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Table 3 Potentially traumatic events endorsed

From: Trauma exposure, PTSD and psychotic-like symptoms in post-conflict Timor Leste: an epidemiological survey

Lifetime trauma experience

Frequency

Percentage

experienced flood/earthquake

931

76.3

been without food and water

769

63.0

had house burnt down

750

61.5

family member disappeared

457

37.5

experienced combat

418

34.3

been without shelter

311

25.5

been sick and unable to access medical care

272

22.3

been attacked or assaulted

227

18.6

seen family member murdered

223

18.3

family member been sick and unable to access medical care

207

17.0

had serious injury

166

13.6

seen stranger murdered

156

12.8

experienced torture

137

11.2

been forcibly separated from family

116

9.5

seen death from flood/earthquake

109

8.9

been imprisoned

84

6.9