In the NESARC Wave 1, the prevalence of current (i.e., in the last 12 months) alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence was 6.9 percent and 5.4 percent, respectively, among men and 2.6 percent and 2.3 percent, respectively, among women (Hasin et al. 2007). Also, between NESARC Wave 1 and Wave 2, men had significantly higher odds than women to develop incidents of alcohol abuse (OR = 2.3) and dependence (OR = 2.4), controlling for Wave 1 demographic characteristics and psychiatric disorders (Grant et al. 2009).
