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Table 9
Health risk behaviours, by sexual orientation and gender, Canada, 2018

Table 9
Health risk behaviours, by sexual orientation and gender, Canada, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Health risk behaviours. The information is grouped by Health risk behaviours (appearing as row headers), Heterosexual, Gay or lesbian, Bisexual, Sexual orientation n.e.c., Total sexual minority, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Health risk behaviours	Heterosexual^{Table 9 Note †}			Gay or lesbian			Bisexual			Sexual orientation n.e.c.^{Table 9 Note 1}			Total sexual minority^{Table 9 Note 2}
	percent^{Table 9 Note 3}	95% confidence interval		percent^{Table 9 Note 3}	95% confidence interval		percent^{Table 9 Note 3}	95% confidence interval		percent^{Table 9 Note 3}	95% confidence interval		percent^{Table 9 Note 3}	95% confidence interval
	percent^{Table 9 Note 3}	from	to	percent^{Table 9 Note 3}	from	to	percent^{Table 9 Note 3}	from	to	percent^{Table 9 Note 3}	from	to	percent^{Table 9 Note 3}	from	to
Binge drinking in the past 12 months	44.1	43.4	44.8	52.7^Note *	46.6	58.7	55.3^Note *	48.4	61.9	38.3	23.8	55.3	53.0^Note *	48.5	57.4
Non-medicinal cannabis use in the past 12 months	15.3	14.8	15.9	28.5^Note *	23.6	33.9	46.3^Note *	39.8	53.0	20.8	11.1	35.6	37.0^Note *	32.8	41.3
Non-prescribed drug use in the past 12 months (other than cannabis)	2.6	2.3	2.9	6.6^Note *	4.2	10.2	14.0^Note *	10.3	18.8	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	10.3^Note *	8.0	13.0
Used drugs or alcohol to cope
With abuse or violence that occurred in lifetime^{Table 9 Note 4}	10.4	9.9	11.0	18.2^Note *	14.1	23.2	29.5^Note *	23.8	35.9	20.2	11.0	34.3	24.1^Note *	20.4	28.3
With abuse or violence that occurred in past 12 months^{Table 9 Note 5}	9.7	7.2	13.0	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	31.0^Note *	18.2	47.4	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	29.4^Note *	19.1	42.3
F too unreliable to be published Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note 1 n.e.c.: not elsewhere classified. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Sexual minority refers to those who reported their sexual orientation as gay or lesbian, bisexual, or a sexual orientation not elsewhere classified. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Percent calculations include missing or not stated responses. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Percent calculation based on those who reported having been victims of physical or sexual assault (excluding IPV) since the age of 15, or having experienced harsh parenting or physical or sexual abuse during childhood. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 Percent calculation based on those who reported having been victims of physical or sexual assault (excluding IPV) in the past 12 months. Return to note 5 referrer Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces.

Date modified:: 2020-09-09