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. 2021 Apr 15;16(4):e0250221. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0250221

Table 1. Rates of exposure to lifetime potential trauma in Phases 2 and 3 non-clinical samples.

Trauma Type Phase 2 sample (N = 815) Phase 3 sample (N = 998)
% %
Natural disaster 46.8 46.9
Motor vehicle accident 19.5 17.5
Other accident that caused injury 14.8 17.2
Combat experience 4.5 4.2
Unexpected death of a loved one 62.4 68.4
Loved one survived trauma 38.7 45.8
Experienced life-threatening illness 15.7 15.3
Robbed with a weapon* 11.5 13.4
Physically assaulted* 11.2 11.6
Witnessed community violence* 16.4 19.8
Threatened with injury* 34.3 24.1
Child physical abuse* 17.0 17.8
Witnessed family violence* 27.7 27.9
Intimate partner violence* 20.7 20.1
Child sexual assault by elder* 13.3 12.2
Child sexual assault by peer * 12.0 11.4
Adolescent sexual assault* 11.4 12.1
Adult sexual assault* 11.8 11.3
Unwanted sexual attention* 16.3 16.7
Stalked* 16.3 18.3
Miscarriage 12.1 11.4
Abortion 10.8 10.5
Other traumatic experience 17.3 18.0
One or more traumatic events 91.8 94.2
One or more interpersonal traumatic events 65.1 65.1

*Defined as interpersonal trauma.