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1 Ilan H. Meyer & Soon Kyu Choi, Vulnerabilities to COVID-19 among Older LGBT Adults in California 1 (2020)

handle is hein.lgbtqwi/vcaola0001 and id is 1 raw text is: School of Law Williams Institute AUTHORS: ha . Meyer Vulnerabilities to Soon Kyh Soon Kyu Choi COVID-19 among Older LGBT Adults in California FACT SHEET / APRIL 2020 Although all people are susceptible to COVID-19 infection and disease, based on currently available information about the epidemiology of the disease in China, the California Department of Public Health identified as high risk for serious COVID-19 illness people age 65 and older, individuals with compromised immune systems, and individuals who have serious chronic medical conditions like heart disease, diabetes, and lung disease.' Demographics About 3.3% of Californians age 65 and older are lesbians, gay men, and bisexual men and women, and 0.2% are transgender people. Based on this, we estimate that 162,3002 LGB people (93,300 men and 69,000 women) and 9,000 transgender people age 65 and older live in California and are at high risk for serious illness from COVID-19.3 Health Conditions Of the men and women age 65 and older, 53,100 LGB people-including 34,000 men and 19,000 women-and 3,000 transgender people have fair or poor health. Asthma. 27,000 LGB people, including 12,800 men and 14,200 women, and 2,000 transgender people have asthma Diabetes. 43,300 LGB people, including 30,300 men and 13,000 women, and 1,000 transgender people have diabetes 1Accessed online 3/26/2020 https://www.cd ph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/ncov2Ol9.aspx 2 Population estimates are rounded to the nearest hundred. Due to rounding, estimates for LGB men and women will not always add up to the total LGB population. 3 Estimates for LGB people include transgender LGB people and estimates for transgender people include people of all sexual identities.