TABLE 5.
Selected Health Indicators of US Adults by Sexual Minority Orientation: United States, 2013–2014 (N = 69,270)
| Percent (SE) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heterosexual* | Sexual Minority: Definition a† | Sexual Minority: Definition b‡ | Sexual Minority: Definition c§ | Change in Point Estimate (b−a) | Change in Point Estimate (c−a) | Change in SE (b−a) | Change in SE (c−a) | |
| Selected health-related behavior indicator | ||||||||
| Current cigarette smoker | ||||||||
| Unadjusted | 17.1 (0.24) | 25.2 (1.46) | 25.3 (1.39) | 25.3 (1.36) | 0.1 | 0.1 | −0.07 | −0.1 |
| Adjusted∥ | 17.1 (0.24) | 22.6 (1.33) | 22.9 (1.27) | 22.9 (1.25) | 0.3 | 0.3 | −0.06 | −0.08 |
| At least 1 heavy drinking day in the past year | ||||||||
| Unadjusted | 23.7 (0.30) | 35.3 (1.66) | 34.7 (1.59) | 34.1 (1.56) | −0.6 | −1.2 | −0.07 | −0.1 |
| Adjusted∥ | 23.8 (0.31) | 29.9 (1.49) | 29.5 (1.43) | 29.1 (1.41) | −0.4 | −0.8 | −0.06 | −0.08 |
| Met federal guidelines for leisure-time physical activity | ||||||||
| Unadjusted | 49.2 (0.36) | 56.3 (1.82) | 56.6 (1.74) | 56.3 (1.71) | 0.3 | 0.0 | −0.08 | −0.11 |
| Adjusted∥ | 49.2 (0.36) | 52.1 (1.95) | 52.6 (1.85) | 52.0 (1.82) | 0.5 | −0.1 | −0.1 | −0.13 |
| Selected health status indicator | ||||||||
| Health status described as excellent or very good | ||||||||
| Unadjusted | 39.0 (0.31) | 39.3 (1.63) | 39.9 (1.56) | 40.3 (1.55) | 0.6 | 1.0 | −0.07 | −0.08 |
| Adjusted∥ | 39.0 (0.31) | 41.9 (1.89) | 42.5 (1.79) | 43.1 (1.78) | 0.6 | 1.2 | −0.10 | −0.11 |
| Experienced serious psychological distress in past 30 d | ||||||||
| Unadjusted | 3.3 (0.10) | 7.4 (0.89) | 8.0 (0.92) | 8.0 (0.90) | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.03 | 0.01 |
| Adjusted∥ | 3.3 (0.10) | 7.0 (0.92) | 7.3 (0.91) | 7.5 (0.92) | 0.3 | 0.5 | −0.01 | −0.4 |
| Obese | ||||||||
| Unadjusted | 29.0 (0.28) | 31.1 (1.56) | 30.8 (1.51) | 30.8 (1.50) | −0.3 | −0.3 | −0.05 | −0.06 |
| Adjusted∥ | 28.9 (0.28) | 30.9 (1.68) | 30.8 (1.61) | 31.0 (1.60) | −0.1 | 0.1 | −0.07 | −0.08 |
| Selected health care service utilization indicator | ||||||||
| Received influenza vaccine during past year | ||||||||
| Unadjusted | 41.6 (0.30) | 42.0 (1.72) | 41.3 (1.66) | 41.2 (1.64) | −0.7 | −0.8 | −0.06 | −0.08 |
| Adjusted∥ | 41.5 (0.30) | 47.5 (1.68) | 46.9 (1.63) | 46.7 (1.62) | −0.6 | −0.8 | −0.05 | −0.06 |
| Ever been tested for HIV | ||||||||
| Unadjusted | 36.8 (0.32) | 65.3 (1.70) | 64.2 (1.67) | 63.8 (1.65) | −1.1 | −1.5 | −0.03 | −0.05 |
| Adjusted∥ | 36.9 (0.32) | 62.5 (1.79) | 61.1 (1.73) | 60.6 (1.71) | −1.4 | −1.9 | −0.06 | −0.08 |
| Selected health care access indicator | ||||||||
| Has a usual place to go for medical care | ||||||||
| Unadjusted | 84.6 (0.23) | 80.5 (1.34) | 80.4 (1.28) | 80.4 (1.26) | −0.1 | −0.1 | −0.06 | −0.08 |
| Adjusted∥ | 84.6 (0.23) | 83.3 (1.13) | 82.9 (1.09) | 82.9 (1.07) | −0.4 | −0.4 | −0.04 | −0.06 |
| Failed to obtain needed medical care in past year due to cost | ||||||||
| Unadjusted | 7.2 (0.15) | 13.0 (1.06) | 13.0 (1.02) | 12.9 (1.00) | 0.0 | −0.1 | −0.04 | −0.06 |
| Adjusted∥ | 7.2 (0.15) | 11.3 (1.03) | 11.4 (0.97) | 11.5 (0.99) | 0.1 | 0.2 | −0.06 | −0.04 |
| Currently uninsured | ||||||||
| Unadjusted | 14.9 (0.23) | 17.4 (1.26) | 18.0 (1.28) | 18.2 (1.27) | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| Adjusted∥ | 14.9 (0.23) | 19.9 (1.30) | 20.1 (1.26) | 20.4 (1.26) | 0.2 | 0.5 | −0.04 | −0.04 |
| Currently with public health plan coverage | ||||||||
| Unadjusted | 31.9 (0.33) | 23.4 (1.50) | 24.0 (1.44) | 24.3 (1.41) | 0.6 | 0.9 | −0.06 | −0.09 |
| Adjusted∥ | 31.8 (0.33) | 28.3 (1.64) | 28.5 (1.54) | 28.7 (1.53) | 0.2 | 0.4 | −0.10 | −0.11 |
| Currently with private health insurance coverage | ||||||||
| Unadjusted | 63.1 (0.34) | 64.1 (1.59) | 63.0 (1.57) | 62.5 (1.56) | −1.1 | −1.6 | −0.02 | −0.03 |
| Adjusted∥ | 63.1 (0.34) | 62.5 (1.88) | 61.6 (1.78) | 61.0 (1.76) | −0.9 | −1.5 | −0.10 | −0.12 |
*
For 4 of the health measures, the point estimate for heterosexual varied by 0.01 depending on the sexual minority measure used. SEs did not vary.
†
Sample adults who responded, “something else” or “don’t know” are excluded.
‡
Sample adults who answered, “something else” are classified as sexual minority. Sample adults who answered, “don’t know” are excluded.
§
“Something else” and “don’t know” respondents with predicted probabilities of 0.5 or greater were classified as a sexual minority; otherwise, they were classified as heterosexual. ^
∥
Adjusted for all sociodemographic characteristics listed in Table 1.