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Table 3

Psychological Distress Symptoms Associated with Acute Stress Disorder Sympotms(percent)

Symptom U.S. Virgin Islands
(N=102)
Puerto Rico
(N=272)
Dominican Republic
(N=177)
Mississippi
(N=53)
Alabama
(N=92)
Time seems to stand still 7 27 24 0 1
I feel anxious 3 24 22 6 4
I have difficulty doing work or other things 4 23 13 4 3
I get upset and/or angry easily 9 22 17 8 3
I feel mixed up or disoriented 4 19 14 8 1
I have difficulty sleeping 6 18 13 6 2
I try not to talk about the storm 5 15 19 4 3
I avoid things that remind me of the hurricane 6 14 16 4 4
I am slow to react to the people around me 5 11 9 2 2
I get upset when events remind me of the storm 3 11 9 4 2
I feel emotionaly numbs 3 8 15 2 1
I have difficulty remembering important things about the storm 3 8 13 6 1
I feel like someone else 2 7 10 2 1
I have trouble feeling my emotions 3 6 7 0 1
I think about the hurricane when I do not want to 1 5 11 2 1
I have nightmares about the hurricane 1 2 6 0 1

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