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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

Trends in percent distribution of principal (first-listed) diagnoses among discharges with principal (first-listed) mention of an alcohol-related diagnosis for U.S. population ages 12 and older, 2000–2015

Year Alcoholic psychoses Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis Nondependent abuse
of alcohol
Alcohol dependence
syndrome
Alcohol poisoning
2015 51.2 27.1 4.2 15.9 1.6
2014 49.0 27.6 4.3 17.6 1.6
2013 43.7 27.5 4.5 22.5 1.8
2012 41.9 26.8 4.7 24.8 1.8
2011 38.9 26.4 4.9 28.0 1.9
2010 39.9 25.3 4.9 27.8 2.1
2009 39.5 26.8 4.6 27.5 1.7
2008 38.2 29.6 4.4 26.0 1.7
2007 35.7 29.6 4.7 28.4 1.7
2006 34.4 30.6 4.7 28.4 1.7
2005 31.2 32.1 5.1 29.8 1.8
2004 29.8 31.7 4.9 32.0 1.6
2003 27.0 33.4 5.5 32.4 1.8
2002 29.7 30.4 5.2 32.9 1.8
2001 24.8 27.8 5.4 40.6 1.4
2000 26.0 28.2 5.1 39.3 1.4
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