TABLE 1—
Percentages of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Respondents (N = 388) Reporting Lifetime Mental Disorders, Substance Use Disorders, and Suicide Attempts: New York, NY, February 2004 to January 2005
| Total, % (SE) | Male, % (SE) | Female, % (SE) | White, % (SE) | Black, % (SE) | Latino, % (SE) | Lesbian or Gay % (SE) | Bisexual, % (SE) | Aged 18–29 Years, % (SE) | Aged 30–44 Years, % (SE) | Aged 45–59 Years, % (SE) | |
| Total, No. | 388 | 193 | 195 | 132 | 128 | 128 | 318 | 70 | 172 | 171 | 45 |
| Any anxiety disorder | 44.3 (2.5) | 43.0 (3.6) | 45.6 (3.6) | 47.0 (4.4) | 36.7 (4.3) | 49.2 (4.4) | 43.7 (2.8) | 47.1 (6.0) | 46.5 (3.8) | 43.9 (3.8) | 37.8 (7.3) |
| Panic disorder | 4.9 (1.1) | 5.2 (1.6) | 4.6 (1.5) | 9.1 (2.5) | 0.8 (0.8) | 4.7 (1.9) | 5.7 (1.3) | 1.4 (1.4) | 5.2 (1.7) | 4.1 (1.5) | 6.7 (3.8) |
| Specific phobia | 24.5 (2.2) | 21.8 (3.0) | 27.2 (3.2) | 22.7 (3.7) | 23.4 (3.8) | 27.3 (4.0) | 25.2 (2.4) | 21.4 (4.9) | 26.2 (3.4) | 26.3 (3.4) | 11.1 (4.7) |
| Social phobia | 22.2 (2.1) | 23.8 (3.1) | 20.5 (2.9) | 20.5 (3.5) | 18.8 (3.5) | 27.3 (4.0) | 21.1 (2.3) | 27.1 (5.4) | 22.1 (3.2) | 23.4 (3.2) | 17.8 (5.8) |
| Generalized anxiety disorder | 8.8 (1.4) | 9.8 (2.2) | 7.7 (1.9) | 12.9 (2.9) | 4.7 (1.9) | 8.6 (2.5) | 8.5 (1.6) | 10.0 (3.6) | 7.6 (2.0) | 8.8 (2.2) | 13.3 (5.1) |
| Any mood disorder | 30.7 (2.3) | 26.4 (3.2) | 34.9 (3.4) | 38.6 (4.3) | 21.9 (3.7) | 31.3 (4.1) | 30.2 (2.6) | 32.9 (5.7) | 29.1 (3.5) | 25.7 (3.4) | 55.6 (7.5) |
| Major depressive disorder | 30.7 (2.3) | 26.4 (3.2) | 34.9 (3.4) | 38.6 (4.3) | 21.9 (3.7) | 31.3 (4.1) | 30.2 (2.6) | 32.9 (5.7) | 29.1 (3.5) | 25.7 (3.4) | 55.6 (7.5) |
| Dysthymia | 5.9 (1.2) | 6.2 (1.7) | 5.6 (1.7) | 9.8 (2.6) | 3.1 (1.5) | 4.7 (1.9) | 4.4 (1.2) | 12.9 (4.0) | 4.7 (1.6) | 4.1 (1.5) | 17.8 (5.8) |
| Any substance use disorder | 38.4 (2.5) | 36.8 (3.5) | 40.0 (3.5) | 41.7 (4.3) | 30.5 (4.1) | 43.0 (4.4) | 35.5 (2.7) | 51.4 (6.0) | 35.5 (3.7) | 39.8 (3.8) | 44.4 (7.5) |
| Alcohol abuse | 25.0 (2.2) | 24.0 (3.1) | 26.0 (3.2) | 30.0 (4.0) | 19.0 (3.5) | 27.0 (3.9) | 23.0 (2.4) | 33.0 (5.7) | 20.0 (3.1) | 29.0 (3.5) | 29.0 (6.8) |
| Alcohol dependence | 10.3 (1.5) | 9.8 (2.2) | 10.8 (2.2) | 12.9 (2.9) | 7.0 (2.3) | 10.9 (2.8) | 9.8 (1.7) | 12.9 (4.0) | 8.1 (2.1) | 14.0 (2.7) | 4.4 (3.1) |
| Drug abuse | 28.0 (2.3) | 24.0 (3.1) | 32.0 (3.4) | 29.0 (4.0) | 25.0 (3.8) | 31.0 (4.1) | 26.0 (2.5) | 39.0 (5.9) | 26.0 (3.4) | 30.0 (3.5) | 31.0 (7.0) |
| Drug dependence | 12.4 (1.7) | 7.8 (1.9) | 16.9 (2.7) | 14.4 (3.1) | 10.2 (2.7) | 12.5 (2.9) | 11.0 (1.8) | 18.6 (4.7) | 8.1 (2.1) | 14.6 (2.7) | 20.0 (6.0) |
| Any disorder | 69.8 (2.3) | 65.3 (3.4) | 74.4 (3.1) | 76.5 (3.7) | 60.2 (4.3) | 72.7 (4.0) | 68.2 (2.6) | 77.1 (5.1) | 69.8 (3.5) | 67.8 (3.6) | 77.8 (6.3) |
| Serious suicide attempt | 8.3 (1.4) | 9.3 (2.1) | 7.2 (1.9) | 4.6 (1.8) | 7.0 (2.3) | 13.3 (3.0) | 7.9 (1.5) | 10.0 (3.6) | 8.7 (2.2) | 5.9 (1.8) | 15.6 (5.5) |
Note. Psychiatric diagnoses were made with the computer-assisted personal interview (Version 19) of the World Health Organization World Mental Health Survey version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview.18