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Alcohol use disorder in active duty service members: Incidence rates over a 19-year period
- Source :
- Substance Abuse. 43:294-300
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2021.
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Abstract
- Background: Alcohol use is a concerning issue for the military given its potential negative impact on human performance. Limited data are available regarding the incidence of alcohol use disorder in the military, which is critical to understand to evaluate force readiness, as well as for preventative initiatives and treatment planning. The aim was to examine the alcohol use disorder incidence rates (overall and across demographics) among active duty service members from 2001 to 2018. Methods: Data on 208,870 active duty service members between 2001 and 2018 from the Defense Medical Epidemiology Database was examined. Incidence rates were analyzed to determine the diagnostic rates of AUD (including both alcohol abuse and dependence), which were then examined by sex, age, service branch, military pay grade, marital status, and race. Results: Incidence rates of AUD in active duty service members (per 1,000 service members) ranged from 6.45 to 10.50 for alcohol abuse and 5.21 to 7.11 for alcohol dependence. Initial diagnoses of new-onset AUD occurred most frequently within 20-24 year-old, white, male, and non-married U.S. Army service members in the enlisted pay grades of E-1 to E-4. Statistically significant differences (p
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Active duty
Alcohol Drinking
Population
Psychological intervention
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Alcohol abuse
Alcohol use disorder
Young Adult
Humans
Medicine
education
education.field_of_study
Marital Status
business.industry
Incidence
Incidence (epidemiology)
Alcohol dependence
medicine.disease
United States
Alcoholism
Psychiatry and Mental health
Military Personnel
Marital status
business
Demography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15470164 and 08897077
- Volume :
- 43
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Substance Abuse
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....db7074d0df4034452e5c218e5224889e