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• THE HEALTH OF AGG LBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL ADULTS CALIFORNIA
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

THE HEALTH OF AGG LBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL ADULTS CALIFORNIA

PMCID: PMC3698220NIHMSID: NIHMS472438SUMMARYRearch on the health of lbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) adults generally overlooks the chronic ndns that are the most mon health ncerns of olr adults. 3%) intified as lbian, gay or bisexual 2007.

Lbian, Gay and Bisexual Adults Ag 50–70: More Eduted, Livg AloneAgg LGB adults pared to agg heterosexual adults California are typilly at the younger end of the 50–70 year old age-range, ls likely to be female, ls likely to be members of a racial/ethnic mory, and have higher and tnal attament (Exhib 1).

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

Half of agg gay/bisexual adult men live alone pared to 13. About one-third of agg gay/bisexual adult men are married or livg wh a partner while more than three-fourths of heterosexual men are married or livg wh a partner. The rt of agg gay/bisexual adult men live wh others but not wh a spoe or partner.

Exhib 3Health Condns Among LGB Men and Women and Risk Rats Comparg Agg Gay/Bisexual Men and Lbian/Bisexual Women to Agg Heterosexual Men and Women, Controllg for Age, Race/Ethnicy, Low-Ine and Edutn, California, 2003–2007Health CondnsUnadjted Rate Among Gay/Bisexual (GB) Men, Ag 50–70Agg GB Men Compared to Agg Heterosexual Men After Adjtg for Populatn Differenc (Relative Risk)Unadjted Rate Among Lbian/Bisexual (LB) Women, Ag 50–70Agg LB Women Compared to Agg Heterosexual Women After Adjtg for Populatn Differenc (Relative Risk)Heart Disease12. 26* tim higherExhib 4Accs to Care Among Agg LGB Men and Women, and Risk Rats Comparg Agg Gay/Bisexual Men and Lbian/Bisexual Women to Agg Heterosexual Men and Women, Controllg for Age, Race/Ethnicy, Insurance, Low-Ine and Edutn, California, 2003–2007Accs and Utilizatn Past YearUnadjted Rate Among Gay/Bisexual (GB) Men, Ag 50–70Agg GB Men Compared to Agg Heterosexual Men After Adjtg for Populatn Differenc (Relative Risk)Unadjted Rate Among Lbian/Bisexual (LB) Women, Ag 50–70Agg LB Women Compared to Agg Heterosexual Women After Adjtg for Populatn Differenc (Relative Risk)Delay of Care (CHIS 2003 & CHIS 2007)14. 49 tim higher, not signifintAgg Lbian, Gay and Bisexual Adults More Likely to Suffer om Some Chronic CondnsExhib 3 shows several health ndns parg agg gay/bisexual men wh agg heterosexual men and agg lbian/bisexual women wh agg heterosexual women, after adjtg for differenc social and mographic characteristics.

From other timat of the California populatn we anticipate that approximately one five gay men California is livg wh HIV fectn, which is likely to affect several of the other ndns we exame. 5Gay and bisexual (GB) men ag 50–70 do not differ signifintly om heterosexual men of the same age group their rat of heart disease, after mographic differenc have been taken to acunt.

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G., about 32% of gay/bisexual men ag 50–70 reported an STD tt the past year pared to unr 7% of heterosexual men.