A diagnosis of past 12 month alcohol abuse and/or dependence (non-hierarchical) was based on DSM-IV criteria. Those who endorsed one or more abuse criterion were (hierarchically) diagnosed with DSM-IV alcohol abuse while those reporting three or more dependence criteria were diagnosed with DSM-IV alcohol dependence. A diagnosis of DSM-5 AUDs was made based on the proposed revisions – the sum of 11 criteria (excluding “legal problems” and including “craving”) was used to define moderate (2–3 criteria) and severe (4+) AUDs in the past 12 months. Cross-tabulations were used to compare diagnostic assignments using both sets of diagnostic schemes. All analyses were conducted in SAS v8 (25)– where appropriate, the study design of NESARC, including adjustments for weights (for Wave 1 and/or 2), primary sampling unit (PSU) and strata were included.
