Prevalence of 12-Month Alcohol Use, High-Risk Drinking, and <i>DSM-IV</i> Alcohol Use Disorder in the United States, 2001-2002 to 2012-2013

Abstract

Increases in alcohol use, high-risk drinking, and DSM-IV AUD in the US population and among subgroups, especially women, older adults, racial/ethnic minorities, and the socioeconomically disadvantaged, constitute a public health crisis. Taken together, these findings portend increases in many chronic comorbidities in which alcohol use has a substantial role.