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Table 2 Convenience and epidemiological samples included in the present study

From: The combined effect of gender and age on post traumatic stress disorder: do men and women show differences in the lifespan distribution of the disorder?

Category

Male

Female

Total

Disaster and accident:

   

Earthquake victims

33

40

73

Explosion affected residents

226

235

461

Rescue personnel dealing with explosion

397

28

425

Whiplash victims

296

1,131

1,427

Violence:

   

Assault victims

138

50

188

Knife homicide at a Danish gymnasium

107

172

279

Robbery victims

20

34

54

Malignant or severe disease:

   

Families with chronically ill children

32

53

85

Parents of chronically ill children

147

312

459

Non-malignant disease:

   

Adolescent and young adults surviving childhood cancer

19

25

44

Cleft surgery patients

18

4

22

Overweight persons

15

141

156

Paraplegics

147

69

216

Parents of prematurely born children

18

40

58

Stutterers

22

6

28

Loss:

   

Older people who have been bereaved (pilot study)

20

38

58

Older people who have been bereaved (new study)

248

314

562

Parents who have lost an infant (hospital)

44

55

99

Parents who have lost an infant (parent association)

264

353

617

Youth samples:

   

Danish national youth probability sample

145

132

277

Faroese youth population total sample

217

242

459

Icelandic national youth probability sample

73

80

153

Students:

   

Social and Health Care College Students

37

83

120

Others:

   

Control group from the study of parents who have lost an infant

21

25

46

Trauma clients in treatment

64

118

182

Total

2,768

3,780

6,548