NESARC-I, DSM-IV past-year and lifetime AUD were also highest in Native Americans (12.1%, 43.0%) and lowest in Asians (4.5%, 11.6%). Past-year DSM-IV AUD did not differ among the other ethnic groups, but lifetime AUD was higher in Whites (6.9%, 34.1%) than Hispanics (7.9%, 21.0%) and Blacks (6.9%, 20.6%). When adjusted for sociodemographic variables and compared with Whites as the reference group, Hispanics were 30% and 60% less likely, Blacks were about half as likely, and Asians were 60% and 80% less likely to have past-year and lifetime DSM-IV AUD, respectively; Native Americans did not significantly differ from Whites in adjusted models10.
