NPR: New Data Confirm Adverse Childhood Experiences Are Widespread : Shots - Health News.
PUBLIC HEALTH Childhood Trauma And Its Lifelong Health Effects More Prevalent Among Minorities September 17, 2018 12:20 PM ET TARA HAELLE Nearly 62 percent of respondents had at least one ACE and a quarter reported three or more. The remaining respondents had at least two ACEs, including 16 percent with four or more such experiences. Elva Etienne/Getty Images When researchers first discovered a link in the late 1990s between childhood adversity and chronic health problems later in life, the...