U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Reduce bullying of lesbian, gay, or bisexual high school students — LGBT‑05 Data

Status: Baseline only

  Baseline only
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Most Recent Data:
24.9 percent (2021)

Target:
20.7 percent 

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
24.9 percent of sexual minority students in grades 9 through 12 reported that they were bullied on school property in the past 12 months in 2021 

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Bullying of lesbian, gay, or bisexual adolescents, 2021
(percent)
Decrease desired

Population 2021
Total
24.9
CI 21.9 / 28.1
SE 1.522

Bullying of lesbian, gay, or bisexual adolescents by Race/Ethnicity, 2021
(percent)
Decrease desired

Population 2021
American Indian or Alaska Native only
39.5
CI 18.6 / 65.1
SE 12.445
Asian only
17.3
CI 11.7 / 24.8
SE 3.215
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only
DSU
Black or African American only
15.6
CI 11.2 / 21.3
SE 2.500
White only
28.3
CI 24.4 / 32.7
SE 2.066
2 or more races
22.3
CI 17.2 / 28.5
SE 2.793
Hispanic or Latino
22.9
CI 15.6 / 32.2
SE 4.119
Not Hispanic or Latino
25.5
CI 22.4 / 29.0
SE 1.640
American Indian or Alaska Native only, not Hispanic or Latino
DSU
Asian only, not Hispanic or Latino
16.8
CI 11.1 / 24.5
SE 3.297
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only, not Hispanic or Latino
DSU
Black or African American only, not Hispanic or Latino
14.5
CI 9.4 / 21.7
SE 3.018
White only, not Hispanic or Latino
29.3
CI 25.4 / 33.6
SE 2.044
2 or more races, not Hispanic or Latino
18.9
CI 12.3 / 27.9
SE 3.863

Highest and lowest rates for Bullying of lesbian, gay, or bisexual adolescents: Disparities by Race/Ethnicity, 2021
(percent)
Decrease desired