Table 5 Bivariate association between health-harming behaviors and ACE count

Sexual behavior

 Unintended teenage pregnancy (<18 years)

5.5

3836

2.9

5.6

8.3

17.0

106.097

<0.001

 Early sexual initiation (<16 years)

16.8

3374

10.0

19.4

23.0

37.8

164.629

<0.001

Substance use

 Smoking (current)

22.7

3885

17.7

21.8

28.3

46.4

127.022

<0.001

 Binge drinking (current)

11.3

3885

9.3

13.2

12.6

16.7

18.579

<0.001

 Cannabis use (lifetime)

19.5

3878

12.2

21.5

27.0

47.7

241.570

<0.001

 Heroin or crack cocaine use (lifetime)

2.2

3882

0.9

1.5

4.0

9.0

84.106

<0.001

Violence and criminal justice

 Violence victimization (past year)

5.3

3883

2.4

4.2

10.7

16.1

137.578

<0.001

 Violence perpetration (past year)

4.4

3884

2.0

3.6

8.7

13.9

119.609

<0.001

 Incarceration (lifetime)

7.1

3879

3.1

8.1

10.2

24.5

182.58

<0.001

Diet, weight and exercise

 Poor diet (current)

15.6

3879

13.3

15.9

18.3

25.1

31.679

<0.001

 Low physical exercise (current)

43.0

3881

44.1

41.4

41.2

42.7

1.434

0.231