Table 1.
Unadjusted weighted prevalence estimates of asthma and inhaled substance use variables by sexual identity among all youths and separately by sex
| All Youths (N = 30,113) (%) |
Female Youths (n = 14,970) (%) |
Male Youths (n = 15,161) (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Heterosexual (n = 24,711) | Lesbian or Gay (n = 609) | Bisexual (n = 1,966) | Unsure or Unknown (n = 2,845) | Total | Heterosexual (n = 11,440) | Lesbian (n = 301) | Bisexual (n = 1,594) | Unsure or Unknown (n = 1,635) | Total | Heterosexual (n = 13,271) | Gay (n = 308) | Bisexual (n = 372) | Unsure or Unknown (n = 1,210) | |||
| Asthma |
21.0 |
21.0 |
28.1 |
26.2 |
16.1 |
|
21.4 |
21.5 |
28.0 |
25.7 |
15.8 |
|
20.6 |
20.6 |
28.2 |
28.2 |
16.5 |
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| Inhaled substances | |||||||||||||||||
| Cigarettes | 9.5 | 8.7 | 14.3 | 17.3 | 9.7 | 8.6 | 7.1 | 15.1 | 17.4 | 8.9 | 10.4 | 10.1 | 13.6 | 16.8 | 10.9 | ||
| Cigars | 8.8 | 8.5 | 13.6 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 13.2 | 9.7 | 6.2 | 11.9 | 11.7 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 12.2 | ||
| Marijuana | 20.3 | 19.7 | 29.0 | 30.3 | 17.1 | 19.5 | 17.8 | 34.6 | 32.1 | 16.8 | 21.1 | 21.3 | 23.5 | 22.8 | 17.6 | ||
| Electronic vapor products | 17.5 | 17.4 | 18.4 | 21.2 | 15.2 | 15.5 | 14.7 | 21.6 | 21.8 | 13.9 | 19.4 | 19.8 | 15.3 | 18.6 | 16.9 | ||
| Inhalants | 6.2 | 5.1 | 14.0 | 12.0 | 9.9 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 10.4 | 11.6 | 8.2 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 17.6 | 13.7 | 12.2 | ||
| Synthetic marijuana | 7.8 | 7.2 | 14.1 | 12.3 | 8.4 | 7.0 | 6.1 | 12.8 | 12.6 | 6.7 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 15.3 | 11.2 | 10.8 | ||
All data are weighted to account for the complex Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey design and population weighting.