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Table 1 12-month prevalence of alcohol dependence diagnoses by sex

From: Alcohol dependence and treatment utilization in Europe – a representative cross-sectional study in primary care

 

AD diagnosis by GP

AD diagnosis by CIDIa

AD diagnosis by GP or CIDIa

 

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Total

 

(N = 5,461)

(N = 7,542)

(N = 13,003)

(N = 3,715)

(N = 5,383)

(N = 9,098)

(N = 3,449)

(N = 5,027)

(N = 8,476)

Percentage diagnosed % (CI)

8.7 (8.0 - 9.4)

2.5c (2.2 - 2.9)

5.1 (4.7 - 5.5)

9.4 (8.4 - 10.3)

3.0c (2.5 - 3.4)

5.5 (5.1 - 6.0)

14.6 (13.4 - 15.7)

4.8c (4.2 - 5.3)

8.7 (8.1 - 9.3)

Sought and received professional helpb % (CI)

28.6 (24.2 - 33.0)

19.6d (13.5 - 25.8)

26.0 (22.4 - 29.7)

18.5 (14.5 - 22.5)

14.8 (9.1 - 20.4)

17.3 (14.0 - 20.6)

24.1 (20.4 - 27.8)

18.6 (13.7 - 23.5)

22.3 (19.4 - 25.2)

  1. Note. AD = alcohol dependence. GP = general practitioner. CIDI = Composite International Diagnostic Interview. CI = 95 % confidence interval based on standard error
  2. aData was weighted with inverse sampling probabilities
  3. bPercentage of diagnosed patients that sought and received professional help. Data on help seeking behaviour derived from GP assessment in the first three columns, from interview in column four to six and a combined measure from both GP assessment and interview was used in the last three columns
  4. cχ2-test on sex and diagnosis, all p < .001
  5. dχ2-test on sex and treatment reception among diagnosed AD cases, p < .05