Table 2 Prevalence of 1-year DSM-IV mental disorders and exposure to violence and other traumatic events

One-year mental disorders

 Alcohol related disorders

26 (5.4)

64 (2.5)

0.032

0.6 (0.4–0.92)

 Phobic/anxiety disorders

74 (15.8)

352 (17.3)

0.543

1.21 (0.93–1.6)

 Major depressive disorder

32 (4.7)

190 (9.0)

0.004

1.52 (1.04–2.21)

Assaultive violence

59 (13.4)

165 (8.6)

0.012

0.67 (0.5–1.0)

 War experience

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0

0 (0–0)

 Being attacked without weapon

8 (1.8)

16 (0.8)

0.142

0.5 (0.2–1.2)

 Being attacked with weapon

15 (3.1)

44 (2.3)

0.435

0.72 (0.4–1.35)

 Being kidnapped, or held captive

1 (0.1)

1 (0.1)

0.961

0.24 (0.01–4.1)

 Fast kidnap

1 (0.1)

0 (0)

0.035

NA^a

 Torture/terrorism

2 (0.7)

0 (0)

0.014

NA^a

 Death threats

12 (3.1)

43 (2.1)

0.308

1 (0.46–1.68)

 Conflict between gangs/drug dealers’

0 (0.0)

5 (0.3)

0.360

NA^a

 Rape

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0

NA^a

 Sexual molestation

0 (0)

2 (4.92–04)

0.504

NA^a

 Being beaten-up by parents/relatives

7 (1.3)

7 (0.4)

0.075

0.24 (0.1–0.71)

 Being beaten up by an intimate partner

6 (1.4)

20 (0.8)

0.313

0.82 (0.33–2.05)

 Being beaten up by anyone else than family/partner

3 (0.3)

3 (0.2)

0.541

0.24 (0.05–1.22)

 Having one’s house broken into while at home

17 (2.4)

25 (1.0)

0.057

0.52 (0.23–1.21)

 Blackmailing telephone calls

13 (3.1)

55 (2.9)

0.925

1.05 (0.59–1.88)

Other injury or shocking events

106 (20.1)

270 (13.0)

0.001

0.6 (0.45–0.73)

 Car/motorcycle accident

11 (2.3)

22 (1.0)

0.074

0.5 (0.24–1)

 Accidents other than car/motorcycle

1 (0.1)

7 (0.5)

0.159

1.73 (0.2–14.7)

 Fire, flood, natural disaster

2 (0.7)

11 (0.9)

0.745

1.4 (0.27–6.92)

 Witnessing someone being killing or injured

32 (7.0)

58 (2.6)

<0.001

0.43 (0.27–0.69)

 Witnessing bank robbery

2 (0.6)

13 (0.9)

0.640

1.61 (0.34–7.63)

 Witnessing a shoot-out or being victim of stray bullet

18 (3.6)

32 (1.7)

0.030

0.43 (0.22–0.83)

 Witnessing domestic violence during childhood

3 (0.3)

3 (0.3)

0.764

0.25 (0.066–0.91)

 Having one’s house broken into while not at home

6 (0.7)

27 (1.3)

0.155

1.12 (0.42–3)

 Seeing or touching a corpse

38 (6.8)

90 (4.1)

0.040

0.6 (0.4–0.82)

 Witnessing atrocities, slaughter, massacre

6 (1.1)

20 (1.0)

0.824

0.82 (0.35–1.94)

 Human made disaster

2 (0.7)

5 (0.3)

0.335

0.62 (0.14–2.7)

 Witnessing crime organizations’

4 (0.4)

13 (0.3)

0.600

0.8 (0.3–2.44)

Sudden death/life threatening illness of a close person

93 (7.3)

130 (4.1)

0.013

0.6 (0.4–0.93)

 Sudden unexpected death of a close person

30 (6.1)

73 (3.2)

0.017

0.6 (0.37–0.92)

 Child with life threatening illness or injury

7 (1.3)

22 (0.9)

0.587

0.8 (0.35–1.7)

Any traumatic events

158 (32.1)

428 (20.67)

0.001

0.6 (0.46–0.73)