Publisher: NHS Digital

Date: 6 July 2021

Country: UK

Pages: 38

This report compares statistics on health and health-related behaviours between Lesbian, Gay or Bisexual (LGB) and heterosexual adults between 2011 and 2018. Differences by age, ethnicity and sex are also considered.
Key findings

• The prevalence of limiting longstanding illness was higher among LGB adults (26%) compared with heterosexual adults (22%).
• A lower proportion of LGB adults were overweight or obese (51%) than heterosexual adults (63%).
• LGB adults had lower average mental well-being scores on the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) (48.9) compared with heterosexual adults (51.4), with LGB women reporting the lowest well-being scores (47.3).