Table 5.
Frequencies and Percentages of Lifetime Trauma and Disorders by Ethnic Group
| Type of trauma | Disorder | Non-Hispanic Whites n =496 |
African Americans n =107 |
Latina(o)s n =86 |
Total N =689 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serious accident | MDDa | 149 (30)b | 29 (27) | 13 (15) | 191 (28) |
| PTSDc | 71 (14) | 16 (15) | 7 (8) | 94 (14) | |
| SUDd | 122 (25) | 20 (19) | 14 (16) | 156 (23) | |
| BPD | 65 (14)e | 12 (13)f | 10 (12)g | 87 (14)h | |
| Unwanted sexual contact | MDD | 141 (28) | 40 (37) | 28 (33) | 209 (30) |
| PTSD | 101 (20) | 31 (29) | 19 (22) | 151 (22) | |
| SUD | 123 (25) | 26 (24) | 21 (24) | 170 (25) | |
| BPD | 87 (19)e | 20 (22) | 22 (27) | 129 (20) | |
| Attacked w/or w/o weapon | MDD | 163 (33) | 45 (42) | 34 (40) | 242 (35) |
| PTSD | 102 (20) | 28 (26) | 14 (16) | 144 (21) | |
| SUD | 145 (29) | 34 (32) | 26 (30) | 205 (30) | |
| BPD | 93 (20)e | 20 (22) | 28 (35) | 141 (22) | |
| Injury/fear of being injured | MDD | 148 (30) | 28 (26) | 18 (21) | 194 (28) |
| PTSD | 77 (15) | 18 (17) | 5 (6) | 100 (14) | |
| SUD | 116 (23) | 20 (19) | 12 (14) | 148 (21) | |
| BPD | 73 (16)e | 11 (12) | 14 (17) | 98 (15) | |
| Witnessing harm to others | MDD | 126 (25) | 40 (37) | 25 (29) | 191 (28) |
| PTSD | 71 (14) | 27 (25) | 10 (12) | 108 (16) | |
| SUD | 101 (20) | 32 (30) | 18 (21) | 151 (22) | |
| BPD | 60 (13)e | 20 (22) | 21 (26) | 101 (16) | |
| Military combat | MDD | 9 (2) | 3 (3) | – | 12 (2) |
| PTSD | 8 (2) | 2 (2) | – | 10 (1) | |
| SUD | 13 (3) | 1 (.9) | – | 14 (2) | |
| BPD | 5 (1)e | – | – | 5 (.8) |
MDD, major depressive disorder; PTSD, posttraumatic stress disorder; SUD, substance use disorders; BPD, borderline personality disorder; PD, personality disorders.
a
Patients with MDD may have a comorbid PD diagnosis and may have had other Axis I diagnoses.
b
Numbers in parenthesis represent percentages of participants who reported the type of experience and endorse the type of disorder from a particular ethnic group.
c, d
All patients with PTSD and SUD also have a PD diagnosis, and may have had other Axis I comorbid diagnoses as well.
e
n=462.
f
n=91.
g
n=81.
h
n=634 (missing values).