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ACE score of 5 or more

Adverse Childhood Experience
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What is the meaning of an ACE score of 9? The higher your ACE score the higher your statistical chance of suffering from a range of psychological and medical problems like chronic depression, cancer, or coronary heart disease.

Almost 13% of Americans have a score equal to or higher than four.

Knowing your ACE score means being able to understand your risks, and being able to prevent the possible consequences.

The table shows your comparison to the 3 out of 10 people who suffered no ACEs:

ACE SCORE OF 0 ACE SCORE OF 4 INCREASED RISK
Likelihood of becoming an alcoholic 2.5% 11% four-fold increase
Suffering from chronic depression

15% women

10% men

42% women

30% men

tripled
Having a serious problem working 5% 15% tripled
Having serious financial problems 10% 20% doubled
Chance of heart disease 3.7% 5.6% doubled
Having a stroke 2.6% 4.1% doubled
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