Table 3.

Prevalence of traumatic events and each event as a proportion of all traumas

Traumatic event	n	Prevalence			% of all traumasa
		% (S.E.)	IQR of countries		% (S.E.)	IQR of countries
			25th percentile	75th percentile		25th percentile	75th percentile
I. Collective violence
Civilian in war zoneb	3201	5.0 (0.2)	2.4	6.8	1.4 (0.0)	0.9	3.2
Refugeec	1656	2.3 (0.1)	0.6	2.6	0.7 (0.0)	0.2	0.9
Civilian in region of terrorb	2501	3.9 (0.1)	1.3	5.6	1.1 (0.0)	0.5	1.6
Kidnapped	886	1.1 (0.1)	0.5	1.4	0.4 (0.0)	0.2	0.5
Relief worker in war zoneb	635	1.1 (0.1)	0.5	1.6	0.3 (0.0)	0.2	0.7
Any collective violence	6868	9.4 (0.2)	6.1	13.9	3.8 (0.1)	2.5	5.7
II. Caused/witnessed bodily harm
Purposely injured/tortured/killedd	670	1.0 (0.1)	0.3	1.0	0.7 (0.0)	0.3	0.6
Combat experiencec	2038	3.2 (0.1)	1.2	4.5	1.0 (0.0)	0.5	1.2
Accidentally caused injury/death	1060	1.4 (0.1)	0.6	1.6	0.7 (0.0)	0.4	0.9
Saw atrocities	2634	3.7 (0.1)	1.2	3.9	2.4 (0.1)	0.5	2.5
Witnessed death/dead body/someone hurt	17 161	23.7 (0.3)	18.0	27.3	16.8 (0.2)	14.0	19.1
Any caused/witnessed bodily harm	18 965	26.3 (0.3)	20.4	31.4	21.4 (0.2)	17.6	23.3
III. Interpersonal violence
Beaten up by caregiver	7019	7.9 (0.1)	3.1	10.2	2.5 (0.0)	1.2	3.8
Witnessed physical fights at homee	6808	12.9 (0.2)	10.4	18.2	2.5 (0.0)	2.8	5.0
Beaten up by someone else	4558	5.9 (0.1)	3.5	7.3	3.6 (0.1)	2.2	3.9
Any interpersonal violence	13 882	17.0 (0.2)	6.3	21.0	8.5 (0.1)	4.3	11.3
IV. Intimate partner/sexual violence
Raped	3342	3.2 (0.1)	0.6	3.4	1.8 (0.1)	0.5	1.9
Sexually assaulted	5261	5.8 (0.1)	1.7	6.2	3.6 (0.1)	1.0	3.1
Beaten up by spouse/partner	4602	4.5 (0.1)	2.4	6.0	1.4 (0.0)	1.0	1.9
Stalked	4646	5.4 (0.1)	2.8	6.0	3.0 (0.1)	2.0	3.5
Traumatic event to loved one	4527	5.6 (0.1)	1.7	6.2	2.7 (0.1)	1.3	2.8
Private event	4171	4.9 (0.1)	3.5	5.8	1.5 (0.0)	1.2	2.1
Other event	3297	4.2 (0.1)	2.0	5.1	1.3 (0.0)	0.6	1.8
Any intimate partner/sexual violence	19 058	22.8 (0.3)	15.7	25.1	15.3 (0.2)	11.3	15.4
V. Accidents/injuries
Child with serious illness	6370	7.9 (0.1)	5.2	9.2	3.1 (0.1)	2.6	3.7
Natural disasterc	5603	7.7 (0.2)	3.9	9.6	4.1 (0.1)	1.9	6.2
Life-threatening illness	9377	11.8 (0.2)	8.0	13.2	5.1 (0.1)	4.4	6.8
Toxic chemical exposure	3005	4.2 (0.1)	1.9	4.1	3.6 (0.1)	2.2	3.9
Other life-threatening accident	4537	6.2 (0.1)	4.1	7.3	2.9 (0.1)	2.3	3.4
Automobile accident	10 131	14.0 (0.2)	9.3	16.3	6.1 (0.1)	4.8	7.3
Any accidents/injuries	26 972	36.3 (0.3)	28.5	39.4	24.9 (0.2)	21.7	28.9
VI. Other traumas
Unexpected death of loved one	23 792	31.4 (0.3)	23.3	36.9	16.5 (0.2)	14.2	18.3
Mugged/threatened with weapon	10 562	14.5 (0.2)	6.5	18.3	7.4 (0.1)	3.6	9.8
Man-made disaster	3001	4.0 (0.1)	2.4	5.3	2.1 (0.1)	1.3	3.8
Any others	30 218	40.8 (0.3)	33.5	48.7	26.1 (0.2)	23.1	29.2
Any event	50 855	70.4 (0.3)	60.7	76.2	100.0 (0.0)	1.4	4.4

IQR, Interquartile range; s.e., standard error.

^aIncludes information on repeat exposures.

^bBrazil and Israel did not ask about this trauma.

^cBrazil did not ask about this trauma.

^dMurcia (Spain) and New Zealand did not ask about this trauma.

^eBelgium, Bulgaria, China, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, the Netherlands, Nigeria, South Africa, Spain and Ukraine did not ask about this trauma.