Between 60 percent and 62 percent of Kern County adults surveyed have experienced at least one adverse childhood experience traumatic enough to affect their lives years later.
That's according to the report, "A Hidden Crisis: Findings on Adverse Childhood Experiences," released Wednesday by Center for Youth Wellness, a health care and child advocacy group based in San Francisco.
The report coincides with a Bay Area summit this week of more than 200 health professionals, policy leaders and advocates considering how best to reduce the impact of childhood trauma.
It analyzed California Department of Public Health surveys of 27,545 adults conducted in 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2013.
The report placed reported adverse childhood experiences, or ACES, in three categories: physical, emotional or sexual abuse; physical or emotional neglect; and household dysfunction.
Household dysfunction was a broad category including mental illness, an incarcerated relative, a mother treated violently, substance abuse and divorce.
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