ACE score of 3

Adverse Childhood Experience

You have an ACE score of 3. 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 1 out of every 10 Americans have the same ACE score as you, and almost 14% of Americans have a higher score than yours.

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

Compared to the 3 out of 10 people who suffered no ACEs your ACE score means that you are:

More about 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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