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Table 2 Types of traumatic events experienced

From: Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among trauma-exposed adolescents from low- and middle-income countries

Traumatic event

N (%)

Natural disaster

1158 (34.4)

Serious accident

626 (18.6)

War exposure

495 (14.7)

Direct victim of domestic violence

519 (15.4)

Witnessing domestic violence

643 (19.1)

Other direct violence exposure

667 (19.8)

Witnessing other violence

1362 (40.5)

Facing a dead body

956 (28.4)

Touched private parts without permission

339 (14.4)

Violent death or serious injury of a close person

1140 (33.9)

Exposure to medical treatments/procedures

653 (19.4)

Forced to have sex

108 (4.6)

Death of a close person

2348 (69.7)

Other traumatic event

924 (27.7)