Table 2 Traumatic life events by age category for MSF patients, 2007-2011
Traumatic life events by age category | <15 years | ≥ 15 years | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | |
Sexual violence | 6 | (1) | 9 | (2) | 15 | (1) |
Physical injury | 123 | (15) | 250 | (49) | 373 | (28) |
Close family member killed | 250 | (30) | 186 | (37) | 436 | (32) |
Close family member died from illness | 51 | (6) | 60 | (12) | 111 | (8) |
Witness to murder or physical abuse | 451 | (54) | 347 | (69) | 798 | (59) |
Received threats | 379 | (45) | 271 | (54) | 650 | (48) |
Incarceration | 35 | (4) | 52 | (10) | 82 | (6) |
Loss of property | 458 | (55) | 201 | (40) | 659 | (49) |
Forced to flee | 472 | (56) | 190 | (38) | 662 | (49) |
Break-up of nuclear family | 77 | (9) | 46 | (9) | 123 | (9) |
Total patients | 836 | (100) | 506 | (100) | 1352 | (100) |