Table 2. Number and rate of all-listed alcohol-related diagnoses for U.S. population ages 15 years and older by sex and age group, 1979–2003.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

* New sample design was implemented, which may affect trend data. Some of the differences between the 1988–2002 statistics and those of earlier years may be due to sampling error rather than changes 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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