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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Sex Orientat Gend Divers. 2016 Dec 8;4(1):115–123. doi: 10.1037/sgd0000211

Table 3.

Disparities in odds of suicidal behaviour measures between heterosexual and other sexual orientation groups

Girls Boys

MoHet Bi L MoHet Bi G
Suicidal ideation

2013 2.7 (2.3–3.2) 6.2 (5.0–7.6) 5.5 (3.6–8.4) 2.6 (1.9–3.3) 7.3 (5.1–10.3) 3.6 (2.3–5.7)
2008 2.4 (2.0–2.8) 6.5 (5.3–8.1) 8.4 (4.9–14.6) 3.3 (3.5–4.4) 6.5 (4.5–9.2) 5.0 (3.2–7.9)
2003 2.3 (1.9–2.7) 4.8 (3.7–6.2) 7.6 (3.9–14.8) 2.1 (1.6–2.8) 5.3 (3.2–8.6) 2.9 (1.6–5.5)
1998 1.7 (1.4–2.0) 2.8 (1.9–4.0) 3.1 (1.6–5.9) 2.6 (1.8–3.7) 5.0 (3.1–8.1) 5.2 (2.9–9.2)

Suicide attempt

2013 2.4 (1.9–2.9) 6.3 (5.0–7.9) 5.6 (3.5–8.9) 2.1 (1.4–3.4) 8.9 (5.9–13.5) 3.7 (2.1–6.7)
2008 2.6 (2.1–3.3) 8.7 (6.8–11.1) 7.3 (4.0–13.6) 3.2 (2.2–4.7) 12.9 (8.4–19.7) 10.9 (6.7–17.7)
2003 2.4 (1.9–2.9) 5.0 (3.9–6.5) 7.0 (3.1–15.7) 2.4 (1.5–3.7) 4.3 (2.2–8.5) 2.4 (1.2–5.1)
1998 1.5 (1.2–1.9) 3.9 (2.6–6.1) 3.5 (1.8–7.0) 2.8 (1.7–4.6) 6.6 (3.6–12.2) 7.4 (3.9–13.9)

Age adjusted-odds ratio with heterosexual orientation as the reference group; 95% CI in parentheses