title: Prevalence and psychiatric heterogeneity of alcoholism in a United States urban community.
abstract: Current point and lifetime prevalence rates of alcoholism in a sample of New Haven, Connecticut, residents were 2.6 and 6.7 per 100, respectively. Alcoholism was more prevalent in men, Nonwhites, Protestants, lower social classes and the unmarried. Two-thirds of the alcoholics had at least one psychiatric disorder than alcoholism.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications; D008875:Middle Aged; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States; D014505:Urban Population