@article{ref1,
title="Age trends in rates of substance use disorders across ages 18-90: differences by gender and race/ethnicity",
journal="Drug and alcohol dependence",
year="2017",
author="Vasilenko, Sara A. and Evans-Polce, Rebecca J. and Lanza, Stephanie T.",
volume="180",
number="",
pages="260-264",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Although research has documented age differences in substance use, less is known about how prevalence of substance use disorders (SUDs) vary across age and differ by gender and race/ethnicity. <br><br>METHODS: Time-varying effect models (TVEMs) were estimated on data from the National Epidemiologic Survey of Alcohol and Related Conditions-III (NESARC III; N=36,309), a nationally representative survey of the adult population. The sample was 44% male; 53% White, 21% Black, 19% Hispanic/Latino, 6% other race/ethnicity. Prevalence of four SUDs (alcohol, tobacco, cannabis and opioid use disorders) were flexibly estimated across ages 18-90 by gender and race/ethnicity. <br><br>RESULTS: Estimated SUD prevalences were generally higher for men compared to women at most ages until the 70s. However, disparities by race/ethnicity varied with age, such that for most SUDs, estimated prevalences were higher for White participants at younger ages and Black participants at older ages. <br><br>DISCUSSION: Results suggest relatively constant disparities by gender across age, and a crossover effect for Black and White participants. <br><br>FINDINGS demonstrate that Black individuals in midlife may be an important target of intervention programs for some substances.<br><br>Copyright © 2017. Published by Elsevier B.V.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0376-8716",
doi="10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.08.027",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.08.027"
}