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    According to the statistics provided: - Between 10-30% of combat veterans experience PTSD in their lifetime, and the number of diagnosed cases in the military jumped 50% in the past year alone. 1 in 5 military personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan have PTSD, amounting to over 300,000 people. - Between 15-43% of girls and 14-43% of boys will experience trauma, and 3-15% of girls and 1-6% of boys will develop PTSD from those experiences. Rates of PTSD in at-risk children and adolescents range from 3 to 100%. - Stress contributes to physical and behavioral health problems in adolescents, with 2.3% having poor health, 5% missing 11

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    According to the statistics provided: - Between 10-30% of combat veterans experience PTSD in their lifetime, and the number of diagnosed cases in the military jumped 50% in the past year alone. 1 in 5 military personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan have PTSD, amounting to over 300,000 people. - Between 15-43% of girls and 14-43% of boys will experience trauma, and 3-15% of girls and 1-6% of boys will develop PTSD from those experiences. Rates of PTSD in at-risk children and adolescents range from 3 to 100%. - Stress contributes to physical and behavioral health problems in adolescents, with 2.3% having poor health, 5% missing 11

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    According to the statistics provided: - Between 10-30% of combat veterans experience PTSD in their lifetime, and the number of diagnosed cases in the military jumped 50% in the past year alone. 1 in 5 military personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan have PTSD, amounting to over 300,000 people. - Between 15-43% of girls and 14-43% of boys will experience trauma, and 3-15% of girls and 1-6% of boys will develop PTSD from those experiences. Rates of PTSD in at-risk children and adolescents range from 3 to 100%. - Stress contributes to physical and behavioral health problems in adolescents, with 2.3% having poor health, 5% missing 11

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    According to the statistics provided: - Between 10-30% of combat veterans experience PTSD in their lifetime, and the number of diagnosed cases in the military jumped 50% in the past year alone. 1 in 5 military personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan have PTSD, amounting to over 300,000 people. - Between 15-43% of girls and 14-43% of boys will experience trauma, and 3-15% of girls and 1-6% of boys will develop PTSD from those experiences. Rates of PTSD in at-risk children and adolescents range from 3 to 100%. - Stress contributes to physical and behavioral health problems in adolescents, with 2.3% having poor health, 5% missing 11

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    Here are the statistics of people who are in or have been in combat:

    • Lifetime occurrence (prevalence) in combat veterans 10 – 30%.

    • In the past year alone the number of diagnosed cases in the military jumped 50% – and that’s just

    diagnosed cases.

    • Studies estimate that 1 in every 5 military personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan has PTSD.

    • 20% of the soldiers who’ve been deployed in the past 6 years have PTSD. That’s over 300,000.

    • 17% of combat troops are women; 71% of female military personnel develop PTSD due to sexual

    assault within the ranks.

    Here are the statistics for teens and children:

    • 15-43% of girls and 14-43% of boys will experience a traumatic event

    • 3-15% of girls and 1-6% of boys will develop PTSD

    • As many as 30 – 60% of children who have survived specific disasters have PTSD

    • According to the National Center for PTSD: “Rates of PTSD are much higher in children and adolescents

    recruited from at-risk samples. The rates of PTSD in these at-risk children and adolescents vary from 3 to

    100%.”

    • 3 – 6% of high school students in the U.S. who survive specific disasters develop PTSD

    • More than 33% of youths exposed to community violence with experience PTSD

    • According to the National Center for PTSD: “Studies have shown that as many as 100% of children who

    witness a parental homicide or sexual assault develop PTSD. Similarly, 90% of sexually abused children,

    77% of children exposed to a school shooting, and 35% of urban youth exposed to community violence

    develop PTSD.”

    • According to The Effects of High Stress on the Brain and Body in Adolescents report from Yale, Stress is

    believed to contribute to the physical and behavioral health problems of adolescents. Of adolescents

    between the ages of 12 and 17, 2.3 % have fair or poor health, 5% miss 11 or more days of school
    because of illness or injury, 10% have smoked cigarettes, and 17% have used alcohol; of adolescents

    between ages 12 and 19, 18% are overweight. Stress also impacts cognitive functioning, diminishing

    concentration, memory, attention, and decision-making capabilities.

    What causes PTSD?

    What are the symptoms of PTSD?

    What other problems do people with PTSD suffer from?

    What are some treatments for PTSD?

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