title: Collecting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data in Suicide and Other Violent Deaths: A Step Towards Identifying and Addressing LGBT Mortality Disparities.
abstract: Sexual orientation and gender identity (SO/GI) are not systematically recorded at time of death, limiting identification of mortality disparities in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. LGBT populations are thought to have elevated risk of suicide based on high rates of reported lifetime suicide attempts. Lack of data on suicide deaths, however, hinders understanding of the prevalence and patterns of suicide among LGBT populations and development of targeted interventions and prevention programs. This report describes recent efforts to address this knowledge gap by systematically collecting SO/GI information in the investigation of suicide and other violent deaths.
authors.affiliation: 1 American Foundation for Suicide Prevention , New York, New York.
authors.forename: Ann P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Haas
authors.affiliation: 2 Johnson Family Foundation , New York, New York.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lane
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D003644:Death Certificates; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009026:Mortality; D019529:Sexuality / Q000523:psychology*; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D063106:Transgender Persons / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States
keywords: LGBT mortality; gender identity; health disparities; mortality disparities; postmortem data collection; sexual orientation; suicide; violent death