Alcohol consumption is common across subpopulations in the United States. However, the
health burden associated with alcohol consumption varies across groups, including those …

Purpose The NESARC, a “third-generation” psychiatric epidemiologic survey that integrated
detailed measures of alcohol and drug use and problems has been the data source for …

This article describes the prevalence of heavy drinking among the Canadian population and
the prevalence of alcohol dependence among heavy drinkers aged 18 or older. It also …

Context: Alcohol consumption is a major public health problem nationally, but little research
has investigated drinking patterns by rurality of residence. Purpose: To describe the …

BACKGROUND:: To date, there have been no published data on 12-month comorbidity of
DSM-IV alcohol and drug use disorders in the general US population. The purposes of the …

Aims To review the literature on the prevalence of alcohol dependence according to age,
presenting data suggesting that the increased prevalence of alcohol dependence among …

Background: Recent research suggests that adding a quantity/frequency alcohol
consumption measure to diagnoses of alcohol use disorders may improve construct validity …

Methods Data came from the 2002 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, a
population-based telephone survey of noninstitutionalized US adults. Current health …

National surveys of adolescents, college students, and other young adults in the United
States reveal high rates of alcohol use among these age groups as well as high rates of …

Analyses of the prevalence and incidence of withdrawal symptoms in the general population
can provide an estimate of the frequency of alcohol dependence in the population. Similar …