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Table 3 Prevalence estimate (and 95% confidence interval) for number of ACEs, by race/ethnicity, sex, age, and sexual and gender minority (SGM) status, n = 33,828

From: Area-level deprivation and adverse childhood experiences among high school students in Maryland

 

None

1 ACE

2 ACEs

 ≥ 3 ACEs

 

(n = 14,528)

(n = 8,237)

(n = 5,095)

(n = 5,968)

 

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

Total

43.7

[42.5,45.0]

25.6%

[24.8,26.4]

15.0%

[14.3,15.7]

15.6%

[14.8,16.5]

Race

 White

47.5

[46.2,48.8]

24.9

[23.9,25.9]

13.0

[12.4,13.6]

14.7

[13.9,15.5]

 Black

37.4

[35.4,39.6]

28.3

[26.8,30.0]

17.9

[16.4,19.5]

16.3

[14.6,18.2]

 All Other

50.4

[46.6,54.1]

23.0

[21.1,24.9]

12.9

[11.3,14.6]

13.8

[11.9,15.9]

 Latinx

37.9

[34.6,41.2]

23.4

[20.6,26.5]

17.9

[15.8,20.1]

20.9

[18.1,24.0]

Age, years

  ≤ 14

47.0

[44.4,49.6]

25.1

[23.6,26.6]

13.3

[12.1,14.7]

14.6

[13.0,16.2]

 15

44.7

[42.9,46.4]

25.6

[24.2,27.2]

15.0

[13.7,16.3]

14.7

[13.5,16.1]

 16

42.4

[40.2,44.5]

25.5

[23.8,27.3]

15.9

[14.5,17.3]

16.3

[14.8,17.8]

  ≥ 17

42.0

[39.5,44.5]

26.1

[24.8,27.4]

15.4

[14.0,16.9]

16.6

[15.0,18.3]

Sex

 Boys

47.9

[46.0,49.7]

24.5

[23.3,25.7]

14.0

[13.0,15.0]

13.7

[12.5,14.9]

 Girls

39.7

[38.3,41.2]

26.7

[25.6,27.8]

16.0

[15.1,16.9]

17.6

[16.6,18.6]

SGM Status

 No

47.2

[45.9,48.4]

25.2

[24.3,26.0]

14.2

[13.5,14.9]

13.5

[12.7,14.3]

 Yes

27.1

[24.8,29.6]

27.9

[26.0,29.9]

18.8

[17.3,20.4]

26.1

[24.2,28.2]

  1. The p values for associations between number of ACEs and race/ethnicity, sex, and SGM status were all < 0.001, the p value for the association between number of ACEs and age was 0.036