Table 1.

Lifetime Prevalence of Potentially Traumatic Events as a Function of Age-at-Exposure by Decade

Event type	Age-at-exposure								Total
	M	SD	≤ 10	≤ 20	≤ 30	≤ 40	≤ 50	≤ 60*
Childhood physical abuse	9.51	3.74	110	65	0	0	0	0	175
Witnessed childhood family violence	10.60	4.53	203	139	6	1	1	0	350
Sexual assault	13.33	7.82	138	167	33	5	3	2	348
Warfare or combat exposure	25.49	7.76	2	14	247	9	15	9	296
Physical assault by stranger	26.87	12.81	7	69	64	21	12	18	191
Witnessed an attack or murder	27.34	11.65	1	43	58	14	14	8	138
Non-disclosed	28.01	16.52	19	29	30	17	9	20	124
Non-live birth pregnancy	30.39	6.84	1	58	504	376	64	8	1011
Motor vehicle accident	30.67	14.93	28	189	167	81	87	96	648
Other life-threatening accident	31.43	15.70	26	54	68	50	41	44	283
Other life-threatening event	31.82	16.06	64	98	160	93	66	114	595
Death threat	34.55	13.67	12	52	137	104	60	73	438
Stalked	34.70	13.33	4	23	55	39	36	26	183
Robbery	34.85	12.24	6	20	91	80	47	37	281
Physical assault by partner	35.23	11.28	2	11	98	63	53	26	253
Natural disaster	38.52	16.02	18	17	25	17	64	54	195
Unexpected death of a loved one	39.41	14.55	26	188	324	303	376	493	1710
Personal illness or accident	43.98	16.71	48	30	45	57	106	304	590
Illness or accident of a loved one	45.84	12.74	12	47	93	148	261	473	1034

Note. Events are presented in ascending order by mean age-at-exposure.

^*To adjust for the number of participants who were not old enough to report on events that occurred at ages 56 through 60, multiply frequencies in the ≤ 60 column by 1.08.