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Alcohol, Tobacco, and Nonmedical Drug Use in Older U.S. Adults: Data from the 2001/02 National Epidemiologic Survey of Alcohol and Related Conditions
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OBJECTIVES: To examine the prevalence and sociodemographic and health‐related correlates of substance use, including alcohol, tobacco, and nonmedical drug use, in adults aged 65 and older. DESIGN: Cross‐sectional, retrospective survey of a population‐based sample, the 2001/02 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. SETTING: United States. PARTICIPANTS: Eight thousand two hundred five U.S. adults aged 65 and older. MEASUREMENTS: Prevalence of lifetime and previous‐12‐month alcohol, tobacco, and nonmedical drug use and associations between substance use and sociodemographic and health‐related factors. RESULTS: Almost 80% of older adults had used any of the three substances over their lifetimes, and more than 50% reported such use over the previous 12 months. Alcohol was the most commonly used substance over the lifetime (74%) and in the previous 12 months (45%), followed by tobacco (52% lifetime; 14% previous 12 months); far fewer reported nonmedical use of drugs (5% lifetime; 1% previous 12 months). In general, being younger, male, and divorced or separated were factors consistently associated with use of any of the three substances. CONCLUSION: Most older adults had used substances over their lifetimes and in the previous 12 months. Alcohol is the substance of choice for this age group, followed by tobacco; few report nonmedical drug use.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Moore, A. A., Karno, M. P., Grella, C. E., Lin, J. C., Warda, U., Liao, D. H., & Hu, P.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Venue
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2009-12
- Volume
- 57
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 2275-2281
- ISSN
- 0002-8614 (ISSN-L)
- 1532-5415
- PMC
- PMC3646625
- OpenAlex
- W1879524055
- Cited by
- 149
- References
- 22
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 40 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 17 · 2013: 11 · 2012: 10
- FWCI
- 3.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (K24AA015957)
- National Institute on Aging (P30AG028748)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA020944)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Geriatrics and Gerontology › Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Keywords
- alcohol consumption, tobacco use, non-medical drug use, older adults, substance use prevalence, sociodemographic correlates, lifetime substance use, NESARC
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Alcohol Drinking, Cross-Sectional Studies, Drug Utilization, Nonprescription Drugs, Female, Humans, Male, Retrospective Studies, Smoking, Prevalence
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