Table 4.
Weighted and Adjusted Prevalence of Health Outcomes by Sexual Orientation, National Health Interview Survey 2013–2015
| Male | Female | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gay | Bisexual | Heterosexual | Gay/lesbian | Bisexual | Heterosexual | |||||||||||||
| n | N | Weighted% (95% CI) | n | N | Weighted% (95% CI) | n | N | Weighted% (95% CI) | n | N | Weighted% (95% CI) | n | N | Weighted% (95% CI) | n | N | Weighted% (95% CI) | |
| Has health insurancea | 678 | 1525 | 83.00 (79.89–85.72) | 165 | 323 | 78.03 (68.24–85.45) | 26,787 | 70,923 | 81.15 (80.43–81.84) | 584 | 1280 | 80.70† (76.37–84.41) | 427 | 959 | 84.68 (80.42–88.15) | 33,126 | 76,940 | 85.16 (84.67–85.63) |
| Has usual primary care provider | 677 | 1446 | 73.62† (69.20–77.61) | 144 | 298 | 64.77 (56.05–72.61) | 28,594 | 70,401 | 66.44 (65.71–67.16) | 626 | 1327 | 79.56† (75.37–83.19) | 458 | 982 | 85.45 (81.23–88.85) | 44,410 | 95,148 | 84.02 (83.53–84.50) |
| Received colorectal cancer screeningb | 100 | 209 | 35.41† (28.61–42.85) | 16 | 35 | 26.41* (14.14–43.89) | 4313 | 10,126 | 25.53 (24.59–26.48) | 58 | 141 | 23.60 (17.10–31.63) | 21 | 37 | 24.21* (13.97–38.59) | 4525 | 9384 | 21.80 (20.94–22.69) |
| BMI <30c | 697 | 1500 | 74.29† (70.27–77.93) | 154 | 323 | 65.13‡ (55.48–73.68) | 29,095 | 70,001 | 69.54 (68.87–70.21) | 458 | 968 | 61.62† (56.63–66.38) | 302 | 564 | 57.35† (51.42–63.08) | 34,434 | 73,779 | 70.27 (69.61–70.91) |
| Saw dentist in past 12 months | 617 | 1334 | 62.26 (57.40–66.88) | 143 | 313 | 63.09 (54.17–71.19) | 24,005 | 62,083 | 58.38 (57.67–59.09) | 510 | 1158 | 64.69 (60.32–68.82) | 310 | 701 | 60.69 (54.26–66.76) | 33,514 | 74,333 | 65.69 (65.00–66.38) |
| Been tested for HIV ever | 770 | 1637 | 80.06† (75.80–83.73) | 128 | 255 | 53.26†,‡ (44.34–61.97) | 14,838 | 35,551 | 34.13 (33.39–34.88) | 393 | 848 | 48.52† (43.99–53.09) | 351 | 715 | 52.67† (46.78–58.49) | 21,043 | 44,495 | 40.08 (39.36–40.80) |
| Current smoker | 222 | 455 | 25.25† (21.16–29.84) | 63 | 126 | 25.48 (18.65–33.76) | 8354 | 19,395 | 18.85 (18.27–19.43) | 197 | 379 | 23.76† (19.93–28.06) | 160 | 304 | 21.38† (17.21–26.23) | 7912 | 16,267 | 14.53 (14.03–15.05) |
| Meets federal physical activity guidelines for aerobic activity and muscle strengthening | 272 | 610 | 26.10 (22.33–30.26) | 89 | 212 | 20.45 (15.00–27.24) | 10,632 | 26,249 | 24.82 (24.19–25.47) | 170 | 331 | 20.07 (16.54–24.13) | 182 | 337 | 22.26† (17.98–27.21) | 6466 | 14,409 | 17.15 (16.57–17.73) |
| Binge drinker | 293 | 651 | 38.97 (34.09–44.08) | 63 | 125 | 53.78†,‡ (44.24–63.05) | 10,006 | 25,942 | 39.60 (38.63–40.57) | 183 | 383 | 28.89 (23.72–34.68) | 133 | 291 | 35.28† (29.50–41.52) | 8538 | 19,201 | 23.10 (22.33–23.89) |
Excluding proxies and those reporting limitations due to senility or dementia. Model adjusted for age, ethnicity, race, marital status, education, and income.
a
Restricted to those aged <65 years.
b
Restricted to those aged 50–75 years.
c
Restricted to those aged ≥20 years.
*
Unreliable estimate because the relative standard error <30% and ≥20%.
†
P ≤ 0.05 for comparison between heterosexual and gay/lesbian or between heterosexual and bisexual.
‡
P ≤ 0.05 for comparison between bisexual and gay/lesbian.
BMI, body mass index.