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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

Percent distribution of principal (first-listed) diagnoses among discharges with any (all-listed) mention of an alcohol-related diagnosis for U.S. population ages 12 and older, 2015.

8.2% alcoholic psychoses
2.5% alcohol dependence syndrome
2.6% alcohol-related cirrhosis
1.7% other specified and unspecified cirrhosis without mention of alcohol
0.7% nondependent abuse of alcohol
0.3% alcohol poisoning
84.0% alcohol–related, non–first–listed diagnosis

Total number of discharges with any (all-listed) mention of an alcohol-related diagnosis = approximately 2.6 million

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