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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 15.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Med. 2008 Jun 4;39(3):431–441. doi: 10.1017/S0033291708003759

Table 1.

Lifetime prevalence of traumatic events and post-trauma depression, by gender

Men
Women
Trauma endorsement
Trauma endorsement
% of all men (n=2331) % Depression after trauma % of all women (n=2935) % Depression after trauma
Any event 61.3 19.5 46.5 31.5
 One event 31.6 14.6 27.6 22.5
 Two events 17.0 18.4 11.6 36.3
 Three or more 12.7 33.0 7.3 57.9
Assaultive events 25.8 23.8 24.9 39.1
 Childhood neglect 0.6 38.5 0.8 64.0
 Serious physical assault 14.1 21.6 5.5 29.4
 Other childhood physical abuse 2.2 47.1 2.8 55.6
 Rape 1.3 33.3 8.0 38.5
 Sexual molestation 5.5 33.3 14.5 44.5
 Threatened with weapon or kidnapped 10.9 20.1 4.4 24.8
Non-assaultive events 53.8 17.0 32.8 26.6
 Life-threatening accident 26.6 17.0 12.7 25.9
 Fire, flood or natural disaster 16.7 15.9 11.6 30.8
 Witness to injury or killing 32.6 14.9 16.0 24.9