As shown in Table 1, the prevalence of past-year DSM-5 moderate AUD was higher than the prevalence of past-year DSM-IV abuse, 6.9% versus 5.3% (McNemar’stest statistic = 153.3, df=1, p<.0001). Of individuals positive for any DSM-IV abuse, 42.0% did not satisfy the criteria for a DSM-5 moderate AUD. These were primarily composed (84.8%) of individuals who had satisfied a single DSM-IV abuse criterion, almost always hazardous use (data not shown). An additional 0.8% had satisfied two DSM-IV abuse symptoms, one of which was legal problems, which did not count towards a DSM-5 diagnosis, and 14.4% were individuals with two or fewer DSM-IV dependence whose combination of abuse and dependence symptoms was sufficiently large (≥4) to for a diagnosis of severe AUD.
