The proportion of the population of England that self-identifies as lesbian, gay or bisexual: producing modelled estimates based on national social surveys

Table 2 Stratified estimates of the lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) adult population of England

	GP Patient Survey 2015		Estimated population of England mid-2015	Projections to population of England mid-2015
	Number of LGB	Distribution of LGB (%)	Estimated population of England mid-2015	Number of LGB	Distribution of LGB (%)
Age (years)
0–17^a	–	–	11,677,856	–	–
18–24	4030	17.1	4,920,128	184,027	3.74
25–34	6122	25.9	7,485,996	279,556	3.73
35–44	5161	21.9	7,107,372	235,673	3.32
45–54	4266	18.1	7,700,360	194,804	2.53
55–64	2099	8.9	6,183,043	95,849	1.55
65–74	1075	4.6	5,285,755	49,089	0.93
75–84	581	2.5	3,130,528	26,531	0.85
85 or over	283	1.2	1,295,289	12,923	1.00
Total	23,617	100.0	43,108,471	1,078,452	2.50
Gender
Male	14,434	61.1	21,047,349	659,173	3.13
Female	9181	38.9	22,061,122	419,279	1.90
Total	23,615	100.0	43,108,471	1,078,452	2.50
Region
London	6482	26.8	6,720,843	288,531	4.29
North West	3197	13.2	5,652,470	142,307	2.52
North East	1060	4.4	2,100,204	47,183	2.25
South East	3524	14.5	7,029,838	156,863	2.23
West Midlands	2187	9.0	4,489,117	97,349	2.17
Yorkshire and the Humber	1981	8.2	4,244,933	88,180	2.08
South West	2012	8.3	4,389,099	89,559	2.04
East of England	2148	8.9	4,776,467	95,613	2.00
East Midlands	1637	6.8	3,705,500	72,867	1.97
Total	24,228	100.0	43,108,471	1,078,452	2.50

^aThe proportion of LGB among people below 18 could not be estimated as the GP Patient Survey only asked about sexual orientation among adults (18+)

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