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Table 3 Prevalence per 100 (95% CI) of being a victim, perpetrator and witness of different forms of violence by age (12 to 60, both sexes).

From: Violence witnessing, perpetrating and victimization in medellin, Colombia: a random population survey

Types of aggression

Total

Age groups

P value

  

12 to 17

18 to 35

36 to 55

56 or more

 

During past year

      

Verbal aggression

      

Victim

28.3

42.3

31.9

21.5

9.8

***

 

(26.3 - 30.2)

(37.3 - 47.4)

(28.6 - 35.2)

(18.6 - 24.4)

(5.7 - 15.4)

 

Perpetrator

24.3

39.2

29.3

15.8

6.1

***

 

(22.5 - 26.2)

(34.3 - 44.3)

(26.1 - 32.5)

(13.2 - 18.4)

(3.0 - 10.9)

 

Witness

59.7

71.9

65.6

52.5

37.2

***

 

(57.6 - 61.8)

(67.2 - 76.4)

(62.2 - 69.0)

(48.9 - 56.0)

(29.8 - 45.1)

 

Defraud or deceive

      

Victim

13.5

12.2

15.2

14.1

4.9

**

 

(12.0 - 14.9)

(9.1 - 15.9)

(12.7 - 17.8)

(11.7 - 16.6)

(2.1 - 9.4)

 

Perpetrator

3.0

6.0

4.1

0.8

0.6

***

 

(2.2 - 3.7)

(3.8 - 8.8)

(2.7 - 5.5)

(0.2 - 1.4)

(0.0 - 3.4)

 

Witness

26.9

37.4

29.5

21.5

15.9

***

 

(25.0 - 28.8)

(32.6 - 42.4)

(26.2 - 32.7)

(18.6 - 24.4)

(10.6 - 22.4)

 

Yelling and heavy pranks

      

Victim

23.8

36.1

25.8

17.5

14.6

***

 

(21.9 - 25.6)

(31.3 - 41.1)

(22.8 - 28.9)

(14.8 - 20.2)

(9.6 - 21.0)

 

Perpetrator

17.1

37.4

20.2

6.9

3.7

***

 

(15.5 - 18.7)

(32.6 - 42.4)

(17.3 - 23.0)

(5.1 - 8.6)

(1.4 - 7.8)

 

Witness

47.7

68.8

53.7

36.8

21.3

***

 

(45.6 - 49.9)

(63.9 - 73.4)

(50.2 - 57.3)

(33.4 - 40.3)

(15.3 - 28.4)

 

Unarmed aggression

      

Victim

22.2

32.7

23.1

17.9

13.4

***

 

(20.4 - 24.0)

(28.1 - 37.7)

(20.2 - 26.1)

(15.2 - 20.6)

(8.6 - 19.6)

 

Perpetrator

22.2

33.2

23.5

17.5

12.8

***

 

(20.5 - 24.0)

(28.6 - 38.2)

(20.5 - 26.5)

(14.8 - 20.2)

(8.1 - 18.9)

 

Witness

29.5

43.4

29.8

24.5

19.5

***

 

(27.6 - 31.5)

(38.4 - 48.5)

(26.6 - 33.1)

(21.4 - 27.5)

(13.7 - 26.4)

 

During life time

      

Armed threat

      

Victim

20.2

8.8

23.8

23.2

15.9

***

 

(18.5 - 21.9)

(6.2 - 12.1)

(20.8 - 26.8)

(20.2 - 26.2)

(10.6 - 22.4)

 

Perpetrator

2.1

1.3

3.2

1.7

1.2

 
 

(1.5 - 2.8)

(0.4 - 3.0)

(2.0 - 4.5)

(0.8 - 2.6)

(0.1 - 4.3)

 

Witness

39.3

35.6

45.9

36.8

29.3

*

 

(37.2 - 41.4)

(30.8 - 40.6)

(42.3 - 49.5)

(33.4 - 40.3)

(22.4 - 36.9)

 

Severe threat

      

Victim

8.8

5.7

9.3

10.1

7.3

 
 

(7.6 - 10.0)

(3.6 - 8.5)

(7.3 - 11.3)

(8.0 - 12.2)

(3.8 - 12.4)

 

Perpetrator

0.7

0.8

0.8

0.6

  
 

(0.3 - 1.0)

(0.2 - 2.3)

(0.2 - 1.4)

(0.1 - 1.2)

ND

 

Witness

24.9

24.2

26.6

23.9

22.6

 
 

(23.0 - 26.7)

(20.0 - 28.8)

(23.5 - 29.8)

(20.9 - 26.9)

(16.4 - 29.7)

 

Unarmed robbery

      

Victim

21.5

19.0

21.3

24.1

15.9

 
 

(19.7 - 23.2)

(15.2 - 23.2)

(18.4 - 24.2)

(21.1 - 27.1)

(10.6 - 22.4)

 

Perpetrator

2.1

4.7

2.5

1.0

 

***

 

(1.5 - 2.8)

(2.8 - 7.3)

(1.4 - 3.5)

(0.3 - 1.8)

ND

 

Witness

25.5

33.3

26.6

22.3

16.5

***

 

(23.6 - 27.3)

(28.6 - 38.3)

(23.5 - 29.7)

(19.3 - 25.2)

(11.1 - 23.0)

 

Armed physical aggression

      

Victim

7.6

3.1

8.4

9.2

6.7

*

 

(6.5 - 8.7)

(1.6 - 5.4)

(6.4 - 10.4)

(7.2 - 11.2)

(3.4 - 11.7)

 

Perpetrator

1.9

0.8

2.5

1.9

1.2

 
 

(1.3 - 2.4)

(0.2 - 2.3)

(1.4 - 3.5)

(1.0 - 2.9)

(0.1 - 4.3)

 

Witness

33.3

27.8

37.1

34.1

24.4

***

 

(31.3 - 35.3)

(23.4 - 32.6)

(33.7 - 40.6)

(30.7 - 37.4)

(18.0 - 31.7)

 

Sexual aggression

      

Victim

5.9

3.9

7.0

6.2

4.3

 
 

(4.9 - 6.9)

(2.2 - 6.3)

(5.2 - 8.8)

(4.5 - 7.9)

(1.7 - 8.6)

 

Perpetrator

1.1

1.6

1.8

0.5

ND

*

 

(0.7 - 1.6)

(0.6 - 3.4)

(0.9 - 2.7)

(0.0 - 1.0)

  

Witness

11.6

14.5

13.4

10.1

3.7

***

 

(10.3 - 13.0)

(11.2 - 18.5)

(11.0 - 15.8)

(8.0 - 12.2)

(1.4 - 7.8)

 
 

n = 2095

n = 385

n = 774

n = 772

n = 164

 
  1. Medellin, Colombia. 2007.
  2. *P < 0.05 ** p < 0.01 *** p < 0.001
  3. NA: Does not apply ND: No data