. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Anxiety Disord. 2013 Nov 24;28(1):16–24. doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2013.11.002

Table 1.

Prevalence of Pre-Katrina Traumatic Events and Katrina-Specific Potentially Traumatic Events (N = 810)

Pre-Katrina Events	N (%)	Katrina-Specific Events	N (%)
Natural Disaster	519 (64.1%)	Present for Significant Wind/Flooding	584 (72.1%)
Serious Accident	253 (31.2%)	Physically Injured	43 (5.3%)
Assaulted with Weapon	120 (14.8%)	Knew Someone Injured	116 (14.3%)
Assaulted without a Weapon	110 (13.6%)	Knew Someone Killed	134 (16.5%)
Unwanted Sexual Contact	63 (7.8%)	Family Member Injured	36 (4.4%)
Childhood Physical Abuse/Neglect	73 (9.0%)	Family Member Killed	27 (3.3%)
Military Combat	68 (8.4%)	Saw Dead Bodies	51 (6.3%)
Life-Threatening Illness	126 (15.6%)
Witnessed Injury/Death	267 (33.0%)
Unexpected Death	471 (58.1%)

Note. The average number of total pre-Katrina Event types endorsed was 3.40. The average number of total Katrina-specific Event types endorsed was 1.22.