TABLE 8.
Percent of Adolescents Who Reported a Suicide Attempt in the Past Year by Sexual Orientation Identity, 2009–2017
| Sexual Orientation Identity | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suicide Attempts Among Adolescents With Sexual Minority Identity | Suicide Attempts Among Adolescents With Heterosexual Identity | Suicide Attempts Among Sexual Minority Relative to Heterosexual Adolescents | Suicide Attempts Among Sexual Minority Relative to Heterosexual Adolescents | |
| % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | aOR (95% CI) | pp (95% CI) | |
| Total | ||||
| 2009 | 26.7 (20.9 to 32.4) | 6.3 (5.6 to 7.1) | 5.2* (3.8 to 7.1) | 18.9 (13.2 to 24.5) |
| 2011 | 23.6 (19.0 to 28.1) | 6.0 (5.4 to 6.6) | 4.6* (3.5 to 6.1) | 16.2 (11.8 to 20.7) |
| 2013 | 30.4 (25.4 to 35.5) | 7.5 (6.2 to 8.8) | 4.9* (3.6 to 6.6) | 19.9 (14.7 to 25.1) |
| 2015 | 22.8 (19.6 to 26.1) | 6.2 (5.6 to 6.9) | 4.2* (3.5 to 5.1) | 15.2 (12.2 to 18.3) |
| 2017 | 20.1 (17.4 to 22.9) | 5.9 (5.1 to 6.8) | 3.8* (3.0 to 4.6) | 12.6 (10.0 to 15.1) |
| Female students | ||||
| 2009 | 24.4 (19.4 to 29.5) | 6.3 (5.5 to 7.1) | 4.7* (3.4 to 6.5) | 9.5* (7.4 to 11.7) |
| 2011 | 25.7 (19.3 to 32.0) | 6.5 (5.8 to 7.2) | 4.9* (3.4 to 7.2) | 10.9* (8.4 to 13.4) |
| 2013 | 31.6 (26.2 to 36.9) | 8.7 (6.8 to 10.6) | 4.7* (3.3 to 6.9) | 13.6* (11.0 to 16.1) |
| 2015 | 23.4 (17.9 to 29.0) | 6.2 (5.2 to 7.3) | 4.2* (3.0 to 5.8) | 9.4* (7.2 to 11.7) |
| 2017 | 21.5 (17.8 to 25.2) | 6.8 (5.6 to 8.0) | 3.8* (3.0 to 4.7) | 9.8* (7.9 to 11.6) |
| Male students | ||||
| 2009 | 30.9 (18.8 to 42.9) | 6.4 (5.3 to 7.5) | 6.1* (3.5 to 10.6) | 11.0* (7.5 to 14.5) |
| 2011 | 19.4 (13.8 to 24.9) | 5.5 (4.5 to 6.4) | 4.1* (2.8 to 6.1) | 7.4* (5.0 to 9.7) |
| 2013 | 28.5 (20.1 to 36.8) | 6.4 (4.9 to 7.9) | 5.2* (3.3 to 8.2) | 10.3* (7.3 to 13.3) |
| 2015 | 21.8 (15.2 to 28.5) | 6.2 (5.1 to 7.3) | 4.1* (2.8 to 6.2) | 8.5* (5.9 to 11.0) |
| 2017 | 16.9 (10.8 to 23.0) | 5.1 (4.2 to 6.0) | 3.7* (2.3 to 5.8) | 6.3* (2.9 to 8.6) |
Sample A: adolescents from 6 states with data on sexual orientation identity, 2009–2017. The pp are based on the MEs of sexual minority identity or any same-sex sexual contacts relative to heterosexual orientation identity or opposite-sex-only sexual contacts. Estimates are adjusted for the age, race and/or ethnicity, and sex categories described in Table 1.
*
P < .01