TABLE 3.
aORs With 95% CIs Used to Predict Suicide Behavior by Gender Identity Group
Female | Male | Transgender, Male to Female | Transgender, Female to Male | Transgender, Not Exclusively Male or Female | Questioning | |
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Age | 1.01 (1.00–1.02) | 1.04 (1.03–1.04)a | 0.95 (0.84–1.07) | 0.98 (0.88–1.10) | 0.99 (0.91–1.08) | 0.98 (0.94–1.03) |
Parent education | 0.91 (0.90–0.92)a | 0.93 (0.92–0.94)a | 1.03 (0.90–1.17) | 0.96 (0.84–1.10) | 0.94 (0.85–1.03) | 0.90 (0.85–0.95)a |
Urbanicityb | 0.95 (0.92–0.98) | 0.93 (0.89–0.96)a | 1.35 (0.80–2.27) | 0.98 (0.55–1.75) | 1.04 (0.73–1.50) | 0.83 (0.65–1.06) |
Sexual orientationc | ||||||
Mostly heterosexual | 1.75 (1.67–1.83)a | 1.74 (1.63–1.87)a | 2.44 (1.16–5.13) | 2.55 (1.10–5.89) | 0.75 (0.41–1.37) | 1.14 (0.88–1.47) |
Bisexual | 3.05 (2.90–3.20)a | 2.70 (2.46–2.97)a | 2.47 (1.39–4.39) | 3.33 (1.72–6.43)a | 1.46 (0.88–2.43) | 1.69 (1.33–2.16)a |
Mostly lesbian or gay | 2.60 (2.26–2.99)a | 2.03 (1.67–2.45)a | 3.19 (1.69–6.05)a | 2.89 (1.38–6.02) | 1.46 (0.84–2.54) | 2.01 (1.43–2.83)a |
Only lesbian or gay | 2.48 (2.12–2.89)a | 2.14 (1.87–2.44)a | 3.75 (1.87–7.51)a | 3.65 (1.76–7.59)a | 1.38 (0.78–2.42) | 1.81 (1.26–2.58)a |
Race and/or ethnicityd | ||||||
American Indian or Alaskan native | 1.45 (1.28–1.64)a | 1.30 (1.15–1.47)a | 2.04 (0.84–4.95) | 0.79 (0.22–2.88) | 1.19 (0.57–2.50) | 1.02 (0.67–1.56) |
Asian American | 1.00 (0.95–1.05) | 1.09 (1.03–1.16) | 0.76 (0.34–1.70) | 0.78 (0.39–1.53) | 0.73 (0.44–1.20) | 0.90 (0.65–1.24) |
Black or African American | 1.20 (1.14–1.26)a | 1.24 (1.17–1.32)a | 1.16 (0.50–2.69) | 0.72 (0.28–1.83) | 1.06 (0.60–1.88) | 0.96 (0.66–1.39) |
Hispanic or Latino | 1.45 (1.39–1.50)a | 1.34 (1.27–1.40)a | 1.53 (0.73–3.20) | 0.87 (0.41–1.85) | 1.18 (0.66–2.12) | 1.04 (0.71–1.51) |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1.41 (1.19–1.68)a | 1.62 (1.37–1.91)a | 1.00 (0.37–2.69) | 0.46 (0.18–1.20) | 1.15 (0.59–2.24) | 1.01 (0.52–1.94) |
Other | 1.23 (1.15–1.32)a | 1.26 (1.17–1.37)a | 1.67 (0.69–4.04) | 0.47 (0.13–1.71) | 1.08 (0.62–1.88) | 0.83 (0.60–1.13) |
Multiracial and/or multiple ethnicities | 1.36 (1.30–1.43)a | 1.40 (1.33–1.48)a | 1.33 (0.72–2.44) | 1.16 (0.62–2.18) | 1.25 (0.78–1.99) | 0.95 (0.73–1.23) |
Subsamples include 0.2% (n = 202) transgender, male to female; 0.1% (n = 175) transgender, female to male; and 0.3% (n = 344) transgender, not exclusively male or female. Additionally, a small percentage of adolescents reported that they were not sure of their gender identity (0.9% [n = 1052]; referred to as questioning), whereas 50.6% (n = 60 973) identified as female, and 48% (n = 57 871) identified as male.
Significantly differs from P < .003.
The reference group for urbanicity is rural and small cities.
The reference group for sexual orientation is only heterosexual.
The reference group for race and/or ethnicity is white, non-Latino.