Table 1.

Prevalence of adverse childhood experiences among U.S. children 6–17 years of age, 2016–2017 National Survey of Children’s Health (N=46,209)

	Weighted %	95% CI
Adverse childhood experience
Divorce/parental separation	28.9	(27.9 – 29.8)
Difficult to get by on current income	24.5	(23.6 – 25.5)
Lived with someone with alcohol or drug problem	10.2	(9.5 – 10.8)
Parent served time in jail	9.0	(8.4 – 9.7)
Lived with someone mentally ill, suicidal, or severely depressed	8.7	(8.1 – 9.2)
Domestic violence witness	6.4	(5.9 – 6.9)
Victim or witnessed neighborhood violence	4.8	(4.4 – 5.3)
Treated or judged unfairly due to race/ethnicity	4.8	(4.3 – 5.2)
Death of parent or guardian	4.2	(3.8 – 4.7)
Number of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)
None	50.2	(49.1 – 51.3)
Only 1	25.1	(24.1 – 26.0)
2+	24.7	(23.8 – 25.7)