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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jun 21.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatr Serv. 2021 Aug 19;73(4):456–459. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.202100045

TABLE 1.

Cumulative prevalence ratios for frequency of need for BMH care, self-reported better mental health, and number of BMH care barriersa

Total sample (N = 5,932)
Self-reported better mental health
Frequency of need for BMH care
No. of barriers to BMH care in sample needing BMH care (N = 2,891)
Sexual identity and sex PR 95% CI APRb 95% CI PR 95% CI APRb 95% CI PR 95% CI APRb 95% CI

Bisexual female .44* .37–.53 .42* .35–.51 1.86* 1.53–2.27 1.36* 1.11–1.67 2.95* 2.29–3.79 2.29* 1.77–2.97
Bisexual male .78* .64–.94 .89 .74–1.08 1.61* 1.30–1.99 1.39* 1.11–1.73 1.25* .86–1.80 1.11 .76–1.63
Gay-lesbian female .99 .79–1.25 1.01 .80–1.28 2.12* 1.65–2.74 1.67* 1.28–2.18 .73 .44–1.20 .88 .53–1.46
Gay male .61* .50–.75 .64* .52–.78 1.30* 1.01–1.68 1.36* 1.05–1.76 1.58* 1.06–2.34 1.39 .93–2.09
Heterosexual female .69* .66–.73 .74* .69–.78 .58* .54–.63 .68* .62–.74 1.37* 1.19–1.58 1.21* 1.04–1.40
Other sexual minority female .46* .35–.61 .48* .36–.63 1.19 .83–1.71 1.34 .93–1.93 1.97* 1.17–3.33 1.74* 1.02–2.97
Other sexual minority male .66* .44–1.00 .61* .39–.93 1.06 .61–1.86 .70 .40–1.23 1.94 .86–4.35 1.87 .82–4.24
a

APR, adjusted prevalence ratio; BMH, behavioral and mental health; PR, prevalence ratio.

b

Adjusted for age, race-ethnicity, region, education, income, employment, and marital status. Reference group is heterosexual males.

*

p<0.05.