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. 2019 Aug;109(8):1111–1118. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305130

TABLE 2—

Patient Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data Reported by US Health Centers, 2016 Uniform Data System

No. Percentage of Patients With Reported Data Percentage of All Patients
Sexual orientation
LGBSE
 Lesbian or gay 125 772 2.1
 Bisexual 50 941 0.9
 Something else 43 948 0.7
 Subtotal LGBSE 220 661 3.7
Straight 4 073 054 68.8
Chose not to disclose 1 625 521 27.5
Total reported data 5 919 236 22.9
Total missing dataa 19 941 060 77.1
Gender identity
Transgender
 Transgender female 15 826 0.2
 Transgender male 20 975 0.2
 Subtotal transgender 36 801 0.4
Female 5 064 052 52.7
Male 3 617 287 37.6
Chose not to disclose 893 262 9.3
Total reported data 9 611 402 37.2
Total missing datab 16 248 894 62.8

Note. LGBSE = lesbian, gay, bisexual, or something else; transgender female = transgender female/trans woman/male-to-female (MTF); transgender male = transgender male/trans man/female-to-male (FTM).

a

Includes patients who responded “don’t know.”

b

Includes patients who responded “other.”