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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: Baseline only

  Baseline only
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Most Recent Data:
57.8 percent (2021)

Target:
52.3 percent 

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
57.8 percent of sexual minority students in grades 9 through 12 reported that they experienced suicidal ideation in the past 12 months in 2021 

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Suicidal ideation among lesbian, gay, or bisexual adolescents in the past 12 months, 2021
(percent)
Decrease desired

Population 2021
Total
57.8
CI 53.7 / 61.7
SE 1.968