Table 3.
Type of war trauma | Prevalence range | |
---|---|---|
1 | Lack of food or water | 61–91% |
2 | Unnatural death of family or friend | 18–81% |
3 | Combat situation | 12–51% |
4 | Murder of family or friend | 16–68% |
5 | Witness of death of family member | 41–63% |
6 | Very ill without access to medical care | 16–62% |
7 | Lack of housing or shelter | 39–57% |
8 | Being close to death | 30–51% |
9 | Forced separation from family members | 26–91% |
10 | Serious injury | 7–26% |
11 | Tortured or beaten | 14–31% |
12 | Forced isolation from others | 6–94% |
13 | Murder of stranger or strangers | 18–19% |
14 | Forced to accept thoughts against will/brainwashing | 2–16% |
15 | Imprisonment | 6–27% |
16 | Being lost, abducted or kidnapped | 8–48% |
17 | Rape or sexual abuse | 2–11% |
18 | Forced prostitution or sexual slavery | 1–8% |
19 | Harassment by armed personnel | 16–26% |
20 | Loss of property | 57–94% |
21 | Witnessed rape of a woman | 9–33% |
22 | Had a child abducted* | 18% |
23 | Had a family member disappear* | 41% |
24 | Any other situation that was very frightening or you felt your life was in danger* | 91% |
Based on responses from one study that asked this question