Table 1.
Patient demographic characteristics (n = 51 503)
| Characteristics | Self-identified sexual and gender minority patients (n = 1387) | Non–self-identified sexual and gender minority patients (n = 50 116) | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Race, No. (%) | <.001 | |||||
| Asian or American Indian | 24 (1.7) | 944 (1.9) | ||||
| Black, African American | 61 (4.4) | 2558 (5.1) | ||||
| White | 1200 (86.5) | 43 713 (87.2) | ||||
| More than one race | 36 (2.6) | 610 (1.2) | ||||
| Other,a unknown, prefer not to answer | 66 (4.8) | 2291 (4.6) | ||||
| Ethnicity: Hispanic, Latinx, No. (%) | 162 (11.7) | 4274 (8.5) | .001 | |||
| Age, mean (SD); below presented with No. (%), y | 48.24 (16.7) | 56.27 (15.1) | <.001 | |||
| 18-30 | 170 (12.3) | 1927 (3.8) | ||||
| 31-40 | 166 (12.0) | 3498 (7.0) | ||||
| 41-50 | 208 (15.0) | 6076 (12.1) | ||||
| 51-60 | 354 (25.5) | 10 013 (20.0) | ||||
| 61-70 | 300 (21.6) | 14 572 (29.1) | ||||
| 71-80 | 152 (11.0) | 11 081 (22.1) | ||||
| 81 and older | 37 (2.7) | 2949 (5.9) | ||||
| Sexual orientation, No. (%) | <.001 | |||||
| Lesbian, gay, or homosexual | 1087 (78.4) | — | ||||
| Bisexual | 262 (18.9) | — | ||||
| Something else | 23 (1.7) | — | ||||
| Straight or heterosexual | 15 (1.1) | 50 116 (100.0) | ||||
| Don’t knowb | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||||
| Gender identity, No. (%)c | <.001 | |||||
| Female | 577 (41.6) | 20 406 (40.7) | ||||
| Male | 427 (30.8) | 15 316 (30.6) | ||||
| Transgender female or trans woman | 8 (0.6) | — | ||||
| Transgender male or trans man | 13 (0.9) | — | ||||
| Genderqueer (nonbinary) or additional gender category (open-ended response) | 10 (0.7) | 1 (0.0) | ||||
| Unknownd | 352 (25.4) | 14 393 (28.7) | ||||
a
Refers to the patients’ selection of “other” category. “—” signifies not applicable.
b
A total of 30 sexual minority patients who reported “don’t know” were excluded from the analysis because of no Short Form Health Survey–12 responses.
c
A total of 83 individuals selected “decline to answer” and thus were excluded from the analysis because we were unable to identify them as either a sexual or/and gender minority.
d
Includes individuals who skipped gender identity item or who completed the survey prior to the inclusion of gender identity item (ie, before April 2018).