Transgender people in Denmark have a significantly higher risk of suicide than other groups, according to an exhaustive analysis of health and legal records from nearly seven million people over the last four decades.
The study is the first in the world to analyze national suicide data for this group.
Transgender people in the country had 7.7 times the rate of suicide attempts and 3.5 times the rate of suicide deaths compared with the rest of the population, according to the records analyzed in the study, though suicide rates in all groups decreased over time.
And transgender people in Denmark died — by suicide or other causes — at younger ages than others.
“This is beyond doubt a huge problem that needs to be looked at,” said Dr. Morten Frisch, a sexual health epidemiologist at Statens Serum Institut in Copenhagen and a co-author of the new study.
Persons:
—, ”, Morten Frisch
Organizations:
Statens Serum Institut, American Medical Association, Republican
Locations:
Denmark, Copenhagen, United States