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Suicide amongst youth who identify as trans is extremely rare. Data from the world’s largest clinic for transgender youth, GIDS, spanning 11 years, reveals the following:

• From 2010 to 2020, among 15,032 patients, there were 4 suicide deaths, representing a proportion of 0.03%. This is orders of magnitude smaller than the proportion of transgender adolescents who report attempting suicide when surveyed.

• Two of these suicides occurred among patients on the waiting list, a statistic that is not disproportionate considering the waiting list contributed to nearly half of the total patient-years.

• The estimated annual suicide rate stood at 13 per 100,000 individuals. It’s important to note that this estimate does not account for associated psychological conditions, such as autism, which can heighten the risk of suicide.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8888486/

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Thanks Laureen. From the abstract of the article you cite:

Compared to the United Kingdom population of similar age and sexual composition, the suicide rate for patients at the GIDS was 5.5 times higher.

Jeff

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