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. 2008 Nov 21;63(3):227ā€“232. doi: 10.1136/jech.2008.076356

Table 2. Exposure to traumatic events of Ugandan IDP respondents (nā€Š=ā€Š1206).

Trauma events experienced
Lack of food or water 1085 (89.9)
Lack of housing or shelter 931 (77.2)
Unnatural death of family/friend 913 (75.7)
Murder of family member/friend 902 (74.8)
Being close to, but escaping, death 841 (69.7)
Ill health without medical care 784 (65.0)
Witnessing murder of stranger(s) 775 (64.3)
Tortured or beaten 678 (56.2)
Forced separation from family 546 (45.3)
Being abducted or kidnapped 521 (43.2)
Made to accept ideas against will (brainwashing) 482 (39.9)
Serious injury 473 (39.2)
Forced isolation from other people 450 (37.3)
Being in a war fighting situation 329 (27.3)
Imprisonment against your will 296 (24.5)
Rape or sexual abuse 171 (14.1)