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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ment Health Subst Use. 2011 Nov;4(4):314–326. doi: 10.1080/17523281.2011.598462

Table 2.

Prevalence of exposure to traumatic events in childhood.

Trauma type Female (%) Male (%) Total (%) OR 95% CI
(n = 64) (n = 39) (N = 103)
Sexual molestation 56 46 52 1.50 0.67–3.33
Witnessed serious injury or death 36 36 36 1.00 0.44–2.30
Rape 35 33 34 1.07 0.46–2.49
Physical assault 31 33 32 0.91 0.39–2.13
Life-threatening accident * 11 31 18 0.28 0.10–0.78
Shock from someone else’s trauma 14 21 17 0.63 0.22–1.79
Threatened, held captive or kidnapped 8 18 12 0.38 0.11–1.28
Natural disaster 9 13 11 0.70 0.20–2.48
Tortured or victim of terrorists 5 8 6 0.59 0.11–3.08
Other stressful or upsetting event 8 3 6 3.22 0.36–28.57
Experienced combat 0 0 0 - -
Any childhood trauma 78 74 77 1.23 0.49–3.13
*

p < .05