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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 14.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Pediatr. 2016 Dec 18;17(4):356–361. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2016.12.009

Table 2.

ACE Exposures (n = 1572)*

Type of ACE Before Age 5 Years, % (n) Between Age 5 and 9 Years, % (n)
Neglect 11 (173) 11 (176)
Physical abuse 9 (146) 9 (142)
Sexual abuse 0.6 (9) 0.9 (14)
Maternal depressive symptoms 10 (160) 11 (171)
Substance abuse 11 (173) 16 (250)
Incarceration 5 (77) 6 (87)
Violence toward mother 9 (138) 8 (125)
Total number of ACEs experienced
 0 59 (922) 58 (915)
 1 25 (399) 24 (371)
 2 11 (167) 12 (182)
 3 4 (56) 5 (72)
 4 1 (22) 1 (21)
 5 0.3 (5) 0.6 (9)
 6 0.1 (1) 0.1 (2)

ACE indicates adverse childhood experience.

*

Psychological abuse omitted from the table because only the top 10th percentile score on mother-reported Conflict Tactic Scale was considered exposure.