TABLE 2—

Prevalence and Unadjusted Odds Ratios for Lifetime Asthma by Sexual Identity and Race/Ethnicity and Their Intersections: Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2009–2017

	Male Lifetime Asthma		Female Lifetime Asthma
	%	OR (95% CI)	%	OR (95% CI)
Selected demographics
Sexual identity
Heterosexual	24.11	1 (Ref)	22.70	1 (Ref)
Lesbian or gay	29.76	1.33 (1.07, 1.66)	36.90	1.99 (1.52, 2.61)
Bisexual	29.82	1.34 (1.05, 1.70)	31.37	1.56 (1.38, 1.75)
Not sure	28.22	1.24 (1.02, 1.50)	25.56	1.17 (0.92, 1.48)
Race/ethnicity
White	22.87	1 (Ref)	24.88	1 (Ref)
Black	31.33	1.54 (1.39, 1.70)	27.97	1.17 (1.06, 1.30)
Hispanic/Latinx	24.07	1.07 (0.97, 1.18)	21.33	0.82 (0.73, 0.91)
Additional races	23.36	1.03 (0.88, 1.21)	21.87	0.84 (0.76, 0.94)
Sexual identity and race/ethnicity intersections
Heterosexual
White	22.45	1 (Ref)	24.05	1 (Ref)
Black	31.24	1.57 (1.41, 1.74)	26.44	1.14 (1.02, 1.27)
Hispanic/Latinx	23.61	1.07 (0.96, 1.18)	19.12	0.75 (0.66, 0.85)
Additional races	22.81	1.02 (0.87, 1.20)	21.62	0.87 (0.77, 0.99)
Lesbian or gay
White	33.17	1.71 (1.21, 2.43)	37.10	1.86 (1.23, 2.81)
Black	23.77	1.08 (0.66, 1.76)	41.88	2.28 (1.44, 3.61)
Hispanic/Latinx	28.16	1.35 (0.84, 2.18)	33.96	1.62 (1.05, 2.52)
Additional races	34.25	1.80 (0.84, 3.87)	29.58	1.33 (0.85, 2.08)
Bisexual
White	25.68	1.19 (0.85, 1.67)	30.08	1.36 (1.14, 1.62)
Black	42.02	2.50 (1.35, 4.64)	33.55	1.60 (1.21, 2.10)
Hispanic/Latinx	31.17	1.56 (0.94, 2.60)	32.93	1.55 (1.28, 1.89)
Additional races	25.56	1.19 (0.68, 2.07)	26.92	1.16 (0.80, 1.70)
Not sure
White	27.53	1.31 (0.99, 1.75)	25.52	1.08 (0.81, 1.45)
Black	30.94	1.55 (1.05, 2.29)	30.29	1.37 (0.88, 2.15)
Hispanic/Latinx	28.01	1.34 (0.93, 1.94)	27.54	1.20 (0.84, 1.72)
Additional races	28.20	1.36 (0.85, 2.16)	16.76	0.64 (0.38, 1.06)

Note. CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio.