To compare PAS throughout the entire sample, we divided participants into five mutually exclusive categories based on lifetime alcohol consumption, lifetime AUD, and lifetime treatment status. Categories 1-2 divided respondents who never met criteria for AUD into 1) those who never drank alcohol (“Lifetime abstainer”) and 2) those who drank alcohol, but never met criteria for AUD (“Lifetime unaffected”). Categories 3-4 reflected differences in current AUD status among those who ever met criteria for AUD, including: 3) had AUD prior to the past year, but not in the past year (“Recovered”); and 4) met criteria in the past year (“Current AUD”). Category 5 includes persons who had ever been treated for AUD or ever perceived a need for treatment (“Labeled”). Hence, categories 3 and 4 did not include persons with AUDs who received or perceived a need for alcohol treatment.
