title: Sexual orientation and suicide ideation, plans, attempts, and medically serious attempts: evidence from local Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, 2001-2009.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We examined the associations between 2 measures of sexual orientation and 4 suicide risk outcomes (SROs) from pooled local Youth Risk Behavior Surveys.
  
  
  METHODS
  We aggregated data from 5 local Youth Risk Behavior Surveys from 2001 to 2009. We defined sexual minority youths (SMYs) by sexual identity (lesbian, gay, bisexual) and sex of sexual contacts (same- or both-sex contacts). Survey logistic regression analyses controlled for a wide range of suicide risk factors and sample design effects.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Compared with non-SMYs, all SMYs had increased odds of suicide ideation; bisexual youths, gay males, and both-sex contact females had greater odds of suicide planning; all SMYs, except same-sex contact males, had increased odds of suicide attempts; and lesbians, bisexuals, and both-sex contact youths had increased odds of medically serious attempts. Unsure males had increased odds of suicide ideation compared with heterosexual males. Not having sexual contact was protective of most SROs among females and of medically serious attempts among males.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Regardless of sexual orientation measure used, most SMY subgroups had increased odds of all SROs. However, many factors are associated with SROs.
authors: Deborah M. Stone, Caroline Lippy, Marci F. Hertz, and Alex E. Crosby are with the Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Feijun Luo is with the Division of Analysis, Research, and Practice Integration, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Lijing Ouyang is with the Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
authors: Deborah M
authors: DM
authors: Stone
authors: Feijun
authors: F
authors: Luo
authors: Lijing
authors: L
authors: Ouyang
authors: Caroline
authors: C
authors: Lippy
authors: Marci F
authors: MF
authors: Hertz
authors: Alex E
authors: AE
authors: Crosby
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000208:ethnology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019529:Sexuality / Q000208:ethnology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000208:ethnology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014754:Violence / Q000208:ethnology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data