Table 3. Prevalence of Past-Year and Current PTSD Across Study Variables.
| Variable | Participants, weighted % (observed No.) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Past-year PTSD | Current PTSD | |||
| Yes (n = 1417) | No (n = 4560) | Yes (n = 530) | No (n = 5447) | |
| Age, mean (SD), y | 39.89 (15.18) | 47.34 (17.90) | 39.41 (14.82) | 46.14 (17.71) |
| Latency, mean (SD), mo since MVI | 18.27 (11.24) | 19.15 (11.71) | 18.72 (12.16) | 18.96 (11.55) |
| Social support score, mean (SD) | 12.95 (4.11) | 14.74 (4.69) | 12.29 (4.22) | 14.51 (4.61) |
| Race | ||||
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.9 (16) | 1.1 (46) | 0.2 (3) | 1.1 (59) |
| Asian | 3.4 (36) | 4.3 (194) | 3.6 (10) | 4.1 (220) |
| Black or African American | 18.0 (166) | 16.0 (446) | 22.3 (72) | 15.9 (540) |
| White | 71.2 (1088) | 70.5 (3429) | 65.6 (355) | 71.2 (4162) |
| Othera | 6.5 (109) | 8.2 (330) | 8.2 (47) | 7.7 (392) |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Hispanic | 24.6 (332) | 26.0 (992) | 26.2 (110) | 25.6 (1214) |
| Non-Hispanic | 75.4 (1093) | 74.0 (3514) | 73.8 (379) | 74.4 (4228) |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 31.7 (331) | 51.1 (2726) | 29.3 (115) | 48.2 (2008) |
| Female | 68.3 (1084) | 48.9 (1792) | 70.7 (371) | 51.8 (3439) |
| Annual household income, $ | ||||
| <25 000 | 31.9 (373) | 24.2 (681) | 38.9 (166) | 24.8 (888) |
| 25 000-49 999 | 27.2 (327) | 24.0 (835) | 25.4 (111) | 24.7 (1051) |
| 50 000-74 999 | 15.4 (242) | 17.7 (734) | 15.2 (70) | 17.4 (906) |
| 75 000-99 999 | 8.3 (151) | 12.1 (602) | 5.5 (37) | 11.7 (716) |
| ≥100 000 | 17.3 (305) | 22.0 (1429) | 15.0 (93) | 21.4 (1641) |
| Education | ||||
| High school graduate or less | 32.6 (214) | 36.4 (668) | 27.9 (80) | 35.3 (802) |
| Some college or technical training | 39.6 (519) | 31.8 (1245) | 40.2 (193) | 33.0 (1571) |
| College graduate | 17.9 (360) | 19.8 (1276) | 14.2 (114) | 19.9 (1522) |
| Graduate work | 10.0 (333) | 12.0 (1332) | 7.7 (102) | 11.9 (1563) |
| PTEs | ||||
| PSA | 5.0 (71) | 4.7 (211) | 3.4 (17) | 4.9 (265) |
| Other PTEs | 24.9 (351) | 43.1 (2045) | 17.5 (83) | 40.9 (2313) |
| Both PSA and other PTEs | 64.1 (895) | 29.8 (1340) | 76.5 (370) | 34.2 (1865) |
| No history of PTE | 6.0 (108) | 22.3 (932) | 2.6 (18) | 20.0 (1022) |
| Exposure to MVI | ||||
| Yes | 25.3 (382) | 16.4 (872) | 30.6 (144) | 17.4 (1110) |
| No | 74.7 (1041) | 83.6 (3614) | 69.4 (343) | 82.6 (4312) |
Abbreviations: MVI, mass violence incident; PSA, physical or sexual assault; PTE, potentially traumatic event; PTSD, posttraumatic stress disorder.
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Other racial subcategories included participants who reported they were biracial, Jamaican, Caribbean, Taino, North African, Middle Eastern, or Jewish.