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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2007 Dec;64(12):1427–1434. doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.64.12.1427

Table 3.

Prevalence of Exposure to Hurricane-Related Stressors

% (SE)
Exposure Type New Orleans
Metro
(n=594)
Remainder
of Sample
(n=449)
Stressors, No.
  1 12.8 (1.8) 31.7 (3.2)
  2 19.5 (2.2) 22.5 (2.8)
  3 16.4 (2.8) 9.9 (2.0)
  4 15.4 (2.8) 7.6 (1.6)
  ≥5 27.8 (4.3) 10.1 (2.3)
  Any 91.9 (1.6) 81.7 (2.4)
Trauma
  Life-threatening experience 1.1 (0.4) 0.9 (0.6)
  Victimized 11.8 (3.6) 5.4 (1.5)
  Death of loved one 21.3 (3.1) 7.4 (1.7)
  Loved one victimized 19.3 (3.7) 9.3 (1.9)
  Any trauma 39.2 (4.3) 17.0 (2.5)
Other stressor
  Property loss 70.2 (3.1) 47.8 (3.4)
  Income loss 28.3 (2.9) 20.0 (2.5)
  Physical illness or injury 21.5 (3.2) 15.9 (2.4)
  Housing adversity 71.7 (3.2) 34.1 (3.0)
  Physical adversity 46.3 (3.6) 33.6 (3.3)
  Psychological adversity 29.2 (3.8) 21.1 (2.9)
  Any other stressor 90.0 (1.8) 79.0 (2.6)

Abbreviation: Metro, metropolitan area.