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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Pediatr. 2013 Jul 1;167(7):622–629. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.22

Table 3. Frequency of Adverse Childhood Exposures from the first 6 years of life: through age 14.

ADVERSITY Age Ever
0-6 6-12 13-14
Physical Abuse 22.0% 16.0% 6.5% 33.4%
Sexual Abuse 9.9% 5.8% 1.9% 15.1%
Psychological Abuse 24.3% 13.8% 5.6% 33.3%
Neglect 50.5% 21.9% 6.1% 57.3%
Caregiver Substance Use 15.3% 13.2% 9.8% 31.9%
Caregiver Depression 41.9% 25.3% 24.9% 56.6%
Caregiver Treated Violently 5.8% 23.7% 16.5% 36.2%
Criminal Behavior in Home 20.9% 29.5% 12.9% 42.6%
TOTAL #
0 20.5% 32.8% 50.2% 8.7%
1 26.4% 24.9% 28.2% 16.3%
2 22.6% 20.2% 13.4% 17.8%
3+ 30.5% 22.2% 8.3% 57.2%