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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Feb 27.
Published in final edited form as: Compr Psychiatry. 2007 Oct 24;49(2):163–169. doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2007.08.007

Table 2.

Type of PTE, not whether any of these PTEs in childhood or adulthood were, encountered by those who had their first PTE in childhood and in adulthood

PTE First PTE in childhood, n = 259, % (SE) First PTE in adulthood, n = 747, % (SE) χ21 for difference
Combat 0 1.3 (0.6) 4.7 *
Rape 15.7 (4.0) 1.0 (0.4) 6.6 *
Physical assault 7.6 (2.3) 17.4 (2.4) 6.9 *
Seen another hurt/die 32.0 (4.3) 26.8 (2.7) 0.8
Disaster 18.9 (5.9) 13.9 (2.4) 0.7
Threat 4.7 (2.7) 6.6 (1.1) 0.6
Narrow escape 1.1 (0.7) 5.0 (1.7) 3.7
Sudden injury/accident 8.9 (2.3) 20.7 (2.1) 5.7 *
News of sudden death, accident 6.3 (1.9) 3.3 (1.0) 2.8
Other (eg, kidnapping, torture) 3.7 (3.0) 1.8 (1.0) 0.4
Other’s experiences 1.1 (0.8) 2.2 (0.6) 1.7
Any PTE 100.0 100.0 -
*

P < .05.