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Table 7 Modeled impact of preventing ACEs at sample and national population levels on health-harming behaviors a

From: National household survey of adverse childhood experiences and their relationship with resilience to health-harming behaviors in England

 

Sample

Adjusted to national population

Outcome

Current prevalence

Estimate with 0 ACEs

% change

Number saved

Current prevalence

Estimate with 0 ACEs

% change

Number saved

 

%

n

%

n

  

%

n

%

n

  

Sexual behavior

            

 Unintended teenage pregnancy (<18 years)

5.4

211

3.0

117

-44.5

94

6.2

2199164

3.9

1372812

-37.6

826352

 Early sexual initiation (<16 years)

14.6

566

9.4

363

-35.9

203

16.4

5821047

10.9

3870314

-33.5

1950733

Substance use

            

 Smoking (current)

22.7

880

18.7

727

-17.4

153

22.7

8075185

18.9

6742668

-16.5

1332517

 Binge drinking (current)

11.3

439

9.6

371

-15.5

68

11.9

4226450

10.1

3581091

-15.3

645359

 Cannabis use (lifetime)

19.5

757

12.9

500

-33.9

257

20.8

7392259

13.9

4945099

-33.1

2447160

 Heroin or crack cocaine use (lifetime)

2.2

84

0.9

35

-58.3

49

2.4

861075

1.0

355251

-58.7

505823

Violence and criminal justice

            

 Violence victimization (past year)

5.3

204

2.6

100

-51.0

104

5.8

2061912

2.9

1018287

-50.6

1043626

 Violence perpetration (past year)

4.4

170

2.1

81

-52.4

89

4.8

1708728

2.3

820709

-52.0

888019

 Incarceration (lifetime)

7.1

276

3.3

126

-54.3

150

7.5

2683464

3.5

1259175

-53.1

1424289

Diet, weight, and exercise

            

 Poor diet (current)

15.6

606

13.5

525

-13.4

81

16.1

5712524

13.9

4933592

-13.6

778932

 Low physical exercise (current)

42.9

1667

NCb

NCb

        
  1. Abbreviations: ACE adverse childhood experience; NC not calculated.
  2. aSee Methods section for details of modeling.
  3. bNot calculated as model identified no independent impact of ACEs.