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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatrics. 2021 Sep 27;148(4):e2020034900. doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-034900

Table 2.

Lifetime prevalence and age of first suicide ideation, suicide plan, and suicide attempt for the overall sample and by sexual minority status

Overall
(n = 1771)
Heterosexual
(n = 1630)
Sexual Minority
(n = 141)
n Weighted Percent n Weighted Percent n Weighted Percent
Lifetime suicide ideation
 No 1563 86.2% 1454 87.0% 109 73.9%
 Yes 208 13.8% 176 13.0% 32 26.1%
Lifetime suicide plan
 No 1679 94.0% 1559 94.6% 120 83.4%
 Yes 92 6.0% 71 5.4% 21 16.6%
Lifetime suicide attempt
 No 1690 94.2% 1567 94.6% 123 88.0%
 Yes 81 5.8% 63 5.4% 18 12.0%
n Mean (SE) n Mean (SE) n Mean (SE)
Age of first suicide ideation 208 15.16 (0.20) 176 15.29 (0.22) 32 14.11 (0.58)
Age of first suicide plan 92 15.83 (0.35) 71 16.10 (0.40) 21 14.37 (0.56)
Age of first suicide attempt 81 15.49 (0.34) 63 15.69 (0.39) 18 14.07 (0.59)