Table 4.
Exposure to traumatic events, by gender (N = 1242)
| Trauma event | Men (N = 612) | Women (N = 630) | Total (N = 1242) | ||
| N (%) | [95% CI] | N (%) | [95% CI] | N (%) | |
| Lack of food or water | 408 (66.67) | [61.12–71.79] | 395 (62.70) | [56.51–68.49] | 803 (64.65) |
| Unnatural death of family/friend | 387 (63.24) | [56.84–69.20] | 355 (56.35) | [48.21–64.16] | 742 (59.74) |
| Combat situation | 337 (55.07) | [48.78–61.19] | 302 (47.94) | [42.50–53.42] | 639 (51.45) |
| Murder of family/friend | 336 (54.90) | [48.31–61.33] | 280 (44.44) | [38.20–50.87] | 616 (49.60) |
| Very ill without medical care | 291 (47.55) | [42.37–52.79] | 304 (48.25) | [43.96–52.57] | 595 (47.91) |
| Lack of housing or shelter | 258 (42.16) | [35.94–48.63] | 229 (36.35) | [31.28–41.75] | 487 (39.21) |
| Being close to death | 230 (37.58) | [32.37–43.09] | 205 (32.54) | [27.19–38.39] | 435 (35.02) |
| Forced separation from family | 181 (29.58) | [26.10–33.31] | 139 (22.06) | [17.43–27.51] | 320 (25.76) |
| Serious injury * | 193 (31.54) | [26.53–37.01] | 126 (20.00) | [16.64–23.85] | 319 (25.68) |
| Tortured or beaten * | 157 (25.65) | [21.54–30.25] | 93 (14.76) | [11.78–18.34] | 250 (20.13) |
| Forced isolation from others | 135 (22.06) | [18.31–26.33] | 98 (15.56) | [11.96–19.98] | 233 (18.76) |
| Murder of stranger or strangers * | 136 (22.22) | [19.18–25.60] | 95 (15.08) | [11.83–19.04] | 231 (18.60) |
| Forced to accept thoughts against will | 92 (15.03) | [12.00–18.67] | 79 (12.54) | [9.96–15.67] | 171 (13.77) |
| Imprisonment * | 107 (17.48) | [13.93–21.71] | 61 (9.68) | [7.39–12.60] | 168 (13.53) |
| Being abducted or kidnapped | 59 (9.64) | [7.54–12.25] | 43 (6.83) | [5.26–8.81] | 102 (8.21) |
| Rape or sexual abuse | 31 (5.07) | [3.59–7.10] | 51 (8.10) | [5.85–11.11] | 82 (6.60) |
* Statistically significant (P < 0.05) difference between men and women