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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2016 May 27;55(8):701–708. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2016.05.010

Table 1.

Prevalencea of Potentially Traumatic Events (PTE) and Lifetime Illicit Drug Use Among Adolescents in the National Comorbidity Survey–Adolescent Supplement (N=9,956)

Item % (SE)

Parent substance use problems 19.19 (0.89)
Potentially traumatic events before age 11 Interpersonal violence 11.06 (0.63)
Accident 18.16 (0.73)
Witnessing/network
Event
14.61 (0.66)
Other/Non-disclosed
Event
3.85 (0.25)
Any PTE 35.60 (0.88)
One PTE 23.33 (0.57)
Two PTEs 7.67 (0.54)
Three or more PTEs 4.48 (0.31)
Lifetime drug use Marijuana 22.44 (1.44)
Cocaine 2.29 (0.33)
Nonmedical
Prescription Drugs
5.11 (0.44)
Other drugs 3.07 (0.42)
Multiple illicit drugs 6.31 (0.59)

NOTE: Interpersonal violence includes physical abuse by caregiver, physical assault by someone else, mugged, raped, sexually assaulted, stalked, kidnapped, or domestic violence exposure. Traumatic accidents include car accident, other serious accident, natural or man-made disaster, physical illness, toxic chemical exposure, or accidentally injured someone. Network or witnessing events include unexpected death of a loved one, traumatic experience of a loved one, or witnessing injury or death. Other events include events not listed and undisclosed events.

a

Weighted percent (standard error).