TABLE 2—
Weighted Sample Prevalences of Self-Reported Health Conditions, Health Status, and Disability, by Gender and Sexual Orientation: California Quality of Life Survey, 2004–2005
| Women | Men | |||||||
| Health markers | Heterosexual (n = 1058), % (SE) | Lesbian/Gay (n = 48), % (SE) | Bisexual (n = 38), % (SE) | Homosexually Experienced Heterosexual (n = 28), % (SE) | Heterosexual (n = 946), % (SE) | Gay (n = 101), % (SE) | Bisexual (n = 29), % (SE) | Homosexually Experienced Heterosexual (n = 23), % (SE) |
| Current conditions | ||||||||
| Heart disease | 3.2 (0.6) | 2.6 (1.5) | 0.7 (0.7) | 0.0 | 3.3 (0.6) | 4.2 (1.3) | 3.0 (2.8) | 9.4 (6.6) |
| Hypertension | 14.9 (1.2) | 12.6 (3.1) | 7.4 (2.7) | 8.1 (4.7) | 16.1 (1.4) | 21.9 (3.1) | 14.0 (6.1) | 20.1 (8.8) |
| Cancer diagnosed within past 3 yearsa | 2.0 (0.5) | 1.9 (1.2) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 (0.4) | 0.8 (0.5) | 0.0 | 4.3 (4.2) |
| Diabetes | 6.9 (0.9) | 2.2 (1.0) | 1.3 (0.9) | 0.0 | 8.3 (1.1) | 6.7 (1.8) | 5.2 (3.7) | 11.2 (10.3) |
| Liver disease | 1.0 (0.3) | 1.8 (1.3) | 1.0 (1.0) | 0.0 | 0.9 (0.4) | 3.7 (1.3) | 4.3 (3.1) | 13.3 (7.5) |
| Stomach ulcer, enteritis, colitis (digestive) | 7.9 (1.0) | 6.1 (2.5) | 15.4 (4.4) | 8.8 (5.1) | 2.6 (0.6) | 7.9 (2.2) | 5.6 (3.3) | 19.4 (11.0) |
| Urinary problems | 4.3 (0.7) | 0.5 (0.4) | 7.2 (3.3) | 0.0 | 2.2 (0.6) | 6.5 (1.8) | 6.5 (3.4) | 0.0 |
| Migraines or headaches | 19.1 (1.4) | 18.4 (4.4) | 26.4 (5.9) | 32.0 (10.2) | 7.2 (1.0) | 15.5 (2.9) | 6.5 (3.3) | 32.4 (12.5) |
| Asthma | 8.6 (1.0) | 13.1 (3.6) | 19.2 (4.7) | 24.5 (8.4) | 6.5 (1.0) | 4.2 (1.6) | 9.0 (4.1) | 21.1 (11.4) |
| Arthritis | 21.4 (1.4) | 33.5 (5.0) | 17.7 (4.1) | 19.7 (7.5) | 15.7 (1.3) | 14.5 (2.5) | 17.2 (6.2) | 18.1 (8.4) |
| Back problems | 14.4 (1.2) | 23.3 (4.3) | 26.5 (5.2) | 37.0 (10.4) | 14.4 (1.3) | 11.6 (2.5) | 19.7 (5.8) | 32.7 (12.0) |
| Chronic painb | 11.6 (1.1) | 18.5 (3.8) | 18.5 (4.4) | 24.5 (8.1) | 9.3 (1.1) | 11.8 (2.4) | 11.9 (4.6) | 12.0 (6.8) |
| Chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia | 4.7 (0.7) | 9.0 (3.0) | 12.4 (3.8) | 6.4 (3.9) | 2.8 (0.7) | 8.0 (2.2) | 3.7 (2.1) | 15.5 (10.7) |
| HIV infection | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 (2.2) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22.5 (3.2) | 6.8 (3.8) | 7.7 (5.4) |
| AIDS/HIV illness | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 (0.9) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.1 (2.6) | 6.5 (3.8) | 0.0 |
| At least 1 condition reported other than AIDS/HIV illness | 57.0 (1.8) | 65.8 (5.3) | 65.8 (5.7) | 63.2 (9.9) | 46.4 (1.9) | 54.0 (3.8) | 54.8 (7.2) | 52.5 (12.5) |
| Health status indicators | ||||||||
| Health status rated fair or poor | 16.7 (1.4) | 8.2 (2.3) | 19.1 (5.3) | 10.3 (5.2) | 15.1 (1.5) | 16.9 (2.9) | 16.5 (6.2) | 30.7 (11.9) |
| SF-12 Physical Health Component Score < 50 | 47.8 (1.8) | 54.3 (5.4) | 57.6 (6.0) | 53.0 (10.2) | 38.7 (1.9) | 42.7 (3.8) | 49.3 (7.9) | 60.0 (12.3) |
| Disability status | ||||||||
| Reports functional health limitation | 21.0 (1.4) | 30.5 (4.8) | 37.6 (5.7) | 21.1 (7.3) | 18.9 (1.5) | 23.5 (3.2) | 30.5 (7.2) | 30.6 (11.3) |
| Major physical disability | 2.8 (0.6) | 1.7 (1.0) | 0.7 (0.5) | 0.0 | 3.4 (0.7) | 1.9 (0.7) | 4.2 (3.0) | 6.4 (4.7) |
| Receives disability income | 5.1 (0.8) | 12.6 (3.5) | 12.4 (3.7) | 5.0 (3.6) | 6.4 (0.9) | 11.2 (2.4) | 11.2 (4.5) | 9.0 (6.4) |
Note. SF-12 = Short Form-12 Health Survey. Unweighted sample size was 867 exclusively heterosexual women, 152 lesbians, 116 bisexual women, 35 homosexually experienced heterosexual women, 753 exclusively heterosexual men, 263 gay men, 63 bisexual men, and 23 homosexually experienced heterosexual men.
aExcludes skin cancer.
bExcludes back pain.