Lifetime prevalence rates of SUD have ranged from 14.6% to 26.6% in the general United States (US) population (Baumeister and Härter, 2007; Kessler et al., 1994, 2005a), and from 9.9% to 18.7% in Europe (Bijl et al., 1998; Jacobi et al., 2004). In studies from the US, lifetime prevalence of SUD in Latinos (11.2% to 16.1%) (Alegría et al., 2008; Breslau et al., 2006) is lower than in non-Latino Whites (Alegria et al., 2006; Zhang and Snowden, 1999). In Latinos living outside of the US, lifetime prevalence of SUD is also lower than in the general US population (Andrade et al., 2000; Medina-Mora et al., 2007).
