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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Reduce suicidal thoughts in lesbian, gay, or bisexual high school students — LGBT‑06 Data

Status: Little or no detectable change

  Little or no detectable change
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Most Recent Data:
58.2 percent (2019)

Target:
52.1 percent

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
58.5 percent of sexual minority students in grades 9 through 12 reported that they experienced suicidal ideation in the past 12 months in 2017

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Suicidal ideation among lesbian, gay, or bisexual adolescents in the past 12 months, 2017-2019
(percent)
Decrease desired

Population 2017 2019
Total
58.5
58.2
CI 53.5 / 62.8
SE 2.299