Table 3.
Suicidal ideation between sexual orientation, by religion
| Wish it Would End1 | Wish Dead1 | Lifetime Suicidal Ideation | Past 12-month Suicidal Ideation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | (SE) | % | (SE) | % | (SE) | % | (SE) | |
| Non-religious | ||||||||
| LGBQ (n = 199) | 44.7 | (3.5) | 21.1 | (2.9) | 40.9 | (3.5) | 11.6 | (2.3) |
| Heterosexual (n = 1,827) | 35.3 | (1.1) | 11.2 | (0.7) | 19.4 | (0.9) | 5.5 | (0.5) |
| Islamic | ||||||||
| LGBQ (n = 4) | 75.0 | (21.7) | 25.0 | (21.7) | 25.0 | (21.7) | 0.0 | (0.0) |
| Heterosexual (n = 171) | 39.2 | (3.7) | 12.9 | (2.6) | 10.0 | (2.3) | 3.5 | (1.4) |
| Jewish | ||||||||
| LGBQ (n = 44) | 34.1 | (7.1) | 6.8 | (3.8) | 18.2 | (5.8) | 9.1 | (4.3) |
| Heterosexual (n = 641) | 30.6 | (1.8) | 7.2 | (1.0) | 10.5 | (1.2) | 3.9 | (0.8) |
| Atheist/Agnostic | ||||||||
| LGBQ (n = 360) | 56.7 | (2.6) | 30.0 | (2.4) | 42.9 | (2.6) | 15.6 | (1.9) |
| Heterosexual (n = 2,885) | 38.4 | (0.9) | 13.7 | (0.6) | 22.6 | (0.8) | 6.9 | (0.5) |
| Other | ||||||||
| LGBQ (n = 222) | 52.3 | (3.4) | 23.0 | (2.8) | 43.9 | (3.3) | 14.0 | (2.3) |
| Heterosexual (n = 2,137) | 35.5 | (1.0) | 11.7 | (0.7) | 20.0 | (0.9) | 5.9 | (0.5) |
| Christian | ||||||||
| LGBQ (n = 470) | 52.6 | (2.3) | 19.4 | (1.8) | 34.7 | (2.2) | 11.3 | (1.4) |
| Heterosexual (n = 15,081) | 31.0 | (0.4) | 7.9 | (0.2) | 13.8 | (0.3) | 4.1 | (0.2) |
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within the past 12-months