Table 1:
Descriptive statistics (weighted) for national sample of youth from 2017 YRBSS.
| Sexual identitya | All (n = 14,108) |
Heterosexual (n = 12,012) |
Gay/lesbian (n = 357) |
Bisexual (n = 1,137) |
Not sure (n = 602) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean (SD) | 16.02 (1.25) | 16.03 (1.24) | 16.04 (1.39) | 15.97 (1.23) | 15.90 (1.35) | 0.004 |
| Sex, n (%) | <0.001 | |||||
| Female | 7,211 (51.6) | 5,741 (48.1) | 190 (54.8) | 914 (82.1) | 366 (61.7) | |
| Male | 6,778 (48.5) | 6,195 (51.9) | 157 (45.2) | 199 (17.9) | 227 (38.3) | |
| Race/ethnicity, n (%) | 0.011 | |||||
| NH American Indian/Alaska Native | 133 (1.0) | 110 (0.9) | 4 (1.1) | 11 (1.0) | 8 (1.4) | |
| NH Asian/Pacific Islander | 787 (5.7) | 672 (5.7) | 15 (4.3) | 54 (4.8) | 46 (7.8) | |
| NH Black | 2,696 (19.3) | 2,235 (18.8) | 95 (27.1) | 246 (22.0) | 120 (20.2) | |
| NH White | 6,002 (43.1) | 5,160 (43.4) | 132 (37.6) | 467 (41.8) | 243 (41.0) | |
| Multiracial | 784 (5.6) | 657 (5.5) | 17 (4.8) | 85 (7.6) | 25 (4.2) | |
| Hispanic | 3,539 (25.4) | 3,045 (25.6) | 88 (25.1) | 255 (22.8) | 151 (25.5) | |
| Heroin use (ever),b n (%) | <0.001 | |||||
| Yes | 262 (1.9) | 135 (1.1) | 32 (9.2) | 46 (4.1) | 49 (8.4) | |
| No | 13,607 (98.1) | 11,686 (98.9) | 317 (90.8) | 1,069 (95.9) | 525 (91.6) | |
| Prescription opioid misuse (ever)c, n (%) | <0.001 | |||||
| Yes | 1,994 (14.2) | 1,499 (12.5) | 100 (28.5) | 284 (25.1) | 111 (18.6) | |
| Sexual behaviord | All (n = 12,121) |
None (n = 6,164) |
Opposite sex (n = 5,124) |
Same sex (n = 221) |
Both sexes (n = 612) |
p-value |
| Age, mean (SD) | 16.04 (1.24) | 15.72 (1.21) | 16.37 (1.18) | 16.15 (1.26) | 16.17 (1.25) | <0.001 |
| Female | 6,219 (51.5) | 3,250 (53.1) | 2,342 (45.7) | 142 (64.3) | 485 (81.1) | |
| Male | 5,848 (48.5) | 2,874 (46.9) | 2,782 (54.3) | 79 (35.8) | 113 (18.9) | |
| Race/ethnicity, n (%) | <0.001 | |||||
| NH American Indian/Alaska Native | 108 (0.9) | 50 (0.8) | 51 (1.0) | 1 (0.5) | 5 (0.8) | |
| NH Asian/Pacific Islander | 688 (5.7) | 483 (7.8) | 184 (3.6) | 12 (5.5) | 9 (1.5) | |
| NH Black | 2,144 (17.9) | 952 (15.7) | 988 (19.3) | 73 (33.3) | 131 (21.8) | |
| NH White | 5,213 (43.4) | 2,660 (43.8) | 2,210 (43.2) | 69 (31.5) | 274 (45.6) | |
| Multiracial | 661 (5.5) | 329 (5.4) | 279 (5.5) | 12 (5.5) | 41 (6.8) | |
| Hispanic | 3,194 (26.6) | 1,602 (26.4) | 1,399 (27.4) | 52 (23.7) | 141 (23.5) | |
| Heroin use (ever), n (%) | <0.001 | |||||
| Yes | 184 (1.6) | 53 (0.9) | 86 (1.7) | 13 (6.0) | 32 (5.3) | |
| No | 11,724 (98.5) | 6,005 (99.1) | 4,946 (98.3) | 204 (94.0) | 569 (94.7) | |
| Prescription opioid misuse (ever), n (%) | <0.001 | |||||
| Yes | 1,759 (15.6) | 489 (8.0) | 984 (19.3) | 54 (24.4) | 232 (38.0) | |
a
Sexual identity was coded as heterosexual, gay/lesbian, bisexual, or unsure.
b,c
We dichotomized heroin and prescription opioid misuse as any use versus never used.
d
Sexual behavior was based on respondent’s sex (male or female) and sex of the individual(s) with whom the respondent had sexual contact.