The study stated that 63% of the people who participated in the study had experinced at least one category of childhood trauma. Over 20% experienced 3 or more categories of trauma they call Adverse Childhood Experiences.
The more categories of trauma experienced in childhood, the greater the likelihood of experiencing:
- alcoholism and alcohol abuse
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- depression
- fetal death
- poor health-related quality of life
- illicit drug use
- ischemic heart disease
- liver disease
- risk for intimate partner violence
- multiple sexual partners
- sexually transmitted diseases
- smoking
- obesity
- suicide attempts
- unintended pregnancies
