Introduction
Barriers to Health Care
Health Disparities
Breaking Barriers
Electronic Library
Acknowledgments
   
HEALTH DISPARITIES (7 OF 8)

5. Gay male adolescents are two to three times more likely than their peers to attempt suicide. Substance abuse among gay men and lesbians is about 20% higher than that of the heterosexual population.

Council of Scientific Affairs, American Medical Association. Health Care Needs of Gay Men and Lesbians in the United States. JAMA. 1996;275:1354-1359.

 
     

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