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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Trauma Stress. 2007 Oct;20(5):845–855. doi: 10.1002/jts.20252

Table 1.

Prevalence of traumatic events for total sample (N=4351).

Traumas Total Sample
Percent (se)
Crime Victim 25.1 (0.7)
 Kidnapped 1.2 (0.2)
 Beaten 11.4 (0.5)
 Mugged 17.7 (0.6)
Crime Victim-Partner Violence 24.3 (0.7)
 Partner abuse 9.1 (0.4)
 Intimate partner violence 30.5 (1.0)
 Stalking 4.9 (0.3)
Crime Victim – Sexual Assault 3.5 (0.3)
 Rape 2.3 (0.2)
 Other sexual assault 1.5 (0.2)
Crime Victim – Child Abuse 11.6 (0.5)
Political Trauma 10.8 (0.5)
 Combat 2.5 (0.2)
 Peacekeeper 1.8 (0.2)
 Civilian in war 3.0 (0.3)
 Civilian in terror 6.6 (0.4)
 Refugee 1.8 (0.2)
Disaster 9.2 (0.4)
 Natural disaster 4.1 (0.3)
 Man-made disaster 3.0 (0.3)
 Toxic chemical exposure 3.1 (0.3)
Threat to Life 24.9 (0.6)
 Life-threatening car accident 12.2 (0.5)
 Life-threatening accident 5.2 (0.4)
 Life-threatening illness 12.7 (0.5)
Trauma of Close Other(s) 42.9 (0.8)
 Unexpected death of loved one 38.2 (0.7)
 Child w/life threatening injury or illness 8.4 (0.4)
 Traumatic event of close other 5.8 (0.4)
Witness 27.9 (0.7)
 Witness someone being injured or killed 26.9 (0.7)
 Witness atrocities/carnage 3.8 (0.3)
Perpetrate 18.0 (0.6)
 Perpetration of injury or killing – accidental 1.9 (0.2)
 Perpetration of injury or killing - purposeful .9 (0.1)
 Intimate partner violence (perpetrate) 29.8 (1.0)
Multiple Traumas (# of traumas)
 1 Trauma 19.2 (0.6)
 2 Traumas 17.6 (0.6)
 3 Traumas 12.9 (0.5)
 4–5 Traumas 15.9 (0.6)
 6+ Traumas 9.2 (0.4)