TABLE 2.
Lifetime Prevalence of Suicidality Outcomes Within Gender Identity Groups, Including Unadjusted Pairwise Comparisons Between Gender Identity Subgroups
| Suicidality Outcome | All Cisgender | Cisgender Sexual Minority | Cisgender Heterosexual | All Transgender | Cisgender Males | Cisgender Females | Transgender Males | Transgender Females | Nonbinary Assigned Female | Nonbinary Assigned Male | Questioning |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passive death wish | 77.0 | 84.7 | 68.2 | 94.3 | 61.9 | 82.1 | 96.4 | 93.7 | 92.3 | 86.0 | 92.2 |
| 95% CI | 74.2–79.8 | 81.5–87.9 | 63.5–72.9 | 93.0–95.6 | 55.4–68.4 | 79.2–85.0 | 94.9–97.9 | 87.6–99.8 | 89.6–95.0 | 75.5–96.5 | 84.7–99.7 |
| Significancea | — | — | — | — | A | B | C | B, C, D | C, D | B, D | B, C, D |
| Suicidal ideation | 60.4 | 70.4 | 48.2 | 84.8 | 46.5 | 65.0 | 88.6 | 90.5 | 79.2 | 72.1 | 82.4 |
| 95% CI | 57.1–63.7 | 66.3–74.5 | 43.2–53.2 | 82.7–86.9 | 39.8–53.2 | 61.3–68.7 | 86.1–91.1 | 83.2–97.8 | 75.1–83.3 | 58.5–85.7 | 71.8–93.0 |
| Significancea | — | — | — | — | A | B | C | C, D | D | B, D | B, C, D |
| Planning attempt | 49.8 | 57.6 | 40.7 | 72.5 | 37.6 | 53.8 | 75.6 | 73.0 | 69.6 | 48.8 | 72.5 |
| 95% CI | 46.5–53.1 | 53.2–62.0 | 35.8–45.6 | 70.0–75.1 | 31.2–44.0 | 50.0–57.6 | 72.2–79.0 | 62.0–84.0 | 64.9–74.3 | 33.7–63.9 | 60.1–84.9 |
| Significancea | — | — | — | — | A | B | C | B, C, D | C, D | A, B, D | B, C, D |
| Suicide attempt | 31.4 | 37.9 | 23.4 | 50.3 | 24.3 | 33.8 | 54.5 | 57.1 | 44.3 | 44.2 | 41.2 |
| 95% CI | 28.3–34.5 | 33.6–42.2 | 19.1–27.7 | 47.4–53.2 | 18.6–30.0 | 30.2–37.4 | 50.6–58.4 | 44.8–69.4 | 39.3–49.3 | 29.2–59.2 | 27.6–54.8 |
| Significancea | — | — | — | — | A | A | B | B, C | C | A, B, C | A, B, C |
| Attempt requiring medical care | 5.6 | 7.5 | 3.2 | 13.2 | 1.4 | 7.0 | 15.4 | 6.3 | 10.9 | 14.0 | 9.8 |
| 95% CI | 4.1–7.1 | 5.2—9.8 | 1.4–5.0 | 11.2–15.2 | 0.0–2.9 | 5.0–9.0 | 12.5–18.3 | 0.2–12.4 | 7.7–14.1 | 3.5–24.5 | 1.6–18.0 |
| Significancea | — | — | — | — | A | B | C | A, B, C | B, C | B, C | B, C |
| NSSI | 59.1 | 68.5 | 47.8 | 86.9 | 38.9 | 65.9 | 89.4 | 73.0 | 87.6 | 76.7 | 76.5 |
| 95% CI | 55.8–62.4 | 64.3–72.7 | 42.8–52.8 | 84.9–88.9 | 32.4–45.4 | 62.2–70.0 | 87.0–91.8 | 62.0–84.0 | 84.2–91.0 | 63.9–89.5 | 64.7–88.3 |
| Significancea | — | — | — | — | A | B | C | B | C | B, C | B, C |
—, not applicable.
a
Each letter denotes gender identity subgroups that do not differ significantly from each other at the 0.002 level within unadjusted pairwise comparisons for each outcome.