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1995 Seattle Schools' Youth Risk Behavior Survey Results |
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sexual Not Targeted N = 6664 89.6% of Students |
sexual Targeted N = 449 6.0% of Students |
/Bisexual Not Targeted N = 214 2.9% of Students |
sexual/Bi Targeted N = 110 1.5% of Students |
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Percent |
380/6664 |
92/449 |
41/214 |
22/110 |
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Requiring/Seeking Medical Attention Percent |
113/6664 |
39/449 |
17/214 |
11/110 |
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Attention |
(113/380) |
(39/92) |
(17/41) |
(11/22) |
*Attempted suicide in the
past 12 months
**Was Target of Offensive Comments
or Attacks Re: Sexual Orientation at School or on the Way to School.
DATA SOURCE: Safe Schools Anti-Violence Documentation Project - Part Two: The Seattle Public Schools' Teen Health Risk Survey. If unavailable, see Table 4: - http://www.safeschools-wa.org/quant_mh.html - and Table 6: http://www.safeschools-wa.org/quant_so.html . Accessed January, 2000. No longer Available. Data source is from the document "83,000 youth" by Reis and Saewyc (April, 1999) located at - http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/83000youth.pdf .
For results of other Youth Risk
Behavior Surveys, follow this
link.
Generation of Odds Ratios from the given Seattle 1995 Youth Risk Behavior
Survey.1. Harassed VS non-harassed students
114 attempters / 445 non-attempters
- VS - 421 attempters / 6457 non-attempters
114/559 = 20.39% VS 421/6878 = 6.12%
---- 3.3 Times More Likely.
Category: 114/ (421+114 = 536) =
21.27% accounted for by 559/7437 = 7.5% of sample
1A. Odds Ratio for "Attempted suicide" - 95% CI: 3.1<3.9.<4.9 .
1B. Odds Ratio for "Attempted
suicide" - 99% CI: 2.9<3.9<5.3 .
2. Non-harassed VS harassed students (For Suicide attempts associated with receiving medical attention)
50 attempters (Medical) / 509 non-attempters (Medical) - VS - 130 attempters (Medical) / 6748 non-attempters (Medical)
50/559 = 8.94% VS 130/6878 = 1.89%
---- 4.7 Times More Likely.
Category: 50 / (130 + 50 = 180)
= 27.78% of attempters (medical) accounted for by 559/ 7437 = 7.5% of the
sample.
2A. Odds Ratio for "Attempted suicide requiring medical attention" - 95% CI: 3.6<5.1<7.2 .
2B. Odds Ratio for "Attempted
suicide requiring medical attention" - 99% CI: 3.3<5.1<7.9 .
3. Non-harassed vs Harassed hetero + GLB harassed + GLB non-harassed.
155 attempters / 618 non-attempters - VS - 380 attempters / 6284 non-attempters
155/773 = 20.1% 155/773 = 20.1% VS
380/6664 = 5.7% ---- 3.5 Times More Likely.
category: 155 / (380 + 155 = 535)
= 29.0% of attempters accounted for by 773/ 7437 = 10.4% of the sample.
3A. Odds Ratio for "Attempted suicide" - 95% CI: 3.4<4.1.<5.1 .
3B. Odds Ratio for "Attempted
suicide" - 99% CI: 3.2<4.1<5.4 .
4. Non-harassed vs Harassed hetero + GLB harassed + GLB non-harassed ( For Suicide attempts associated with receiving medical attention)
67 attempters (Medical) / 706 non-attempters (medical) - VS - 113 attempters (Medical) / 6551 non-attempters (Medical)
67/ 773 = 8.7% VS 113/6664
= 1.65% ---- 5.3 Times More Likely.
Category: 67/180 = 37.2% of attempters
with associated medical attention accounted for by 773/ 7437 = 10.4% of
the sample.
4A. Odds Ratio for "Attempted suicide requiring medical attention" - 95% CI: 4.0<5.5<7.5 .
4B. Odds Ratio for "Attempted suicide
requiring medical attention" - 99% CI: 3.6<5.5<8.3 .
Gay-
or Bisexual-Identified Adolescents & Heterosexual-Identified Adolescents
- assumed or suspected to be (some probably known to be) homosexually oriented
and were treated accordingly ( verbal abuse, with a likelihood of physical
abuse) - are at about equal risk to be suicide attempters: 20.5%
& 20.3%. They are also about 4-times more at risk for
a suicide attempt - in the past 12 months - than heterosexual identified
adolescents (5.5%) not targeted for such abuse.
Adolescents
targeted for anti-gay abuse accounted for 21.3% (92+22 / 535) of
suicide attempters, and 27.8% (39+11 / 180) of suicide attempters
who required / sought medical attention in association with their suicide
attempt.
The
Homosexuality Factor in Adolescent Suicide Attempts, however, would
also include Gay- & Bisexual-Identified Students not targeted for abuse
who are also at higher risk for attempting suicide, including attempting
suicide which resulted in medical attention. Adding this group to the above
groups, the following applies:
"Homosexuality" is implicated (to various degrees) in the lives of 29.0% (92+22+41 / 535) of suicide attempters, and in the lives of 37.2% (39+11+17 / 180) of suicide attempters who required / sought medical attention in association with their suicide attempt
The adolescents reporting "homosexuality issues" to be a factor in their lives (10.4% of students) accounted for about 3 out of 10 suicide attempters, and about 4 out 10 adolescents for whom their suicide attempt resulted in receiving medical attention.
Exactly "what homosexuality issue(s)" is implicated in these suicide attempts,
and how this issue(s) is implicated remains to be studied. Good "grounded
theory" research is needed to answer these questions. As one lesbian youth
I interviewed reported, being told she was a lesbian was jerking
her out of psychological "closet" before she was ready to recognize and
accept this fact about herself. Therefore, her suicide attempt (requiring
medical attention) was more related to not wanting to be what she was repeatedly
told she was: a lesbian! Many gay males report that they were also
defined to be "gay" or "a fag" well before they knew what it meant, and
well before they were ready to accept this fact about themselves. Therefore,
a significant percentage of adolescents who reported being "heterosexual"
and having attempted suicide may eventually identify as gay or bisexual
and, if studied again, the associated "suicide attempt" data would then
be in the "gay / bisexual" category.
Establishing the percentage of individuals who attempted suicide during
childhood and adolescence on the basis of sexual orientation would require
the study of individuals who are not in their adolescent years. A random
sample of young adults would best supply the data required to answer this
question.
To date, the best research data available is the product of a study of
a stratified random sample of 750 young adult Calgary males producing about
11% of males deemed to be homosexually oriented on the basis of self-identification
(stating that they are either homosexual or bisexual) and/or being currently
(in the last 6 months) homosexually active.
These males accounted for 26%
of individuals reporting self-harm activities (includes suicide attempt(s))
and 62.5% of males reporting an attempt at self-killing. See Bagley
& Tremblay (1997) and Bagley
and Tremblay (1997).
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