The prevalence of past 12 month DSM-5 AUDs is presented in Table 1 for the full sample and also for the subset of individuals who reported using alcohol at least once during their lifetime (either at Wave 1 or Wave 2). The latter reflects exclusion of lifetime abstainers who can be considered “missing” or ineligible for a diagnosis of AUDs. Of the full sample, 10.8% met criteria for DSM-5 AUDs corresponding to 12.3% of lifetime alcohol users. These estimates were comparable with past 12 month DSM-IV abuse/dependence (9.7% for full sample and 11.1% of lifetime alcohol users) suggesting only a very modest (11.3% and 10.8%) increase in overall diagnoses.
