Table 3.
Occurrence of stressful life events in relation to MDD onset.
| SLE before MD onset |
SLE after MD onset |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Pct | N | Pct | |
| Death of a family member | 200 | 10.3% | 168 | 8.6% |
| Divorce/relationship breakup | 184 | 9.5% | 136 | 7.0% |
| Ever unemployed | 191 | 9.8% | 99 | 5.1% |
| Job loss | 77 | 4.0% | 56 | 2.9% |
| Financial crisis | 274 | 14.1% | 112 | 5.8% |
| Legal problems | 36 | 1.8% | 38 | 2.0% |
| Serious illness | 156 | 8.0% | 58 | 3.0% |
| Life-threatening accident | 136 | 7.0% | 40 | 2.1% |
| Natural disaster | 198 | 10.2% | 50 | 2.6% |
| Witness someone injured | 109 | 5.6% | 50 | 2.6% |
| Raped | 27 | 1.4% | 5 | 0.3% |
| Physically assaulted | 89 | 4.6% | 23 | 1.2% |
| Physically abused | 96 | 4.9% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Seriously neglected | 188 | 9.7% | 1 | 0.1% |
| Threatened | 18 | 0.9% | 7 | 0.4% |
| Other terrible event | 117 | 6.0% | 27 | 1.4% |
The number (N) and percentage (Pct) of stressful live events that were reported to occur before the first episode of major depressive disorder (MDD).