approximately 70,000 12+ year-old individuals each year. In the 2008 NSDUH survey, past-year DSM-IV AUD was 8.0% in Hispanics, 7.5% in Whites, and 6.6% in Blacks, with almost no change in past-year DSM-IV AUDs found in NSDUH total sample from 2002–200813. In the 2005–2007 NSDUH surveys, past-year DSM-IV AUD prevalence was significantly different between Whites and Blacks, and Blacks and Hispanics14. Similarly, in the 2001 NHSDA survey, past-year DSM-IV AUD was 9.7% in Hispanic, 8.0% in Whites, and 6.0% in Blacks15. In the National Comorbidity Survey-Replication (NCS-R), a nationally representative sample of 9,282 adults interviewed in 2001–2003 by the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, lifetime prevalence of DSM-IV AUD was significantly higher in Whites (13.4%, n = 4,180) compared with Blacks (9.5%, n = 717), with Hispanics at 15.0% (n = 527)16. Overall these data indicate lower prevalence of AUDs in Blacks compared with Whites and Hispanics, with similar rates among Whites and Hispanics that differ in rank order across national studies.
