If a person experienced none of the conditions above in childhood, the ACE score would be zero; an ACE score of nine means that a person was exposed to all of the categories of trauma above.

What is considered a high ACE score?

If the ACE score is 1-3 with ACE-Associated Health Conditions, the patient is at “intermediate risk.” If the ACE score is 4 or higher, even without ACE- Associated Health Conditions, the patient is at “high risk” for toxic stress physiology.

What does a 9 10 ace score mean?

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.