8 9.4 28.8 33.5
1997 330 197 133 2 76 131 120 15.7 19.4 12.2 0.7 9.1 23.7 35.6
1996 346 209 136 — 86 147 110 16.6 20.8 12.6 — 10.1 27.4 32.8
1995 322 186 136 — 81 133 106 15.6 18.8 12.7 — 9.7 25.5 31.8
1994 328 198 130 — 87 133 105 16.1 20.2 12.3 — 10.4 26.2 31.8
1993 313 197 116 — 79 123 107 15.5 20.3 11.1 — 9.4 24.9 33.0
1992 304 185 119 5 75 117 107 15.2 19.3 11.5 1.4 9.0 24.4 33.4
1991 275 168 107 3 71 106 94 13.9 17.7 10.4 0.8 8.6 22.8 29.9
1990 271 162 109 3 68 102 98 13.8 17.3 10.6 0.9 8.3 22.1 31.6
1989 293 167 126 8 67 117 100 15.2 18.2 12.5 2.2 8.6 25.5 32.6
1988 259 151 108 — 67 109 79 13.6 16.6 10.8 — 8.6 23.9 26.1

1987*		 295 183 113 — 73 129 89 15.6 20.3 11.4 — 9.5 28.8 30.0
1986* 313 181 132 5 71 141 95 16.7 20.4 13.4 1.3 9.6 31.7 32.8
1985* 306 184 122 — 66 147 90 16.6 21.0 12.6 — 9.0 33.0 31.6
1984* 304 185 119 — 75 125 101 16.7 21.4 12.4 — 10.7 28.0 36.2
1983* 317 192 125 7 77 140 93 17.6 22.4 13.2 1.7 11.2 31.5 34.1
1982* 309 191 119 — 79 143 82 17.3 22.5 12.6 — 11.9 32.1 30.6
1981* 325 194 131 7 77 156 86 18.4 23.2 14.1 1.6 11.9 35.1 32.6
1980* 315 188 128 6 71 152 85 18.1 22.7 13.9 1.6 11.4 34.2 33.2
1979* 299 185 114 7 68 152 72 17.4 22.7 12.6 1.6 11.3 34.3 28.6
Alcoholic cirrhosis
2005 230 163 67 — 53 141 35 9.8 14.3 5.6 — 6.4 19.4 9.6
2004 239 176 63 — 61 136 42 10.3 15.7 5.3 — 7.3 19.3 11.6
2003 237 168 69 — 52 142 42 10.4 15.2 5.8 — 6.2 20.7 11.8
2002 204 157 47 — 48 117 37 9.0 14.3 4.1 — 5.7 17.6 10.4
2001 197 146 51 — 55 106 36 8.8 13.5 4.4 — 6.5 16.4 10.3
2000 198 138 60 — 52 112 32 9.0 12.9 5.2 — 6.2 17.9 9.1
1999 184 133 51 — 45 105 33 8.5 12.8 4.6 — 5.4 17.8 9.8
1998 188 138 50 — 56 94 38 8.8 13.5 4.5 — 6.7 16.4 11.1
1997 182 131 51 — 56 82 43 8.6 12.8 4.7 — 6.6 14.9 12.7
1996 200 145 55 — 61 98 41 9.6 14.4 5.1 — 7.3 18.2 12.1
1995 179 124 55 — 59 81 37 8.7 12.5 5.1 — 7.1 15.6 11.0
1994 193 138 55 — 61 87 45 9.5 14.1 5.2 — 7.2 17.1 13.7
1993 178 135 43 — 59 78 39 8.8 13.9 4.1 — 7.1 15.9 11.9
1992 167 125 42 — 55 73 37 8.4 13.0 4.1 — 6.6 15.3 11.4
1991 149 106 43 — 50 66 33 7.6 11.2 4.2 — 6.0 14.2 10.3
1990 150 109 41 — 49 62 37 7.6 11.6 4.0 — 6.0 13.5 12.1
1989 143 101 42 — 41 64 36 7.4 11.0 4.2 — 5.2 13.9 11.6
1988 144 104 40 — 44 68 28 7.5 11.4 4.0 — 5.7 14.9 9.3

1987*		 163 118 46 — 49 79 33 8.7 13.1 4.6 — 6.4 17.6 11.2
1986* 159 111 47 — 50 78 28 8.5 12.5 4.8 — 6.7 17.5 9.8
1985* 152 104 48 — 46 78 27 8.2 11.8 5.0 — 6.4 17.6 9.3
1984* 142 103 39 — 44 71 26 7.8 11.9 4.1 — 6.2 15.8 9.2
1983* 140 101 39 — 48 65 24 7.7 11.8 4.1 — 6.9 14.7 8.8
1982* 149 108 41 — 53 71 23 8.3 12.7 4.3 — 7.9 16.1 8.6
1981* 152 105 47 — 47 75 27 8.6 12.5 5.1 — 7.3 16.9 10.2
1980* 137 98 39 — 45 65 26 7.8 11.8 4.3 — 7.1 14.6 10.1
1979* 137 98 39 — 41 72 23 8.0 12.1 4.3 — 6.8 16.3 9.0
Other specified cirrhosis
2005 111 46 65 4 21 53 32 4.7 4.0 5.4 1.0 2.6 7.3 8.8
2004 104 42 62 3 25 49 27 4.5 3.8 5.2 0.7 3.0 7.0 7.4
2003 105 48 56 2 20 56 27 4.6 4.4 4.8 0.6 2.4 8.1 7.6
2002 81 36 45 3 16 36 26 3.6 3.3 3.8 0.7 1.9 5.4 7.4
2001 80 39 40 — 20 35 24 3.6 3.6 3.5 — 2.3 5.4 6.8
2000 71 35 36 — 15 36 19 3.2 3.3 3.1 — 1.7 5.7 5.3
1999 76 37 39 — 13 39 24 3.5 3.5 3.5 — 1.5 6.6 7.0
1998 84 42 42 — 20 35 27 3.9 4.1 3.8 — 2.4 6.1 7.9
1997 71 32 39 — 14 28 28 3.4 3.2 3.6 — 1.7 5.1 8.2
1996 81 41 40 — 18 35 27 3.9 4.1 3.7 — 2.1 6.5 8.1
1995 70 31 39 — 19 26 25 3.4 3.1 3.7 — 2.2 4.9 7.4
1994 76 36 40 — 22 24 29 3.7 3.7 3.8 — 2.6 4.7 8.8
1993 68 35 34 — 14 28 25 3.4 3.6 3.2 — 1.7 5.6 7.6
1992 70 33 37 — 17 21 28 3.5 3.4 3.5 — 2.0 4.4 8.9
1991 74 38 36 — 19 28 26 3.7 4.1 3.5 — 2.2 6.0 8.2
1990 62 28 34 — 14 23 23 3.1 3.0 3.3 — 1.8 5.1 7.3
1989 72 29 43 — 20 27 20 3.7 3.2 4.3 — 2.6 6.0 6.4
1988 60 26 34 — 20 22 17 3.1 2.9 3.4 — 2.5 4.8 5.7

1987*		 69 35 34 — 17 28 21 3.6 3.8 3.4 — 2.2 6.3 7.1
1986* 73 32 42 — 16 30 25 3.9 3.6 4.3 — 2.2 6.8 8.7
1985* 70 35 35 — 16 32 19 3.8 4.0 3.6 — 2.2 7.2 6.8
1984* 72 31 41 — 20 27 24 3.9 3.6 4.2 — 2.8 6.0 8.7
1983* 78 36 42 — 19 33 23 4.3 4.2 4.5 — 2.8 7.4 8.5
1982* 74 35 39 — 20 30 22 4.1 4.1 4.2 — 2.9 6.7 8.2
1981* 74 34 40 — 17 35 18 4.2 4.0 4.3 — 2.7 7.9 7.0
1980* 69 31 38 — 14 34 17 4.0 3.7 4.2 — 2.3 7.6 6.6
1979* 61 26 34 — 15 27 15 3.5 3.2 3.8 — 2.5 6.2 6.0
Unspecified cirrhosis
2005 176 96 80 — 13 85 77 7.5 8.4 6.7 — 1.5 11.7 21.0
2004 193 97 96 — 17 97 77 8.3 8.6 8.1 — 2.1 13.8 21.3
2003 165 87 78 — 17 79 68 7.2 7.8 6.6 — 2.0 11.6 18.8
2002 160 82 78 — 11 73 74 7.1 7.5 6.6 — 1.3 10.9 20.8
2001 143 64 79 — 16 57 69 6.4 5.9 6.9 — 1.9 8.9 19.4
2000 121 55 65 — 16 54 50 5.5 5.2 5.7 — 1.9 8.6 14.3
1999 121 52 69 — 17 51 53 5.6 5.0 6.2 — 2.0 8.7 15.4
1998 132 58 75 — 11 57 64 6.2 5.6 6.8 — 1.3 10.0 18.8
1997 106 49 57 — 13 33 60 5.0 4.8 5.2 — 1.5 5.9 17.8
1996 103 46 57 — 14 36 52 4.9 4.6 5.2 — 1.7 6.7 15.4
1995 103 48 55 — 10 41 52 5.0 4.8 5.2 — 1.2 7.8 15.7
1994 92 44 48 — 13 35 43 4.5 4.5 4.5 — 1.6 6.9 13.1
1993 91 42 48 — 11 29 51 4.5 4.4 4.6 — 1.3 5.8 15.8
1992 93 42 51 — 8 30 54 4.6 4.4 4.9 — 0.9 6.3 16.9
1991 78 39 39 — 9 25 44 3.9 4.1 3.8 — 1.0 5.4 14.0
1990 82 37 46 — 7 27 47 4.2 3.9 4.5 — 0.9 5.8 15.0
1989 104 49 55 — 12 38 52 5.4 5.4 5.5 — 1.5 8.3 17.0
1988 77 32 45 — 9 29 40 4.1 3.6 4.5 — 1.1 6.4 13.1

1987*		 87 43 44 — 10 36 41 4.6 4.8 4.4 — 1.3 7.9 13.7
1986* 105 50 55 — 11 43 50 5.6 5.7 5.6 — 1.5 9.6 17.4
1985* 108 57 51 — 8 49 50 5.8 6.5 5.2 — 1.0 11.0 17.4
1984* 115 66 49 — 16 39 60 6.3 7.6 5.1 — 2.3 8.8 21.4
1983* 125 69 56 — 17 54 53 6.9 8.0 5.9 — 2.4 12.1 19.2
1982* 113 65 48 — 16 52 44 6.4 7.7 5.2 — 2.4 11.7 16.5
1981* 121 66 55 — 17 57 46 6.9 7.9 5.9 — 2.6 12.8 17.7
1980* 129 72 58 — 16 64 48 7.4 8.7 6.3 — 2.6 14.4 18.6
1979* 116 70 46 — 15 62 37 6.7 8.6 5.1 — 2.5 13.9 14.9
Nondependent abuse of alcohol
2005 540 374 166 57 198 209 76 23.0 32.8 13.8 13.6 23.8 28.7 20.8
2004 530 371 159 58 201 199 72 22.9 33.0 13.3 14.0 24.1 28.2 19.8
2003 510 360 150 55 197 191 68 22.3 32.5 12.7 13.6 23.5 27.8 18.8
2002 462 324 138 49 190 167 57 20.4 29.6 11.8 12.2 22.5 25.1 15.9
2001 453 325 128 53 192 152 56 20.3 30.0 11.1 13.3 22.8 23.5 16.0
2000 413 295 118 50 172 140 51 18.7 27.7 10.3 12.8 20.4 22.4 14.6
1999 406 291 115 50 176 127 53 18.9 28.0 10.3 12.9 21.1 21.5 15.6
1998 357 238 118 38 162 117 40 16.7 23.2 10.7 9.9 19.2 20.5 11.8
1997 364 256 108 42 170 104 48 17.3 25.1 10.0 11.4 20.1 18.8 14.3
1996 322 227 95 32 159 94 37 15.5 22.6 8.8 8.6 18.9 17.6 11.1
1995 246 173 73 35 129 56 26 11.9 17.5 6.8 9.6 15.4 10.7 7.7
1994 298 215 83 40 148 79 30 14.6 22.0 7.8 11.0 17.7 15.7 9.2
1993 251 183 68 30 130 63 28 12.4 18.9 6.4 8.3 15.6 12.7 8.5
1992 221 150 71 35 108 55 23 11.1 15.6 6.9 9.6 13.0 11.5 7.1
1991 204 144 60 33 97 47 27 10.3 15.2 5.8 9.0 11.7 10.2 8.5
1990 177 129 48 29 89 43 16 9.0 13.7 4.7 7.7 10.9 9.4 5.3
1989 142 96 46 22 72 33 15 7.4 10.5 4.6 6.0 9.1 7.2 5.0
1988 129 89 40 26 56 32 14 6.8 9.8 4.0 7.0 7.3 7.1 4.8

1987*		 114 84 30 24 50 28 12 6.0 9.4 3.0 6.2 6.6 6.2 4.1
1986* 116 84 31 20 56 27 12 6.2 9.5 3.2 5.2 7.6 6.0 4.2
1985* 99 68 30 23 39 27 11 5.3 7.8 3.1 5.8 5.3 6.0 3.8
1984* 76 53 22 17 33 20 6 4.1 6.2 2.3 4.2 4.6 4.6 2.0
1983* 80 54 26 15 37 20 8 4.4 6.3 2.7 3.7 5.4 4.5 3.0
1982* 89 60 28 20 37 24 8 5.0 7.1 3.0 4.9 5.5 5.5 2.9
1981* 75 53 22 18 29 23 6 4.3 6.4 2.4 4.3 4.4 5.1 2.4
1980* 74 52 23 16 29 20 9 4.3 6.3 2.5 3.9 4.6 4.5 3.6
1979* 75 53 22 19 27 23 6 4.4 6.5 2.4 4.6 4.5 5.2 2.2

* This is the period before implementation of a new sample design. Some of the differences between the 1979–1987 statistics and those of later years may be due to sampling error rather thanchanges in hospital utilization patterns.

—There were fewer than 30 NHDS records for this cell of the table. Data are not reported because of questionable reliability.

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