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. 2022 Apr 23;22:811. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-13205-w

Table 2.

Prevalence estimate (and 95% confidence interval) of individual ACEs, by race/ethnicity, sex, age category, and sexual and gender minority (SGM) status

Food Insecurity Parental Substance Use/Gambling Parental Mental Illness Family Member in Jail/Prison Caregiver Verbal Abuse
(n = 5,486) (n = 9,083) (n = 11,093) (n = 8,612) (n = 7,688)
% 95% CI % 95% CI % 95% CI % 95% CI % 95% CI
Total 16.5 [15.4,17.6] 23.7 [22.8,24.7] 29.7 [28.8,30.6] 23.3 [22.3,24.4] 20.7 [19.8,21.5]
Race
 White 10.0 [9.2,10.9] 24.1 [23.2,25.1] 33.7 [32.6,34.9] 17.1 [16.2,18.0] 19.1 [18.1,20.2]
 Black 24.9 [22.8,27.0] 22.9 [21.4,24.6] 24.0 [22.6,25.6] 33.2 [31.1,35.4] 21.5 [19.7,23.5]
 All Other 13.0 [11.2,15.0] 20.7 [18.1,23.6] 27.6 [25.4,29.9] 17.7 [15.2,20.6] 20.9 [19.0,23.0]
 Latinx 22.3 [19.0,26.0] 29.2 [26.0,32.6] 33.4 [29.7,37.3] 26.1 [23.2,29.3] 24.6 [22.4,27.0]
Age, years
  ≤ 14 13.8 [12.2,15.4] 22.5 [20.8,24.3] 26.7 [25.0,28.5] 22.3 [20.3,24.4] 21.2 [19.2,23.4]
 15 15.7 [14.2,17.2] 21.9 [20.3,23.5] 27.8 [26.5,29.2] 24 [22.1,26.1] 21.3 [19.5,23.2]
 16 16.6 [14.9,18.4] 24.4 [22.9,26.0] 31.5 [29.8,33.2] 24.3 [22.7,26.1] 21.1 [19.3,22.9]
  ≥ 17 18.8 [16.9,20.9] 25.6 [23.4,28.0] 31.8 [30.3,33.4] 22.6 [20.5,24.9] 19.4 [18.2,20.7]
Sex
 Boys 16.1 [14.7,17.6] 22.5 [21.3,23.9] 24.9 [23.5,26.3] 23.5 [22.0,25.2] 18.2 [16.9,19.4]
 Girls 16.8 [15.8,18.0] 24.9 [23.7,26.2] 34.4 [33.3,35.5] 23.1 [21.9,24.4] 23.1 [22.1,24.2]
SGM Status
 No 15.0 [13.9,16.1] 22 [21.1,23.0] 26.3 [25.4,27.3] 22.1 [21.0,23.3] 18.2 [17.3,19.1]
 Yes 23.5 [21.5,25.6] 32 [30.1,33.9] 45.7 [43.4,48.0] 29.0 [27.1,31.0] 32.6 [30.8,34.5]

The p value was < 0.001 for all tests of statistical significance except: race/ethnicity and caregiver verbal abuse (p = 0.002); age with gambling/ substance use (p = 0.017), jail/prison (p = 0.386), and caregiver verbal abuse (p = 0.329); sex with food insecurity (p = 0.323), gambling/substance use (p = 0.005), and jail/prison (p = 0.686)