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Published in final edited form as: Arch Womens Ment Health. 2021 May 15;24(6):893–901. doi: 10.1007/s00737-021-01141-4

Table 3.

Percent of sample reporting lifetime exposure to traumatic experiences

Trauma type experienced	% of total sample (N=6595)^a	% by MDD category^b		% by PTSD category^b
Trauma type experienced	% of total sample (N=6595)^a	Yes (N= 1755)^a	No (N= 3954)^a	Yes (N= 1890)^a	No (N= 3960)^a
Any significant trauma^**	91.2	97.8	88.5	99.1	90.7
Natural disaster^**	22.6	25.4	20.7	29.6	19.4
Serious accident or injury^**	44.8	54.8	39.8	57.6	40.1
Sudden life threatening illness^**	21.8	27.6	18.5	30.4	18.1
Military combat	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.5
Attacked with knife, gun or other weapon by someone other than intimate partner^**	20.9	30.2	16.6	30.9	16.6
Attacked with knife, gun or other weapon by intimate partner^**	18.0	30.9	12.4	30.8	12.6
Attacked without a weapon by someone other than intimate partner^**	19.3	24.2	16.6	27.4	15.6
Attacked without a weapon by intimate partner^**	37.5	54.1	29.3	53.9	30.4
Witness of murder of friend or family member^**	10.5	16.0	8.0	16.3	7.9
Sexual contact 17 years and older with physical force^**	14.2	24.2	9.5	26.1	9.1
Sexual contact aged 14–17 years with physical force^**	17.3	28.9	11.7	29.4	11.9
Sexual contact aged 13 years and younger^**	28.3	42.4	21.7	43.7	21.8
Beaten as a child^**	18.9	31.3	13.0	31.6	13.2
Emotional abuse as a child^**	28.7	46.6	20.0	46.5	20.7
Witness violence between caregivers as child^**	32.0	43.1	26.5	43.5	27.4

Note that the N is listed for each group; however, because some participants declined to answer some questions, the total N in each category may vary slightly, all % reported are valid percent

MDD and PTSD categories are defined as yes=BD I or PSS score above a designated clinically significant cutoff, respectively, indicating likely diagnosis

^**

p < 0.001 for between-group differences (significant for both probable MDD and PTSD diagnoses)