Table 6. Prevalence per 100 (95% CI) of being a victim, aggressorperpetrator and witness of different forms of violence, by socioeconomic status and sex (12 to 60 years of age). Medellin, Colombia. 2007

Types of violence / Men / P value / Women / P value
Low / Middle / High / Low / Middle / High
During past year
Verbal aggression
Victim / 30.4 / 33.5 / 30.0 / 0.5906 b / 28.6 / 23.6 / 23.0 / 0.1336 b
(26.0 - 35.1) / (28.9 - 38.3) / (20.8 - 40.6) / (24.6 - 32.9) / (20.1 - 27.4) / (16.7 - 30.3)
AggressorPerpetrator / 28.2 / 27.2 / 32.2 / 0.6287 b / 25.3 / 20.8 / 11.8 / **0.0013 b
(23.9 - 32.8) / (22.9 - 31.8) / (22.8 - 42.9) / (21.5 - 29.4) / (17.5 - 24.5) / (7.3 - 17.8)
Witness / 61.0 / 64.1 / 75.6 / *0.0341 b / 58.1 / 54.4 / 59.0 / 0.3957 b
(56.1 - 65.8) / (59.2 - 68.7) / (65.4 - 84.0) / (53.5 - 62.5) / (50.1 - 58.7) / (51.0 - 66.7)
Defraud or deceive
Victim / 13.7 / 20.4 / 21.1 / *0.0269 b / 12.2 / 8.9 / 9.9 / 0.2038 b
(10.5 - 17.5) / (16.6 - 24.6) / (13.2 - 31.0) / (9.5 - 15.5) / (6.6 - 11.6) / (5.8 - 15.6)
AggressorPerpetrator / 3.7 / 6.1 / 1.1 / 0.0672 b / 3.1 / 0.9 / 0.6 / *0.0147 b
(2.1 - 6.0) / (4.0 - 8.8) / (0.0 - 6.0) / (1.8 - 5.1) / (0.1 - 1.7) / (0.0 - 3.4)
Witness / 33.8 / 34.2 / 44.4 / 0.1435 b / 24.1 / 17.2 / 22.4 / *0.0208 b
(29.2 - 38.6) / (29.6 - 39.0) / (34.0 - 55.3) / (20.3 - 28.1) / (14.1 - 20.6) / (16.2 - 29.6)
Yelling and heavy pranks
Victim / 29.7 / 29.9 / 31.1 / 0.9633 b / 21.2 / 18.5 / 14.9 / 0.1912 b
(25.3 - 34.3) / (25.5 - 34.5) / (21.8 - 41.7) / (17.6 - 25.1) / (15.3 - 22.0) / (9.8 - 21.4)
AggressorPerpetrator / 28.7 / 24.3 / 22.2 / 0.2439 b / 11.8 / 10.1 / 6.2 / 0.1260 b
(24.3 - 33.3) / (20.2 - 28.7) / (14.1 - 32.2) / (9.1 - 15.0) / (7.7 - 13.0) / (3.0 - 11.1)
Witness / 52.7 / 55.1 / 61.1 / 0.3367 b / 43.8 / 42.4 / 38.5 / 0.5040 b
(47.7 - 57.6) / (50.2 - 60.0) / (50.3 - 71.2) / (39.3 - 48.3) / (38.2 - 46.7) / (31.0 - 46.5)
Unarmed aggression
Victim / 30.1 / 24.0 / 18.9 / 0.0339 b / 21.8 / 17.3 / 16.8 / 0.1423 b
(25.7 - 34.9) / (20.0 - 28.5) / (11.4 - 28.5) / (18.2 - 25.7) / (14.2 - 20.8) / (11.4 - 23.5)
AggressorPerpetrator / 27.9 / 23.8 / 18.9 / 0.1375 b / 22.6 / 19.4 / 14.3 / 0.0646 b
(23.6 - 32.6) / (19.8 - 28.2) / (11.4 - 28.5) / (19.0 - 26.6) / (16.1 - 23.0) / (9.3 - 20.7)
Witness / 37.7 / 31.6 / 34.4 / 0.1761 b / 29.7 / 22.3 / 24.8 / *0.0263 b
(33.0 - 42.6) / (27.1 - 36.3) / (24.7 - 45.2) / (25.6 - 34.0) / (18.9 - 26.1) / (18.4 - 32.3)
During life time
Armed threat
Victim / 23.5 / 30.3 / 30.0 / 0.0752 b / 12.4 / 15.9 / 18.0 / 0.1403 b
(19.5 - 28.0) / (25.9 - 35.0) / (20.8 - 40.6) / (9.6 - 15.7) / (12.9 - 19.2) / (12.4 - 24.8)
AggressorPerpetrator / 4.2 / 4.6 / 1.1 / 0.3104 b / 1.7 / ND / ND / NA
(2.4 - 6.6) / (2.8 - 7.1) / (0.0 - 6.0) / (0.7 - 3.2) / ND / ND
Witness / 43.1 / 48.3 / 53.3 / 0.1300 b / 34.2 / 33.8 / 32.9 / 0.9534 b
(38.3 - 48.1) / (43.4 - 53.2) / (42.5 - 63.9) / (30.0 - 38.7) / (29.8 - 37.9) / (25.7 - 40.8)
Severe threat
Victim / 12 / 9.2 / 6.7 / 0.2113 b / 7.9 / 6.8 / 9.9 / 0.4184 b
(9.0 - 15.6) / (6.6 - 12.4) / (2.5 - 13.9) / (5.6 - 10.7) / (4.7 - 8.9) / (5.8 - 15.6)
AggressorPerpetrator / 1.5 / 1.0 / 0.4537 b / 0.2 / 0.4 / 0.6 / 0.7250 b
(0.5 - 3.2) / (0.3 - 2.5) / ND / (0.0 - 1.2) / (-0.1 - 0.9) / (0.0 - 3.4)
Witness / 31.9 / 30.6 / 28.9 / 0.8340 b / 24.0 / 17.0 / 19.3 / *0.0217 b
(27.4 - 36.6) / (26.2 - 35.3) / (19.8 - 39.4) / (20.2 - 28.0) / (14.0 - 20.5) / (13.5 - 26.2)
Unarmed robbery
Victim / 19.1 / 23.8 / 27.8 / 0.1067 b / 20.1 / 19.9 / 27.3 / 0.1062 b
(15.4 - 23.3) / (19.8 - 28.2) / (18.9 - 38.2) / (16.6 - 24.0) / (16.6 - 23.5) / (20.6 - 34.9)
AggressorPerpetrator / 5.1 / 3.9 / 1.1 / 0.2057 b / 1.5 / NA
(3.2 - 7.8) / (2.2 - 6.2) / (0.0 - 6.0) / (0.6 - 3.0) / ND / ND
Witness / 26.0 / 35.0 / 30.0 / 0.0215 b / 22.4 / 20.7 / 22.4 / 0.7709 b
(21.8 - 30.6) / (30.3 - 39.8) / (20.8 - 40.6) / (18.8 - 26.4) / (17.3 - 24.3) / (16.2 - 29.6)
Armed physical aggression
Victim / 12.5 / 13.3 / 8.9 / 0.5113 b / 4.8 / 3.0 / 3.7 / 0.3143 b
(9.5 - 16.1) / (10.2 - 17.0) / (3.9 - 16.8) / (3.0 - 7.1) / (1.5 - 4.4) / (1.4 - 7.9)
AggressorPerpetrator / 4.2 / 3.9 / 1.1 / 0.3754 b / 1.0 / NA
(2.4 - 6.6) / (2.2 - 6.2) / (0.0 - 6.0) / (0.3 - 2.4) / ND / ND
Witness / 42.2 / 41.7 / 43.3 / 0.9619 b / 28.4 / 26.4 / 21.1 / 0.1908 b
(37.3 - 47.1) / (36.9 - 46.7) / (32.9 - 54.2) / (24.4 - 32.7) / (22.7 - 30.3) / (15.1 - 28.2)
Sexual aggression
Victim / 2.5 / 3.6 / 3.3 / 0.6080 b / 6.6 / 8.9 / 9.9 / 0.2824 b
(1.2 - 4.5) / (2.1 - 5.9) / (0.7 - 9.4) / (4.6 - 9.2) / (6.6 - 11.6) / (5.8 - 15.6)
AggressorPerpetrator / 2.2 / 2.7 / 1.1 / 0.6603 b / 0.4 / 0.2 / ND / 0.6037 b
(1.0 - 4.1) / (1.3 - 4.7) / (0.0 - 6.0) / (0.1 - 1.5) / (-0.2 - 0.5)
Witness / 7.7 / 8.3 / 11.8 / ***0.0000 b / 3.8 / 4.2 / 5.9 / ***0.0000 b
(5.5 - 10.4) / (6.1 - 11.0) / (7.3 - 17.8) / (2.6 - 5.1) / (3.0 - 5.3) / (3.6 - 9.1)
n=408 / n=412 / n=90 / n=482 / n=542 / n=161
*P < 0.05 ** p < 0.01 *** p < 0.001 b : Association chi2
NA: Does not apply
ND: No data