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. 2017 Mar 13;4:7. doi: 10.1186/s40621-017-0103-1

Table 2.

Population Weighted Age Distribution of Childhood Abuse Onset by Sex

Na Mean (95% CI) Median (95% CI) 10th Percentile (95% CI) 25th Percentile (95% CI) 75th Percentile (95% CI) 90th Percentile (95% CI)
Boys
 Parent/Adult Caregiver Abuse
  Emotional Abuse 1337 9.57 (9.30,9.85) 9.25 (8.92,9.53) 4.18 (3.89,4.45) 5.88 (5.49,6.36) 12.04 (11.74,12.45) 14.36 (13.93,14.69)
  Physical Abuse 856 9.17 (8.76,9.59) 8.37 (7.62,9.30) 3.77 (3.14,4.20) 5.21 (4.81,5.74) 11.94 (11.54,12.55) 14.32 (13.79,14.78)
  Sexual Abuse 168 7.78 (6.93,8.63) 6.36 (5.50,7.04) 1.48 (0.66,3.37) 4.28 (3.51,4.93) 10.37 (8.16,12.20) 14.57 (12.13,-b)
Non- Parental/Adult Caregiver Sexual Abuse
 Motivated by Non-Physical Threat 148 10.66 (9.66,11.66) 10.43 (7.91,12.41) 4.46 (3.95,5.23) 5.81 (5.15,7.20) 14.51 (13.05,15.35) 15.91 (14.96,-b)
 Motivated by Physical Force 102 8.48 (7.60,9.37) 7.21 (5.92,9.05) 2.83 (1.46,4.52) 4.97 (4.32,5.60) 11.72 (9.25,13.30) 14.12 (12.38,15.41)
Girls
 Parent/Adult Caregiver Abuse
  Emotional Abuse 2238 10.07 (9.81,10.34) 9.92 (9.54,10.75) 4.11 (3.85,4.29) 5.96 (5.61,6.42) 12.96 (12.67,13.29) 14.76 (14.57,14.93)
  Physical Abuse 915 9.89 (9.55,10.23) 9.46 (8.86,9.99) 4.15 (3.83,4.38) 5.74 (5.22,6.27) 12.99 (12.53,13.48) 14.81 (14.50,15.08)
  Sexual Abuse 556 8.18 (7.80,8.56) 7.51 (6.87,8.10) 2.69 (2.35,3.16) 4.45 (4.12,4.82) 10.59 (9.79,11.20) 13.33 (12.52,13.95)
Non- Parental/Adult Caregiver Sexual Abuse
 Motivated by Non-Physical Threat 850 12.68 (12.31,13.06) 13.76 (13.32,14.12) 4.89 (4.42,5.85) 10.01 (8.55,11.15) 15.46 (15.22,15.68) 16.40 (-b, -b)
 Motivated by Physical Force 629 12.52 (12.12,12.93) 13.47 (12.82,14.08) 5.27 (4.62,6.31) 8.85 (7.95,10.28) 15.37 (15.08,15.62) 16.32 (-b, -b)

aUnweighted Sample Size

bValue not computed (Denominator of the interpolation is zero)