Alcohol-Related Disorders: Inpatient Visit Rate by Race/Ethnicity and Geography

Overall, African-Americans have a much higher rate of inpatient visits related to alcohol use disorders than whites or Latinos. The pattern is consistent in urban, suburban, and rural areas – the black rate is always the highest by a wide margin, and the white and Latino rates are fairly similar in each type of geography. It’s interesting to note that while African-Americans have the highest hospitalization rates related to alcohol use disorders, it is the Latino population that has the highest rates of premature mortality due to liver cancer and chronic liver disease. An additional point to note is the fairly similar rates between suburban and rural groups.