Table 5.

Illicit Drug Outcomes: Odds Ratio Estimates of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Disparities (Relative to Heterosexual Adults) by Age and Sexual Identity Among 2015–2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health Participants 18–49 Years of Age

	Men					Women
	Heterosexual, n = 29,798	Gay, n = 776		Bisexual, n = 675		Heterosexual, n = 32,688	Lesbian/gay, n = 743		Bisexual, n = 2674
	%	%	OR	%	OR	%	%	OR	%	OR
Lifetime hallucinogen use
18–25 years	20.8	29.6	1.62	26.4	1.26a	12.6	29.4	3.21a	26.5	2.40a
26–34 years	27.0	39.6	1.85	36.3	1.56	16.9	30.7	2.27	38.9	2.97c
35–49 years	21.6	36.9	1.95	36.3	2.35	14.7	21.9	1.56	43.5	4.33
Lifetime cocaine use
18–25 years	13.2	21.6	1.87	13.9	0.95a	8.5	20.4	3.02a	16.1	2.01a
26–34 years	21.5	30.7	1.80	24.2	1.18	13.5	22.0	1.83	19.0	2.52
35–49 years	20.7	33.2	1.91	35.3	2.28	12.7	19.2	1.64	25.1	3.24
Lifetime inhalant use
18–25 years	10.5	31.0	3.98	18.0	1.74	7.2	15.2	2.60	16.1	2.44
26–34 years	14.6	35.7	3.47	20.6	1.52	8.1	17.5	2.50	19.0	2.55
35–49 years	15.3	48.2	4.90	32.3	3.01	8.6	16.7	2.04	25.1	3.40
Past-year illicit drug use
18–25 years	21.1	37.3	2.16	27.7	1.28	16.2	29.3	2.17	30.9	2.19
26–34 years	16.7	32.0	1.89	23.0	1.30	10.9	16.6	1.29	29.1	2.85
35–49 years	8.5	25.1	2.30	14.1	1.65	6.7	11.8	1.39	20.5	2.91

OR represents odds of substance use relative to heterosexual adults of the same age and gender. Bold denotes statistically significant at the 0.05 level. Lifetime OR estimates are adjusted for race/ethnicity, education level, and urbanicity; past-year OR estimates adjust additionally for marital status, employment status, and living with children. All prevalence and OR estimates are weighted to account for the National Survey on Drug Use and Health survey design.

Testing magnitude of disparities across age cohorts:

^aSignificant difference between 18–25 years and 35–49 years.

^bSignificant difference between 18–25 years and 26–34 years (not applicable).

^cSignificant difference between 26–34 years and 35–49 years.