Table 2. Exposure to traumatic events of college students in Northeastern Brazil.
| Traumatic Events | Total N (%) | Without PTSD N (%) | With PTSD N (%) |
| Victims of non-sexual violence | 1414 (63,9) | 1176 (83.2) | 238 (16.8) |
| Someone tried to take something directly from the subject by using force or the threat of force | 785 (35.5) | 648 (82.5) | 137 (17.5) |
| Attempted or actually robbed | 583 (26.3) | 477 (81.8) | 106 (18.2) |
| Attempted or actually had home broken when the subject wasn’t there | 356 (16.1) | 294 (82.6) | 62 (17.4) |
| Attempted or actually had home broken when the subject was there | 255 (11.5) | 205 (80.4) | 50 (19.6) |
| Was attacked with a gun, knife or some other weapon. | 122 (5.5) | 89 (73) | 33 (27) |
| Was someone ever attacked without a weapon and was seriously injured | 55 (2.5) | 35 (63.6) | 20 (36.4) |
| Someone in subject’s family was ever beaten, struck or pushed hard enough to cause injury | 291 (13.1) | 203 (69.8) | 88 (30.2) |
| Victims of sexual violence | 208 (9.4) | 137 (65.9) | 71 (34.1) |
| Was ever forced to have intercourse, oral or anal sex against will | 59 (2.7) | 35 (59.3) | 24 (40.7) |
| Someone ever touched the private parts of the body, or made the subject touch his/hers, under force or threat | 120 (5.4) | 79 (65.8) | 41 (34.2) |
| Any other situation in which another person tried to force the subject to have unwanted sexual contact | 84 (3.8) | 53 (63.1) | 31 (36.9) |
| To witness or receive news of death or injury of others | 1808 (81.7) | 1519 (84) | 289 (16) |
| Witnessed someone seriously injured or killed | 833 (37.6) | 681 (81.8) | 152 (18.2) |
| Exposed to dead bodies | 638 (30.6) | 556 (82) | 122 (18) |
| Close friend or family member was murdered, or killed by a drunk driver | 254 (11.5) | 204 (80.3) | 50 (19.7) |
| Death of a spouse, romantic partner, or child | 35 (1.6) | 21 (60) | 14 (40) |
| Received news of a serious injury, life-threatening illness or unexpected death of someone close | 1489 (67.3) | 1248 (83.8) | 241 (16.2) |
| Victims of accidents | 607 (27.4) | 492 (81.1) | 115 (18.9) |
| Victims of natural disaster | 137 (6.2) | 97 (70.8) | 40 (29.2) |
| Victims of man-made disaster | 237 (10.7) | 191 (80.6) | 46 (19.4) |
| Exposed to dangerous chemicals or radioactivity | 86 (3.9) | 65 (75.6) | 21 (24.4) |
| Combat while in military service | 17 (0.8) | 17 (100) | 0 |
| Other man-made disaster | 147 (6.6) | 121 (82.3) | 26 (17.7) |
| Victims of disease | 228 (10.3) | 169 (74.1) | 59 (25.9) |
| Victims of other traumas | 232 (10.5) | 190 (81.9) | 42 (18.1) |
PTSD: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.