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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2008 Sep 5;67(10):1589–1595. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.07.023

Table 3.

Prevalence of Lifetime PTSD Based on Worst Reported Event

(a) Total n reporting category (b) % of n with PTSD linked to category (c) % of n with PTSD linked to another event (d) % of n with PTSD for any reason (e) Estimated % of population with PTSD due to category
Women
Domestic Violence
  Childhood Abuse 298 1.0 1.3 2.3 0.1
  Partner Abuse 365 2.6 3.6 6.1 0.4
Criminal Assault 276 0.5 5.8 6.3 0.1
Sexual Violence
  Rape 94 4.7 6.4 11.1 0.2
  Sexual Assault 50 0 3.1 3.1 0.0
Other physical assault 185 0.3 3.8 4.1 0.1
Men
Domestic Violence
  Childhood Abuse 215 0.6 5.2 5.8 0.1
  Partner Abuse 26 0 8.8 8.8 0.0
Criminal Assault 429 0.3 1.9 2.2 0.1
Sexual Violence
  Rape 4 - - - -
  Sexual Assault 15 - - - -
Other physical assault 311 0 3.4 3.4 0.0