TABLE 1.

Characteristics of Sexually Active Adolescent Sexual Minority Males Participating in the YRBS and AMIS

	YRBS-National	YRBS-Trends*	AMIS
	n, %, or median (IQR)	n, %, or median (IQR)	n, %, or median (IQR)
Total	193	953	1386
Year
2011	—	30%	—
2013	—	23%	—
2014	—	—	9%
2015	53%	24%	26%
2016	—	—	30%
2017	47%	23%	36%
Age
≤12	0%	1%	—
13–15	16%	18%	6%
16–17	63%	52%	40%
18	21%	30%	54%
Race/Ethnicity
Hispanic/Latinx	13%	22%	26%
Non-Hispanic Black	19%	21%	5%
Non-Hispanic White	61%	47%	58%
Other	8%	11%	12%
Sexual orientation
Gay or lesbian	29%	25%	68%
Bisexual	24%	35%	23%
Heterosexual	24%	28%	1.4%
Other sexual identity	—	—	0.4%
Not sure/do not know	23%	10%	0.9%
Prefer not to answer/missing	—	—	6.1%
Sex of sex partners
Male	39%	39%	81%
Both	61%	61%	19%
Ever tested for HIV
Yes	24%	30%	36%
No	65%	56%	61%
Not sure/do not know	11%	14%	1%
Prefer not to answer/missing	—	—	1%
Age at first sexual intercourse, sex of partner and act not specified†	14.2 (12.6–14.9)	13.9 (12.3–15.4)	—
Age at first oral or anal sex with a male partner	—	—	15 (14–16)
Age at first anal sex with a male partner	—	—	16 (15–17)
No. partners, last 3 mo	1 (1–1.31)	1 (1–2.87)	—
No. oral or anal male sex partners, last 12 months‡	—	—	3 (1–5)

Included only those who reported at least 1 partner in the last 3 months for YRBS or 12 months for AMIS and have condom use data. For YRBS-National and YRBS-Trends, percents are weighted using SAS survey procedures to account for complex sample design.^34s

*The majority of the YRBS-Trends sample was from Florida (33%), Illinois (30%), Michigan (20%), and New York City (11%); ≤2.5% each were from Delaware, Hawaii, Rhode Island, and San Diego. YRBS-National and AMIS are both national data sets.

^†YRBS assessed age at first sexual intercourse as follows: “How old were you when you had sexual intercourse for the first time?”

^‡Missing data for 200 (14%) AMIS respondents.