Table 2.
Prevalence of any traumatic event
| Overall | Males | Females | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Prevalence (%) in exposed groupa | Prevalence (%) in whole setb | N | Prevalence (%) in exposed groupa | Prevalence (%) in whole setb | N | Prevalence (%) in exposed groupa | Prevalence (%) in whole setb | |
| Traumatic Event | |||||||||
| Combat/military | 449 | 40.7 | 34.1 | 438 | 51.4 | 43.5 | 11 | 4.4 | 3.5 |
| Direct exposure to terrorist attack | 255 | 23.1 | 19.4 | 218 | 25.6 | 21.7 | 37 | 14.9 | 11.9 |
| Someone close was killed/injured in terrorist attack | 534 | 48.5 | 40.6 | 426 | 49.9 | 42.4 | 108 | 43.4 | 34.7 |
| Refugee | 19 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 19 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unwanted sexual behavior | 64 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 12 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 52 | 20.9 | 16.7 |
| Violent crime victim | 33 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 28 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.6 |
| Physical assault or kidnapping | 86 | 7.8 | 6.5 | 76 | 8.9 | 7.6 | 10 | 4.0 | 3.2 |
| Serious accident | 263 | 23.9 | 20.0 | 219 | 25.7 | 21.8 | 44 | 17.7 | 14.2 |
| Life threatening illness | 71 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 56 | 6.6 | 5.6 | 15 | 6.0 | 4.8 |
| Natural disaster | 141 | 12.8 | 10.7 | 123 | 14.4 | 12.2 | 18 | 7.2 | 5.8 |
| Chemical spill | 38 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 34 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
| Neglect before age 18 | 48 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 40 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 8 | 3.2 | 2.6 |
| Abuse before age 18 | 60 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 44 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 16 | 6.4 | 5.1 |
| Witnessed serious injury/death | 360 | 32.7 | 27.3 | 320 | 37.5 | 31.8 | 40 | 16.1 | 12.9 |
| Someone close died unexpectedly | 450 | 40.8 | 34.1 | 350 | 41.0 | 34.8 | 100 | 40.2 | 32.2 |
| Someone close experienced significant trauma | 137 | 12.4 | 10.4 | 110 | 12.9 | 10.9 | 27 | 10.8 | 8.7 |
| Lebanon War | 507 | 46.0 | 38.5 | 375 | 44.0 | 37.3 | 132 | 53.0 | 42.4 |
| None | 215 | -- | 16.3 | 153 | -- | 15.2 | 62 | -- | 19.9 |
a
ever exposed to trauma: overall, N=1,102; males, N=853; females, N=249
b
ever exposed or unexposed: overall, N=1,317; males, N= 1,006; females, N=311