Analysis of regional survey data between 20 had shown a rise in non-heterosexual sexual identity for both boys and girls. Before 2015, those questions were included only on some regional versions of the survey. Since 2015, the CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Survey has included questions about respondents' sexual identity and the sex of their intimate contacts. Andrew Adesman, who led an analysis of the findings.Īdesman is chief of developmental and behavioral pediatrics at Cohen Children's Medical Center in New York City. 'Although our analyses demonstrated that there has been a significant increase in the proportion of girls and boys that self-identified as gay, lesbian or bisexual, we cannot be certain if this represents a true increase of this magnitude, or if it reflects at least in part, greater comfort by teens with acknowledging a non-heterosexual identity on an anonymous questionnaire,' said Dr. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
TUESDAY, J(HealthDay News) - More teens in the United States are reporting their sexual identity as gay, lesbian or bisexual, nationwide surveys show.īetween 20, the percentage of 15- to 17-year-olds who said they identified as 'non-heterosexual' rose from 8.3% to 11.7%, according to nationwide surveys by the U.S.
