Female to male adolescents transgenders reported the highest rate of attempted suicide (50.8% - 150 times normal)
Other transgender demographics are not much better. The female to male segment has much to do with social media pressures and reveals how incredibly dangerous and completely wrong those who encourage girls to transfer genders are. Transgenderism is a mental illness and should be addressed as such. If this doesn't prove it, I can't imagine what will.
Russell B. Toomey, Amy K. Syvertsen, Maura Shramko AAP News & Journals Gateway
OBJECTIVES: Our primary objective was to examine prevalence rates of suicide behavior across 6 gender identity groups: female; male; transgender, male to female; transgender, female to male; transgender, not exclusively male or female; and questioning. Our secondary objective was to examine variability in the associations between key sociodemographic characteristics and suicide behavior across gender identity groups.
METHODS: Data from the Profiles of Student Life: Attitudes and Behaviors survey (N = 120 617 adolescents; ages 11–19 years) were used to achieve our objectives. Data were collected over a 36-month period: June 2012 to May 2015. A dichotomized self-reported lifetime suicide attempts (never versus ever) measure was used.
Prevalence statistics were compared across gender identity groups, as were the associations between sociodemographic characteristics (ie, age, parents’ highest level of education, urbanicity, sexual orientation, and race and/or ethnicity) and suicide behavior.
RESULTS: Nearly 14% of adolescents reported a previous suicide attempt; disparities by gender identity in suicide attempts were found.
Female to male adolescents reported the highest rate of attempted suicide (50.8%),
followed by adolescents who identified as not exclusively male or female (41.8%),
male to female adolescents (29.9%),
questioning adolescents (27.9%),
female adolescents (17.6%),
and male adolescents (9.8%).
Identifying as nonheterosexual exacerbated the risk for all adolescents except for those who did not exclusively identify as male or female (ie, nonbinary). For transgender adolescents, no other sociodemographic characteristic was associated with suicide attempts.
CONCLUSIONS: Suicide prevention efforts can be enhanced by attending to variability within transgender populations, particularly the heightened risk for female to male and nonbinary transgender adolescents.
A study done by Johns Hopkins concluded that 83% of all those who attempted suicide had a mental illness. They did not identify gender dysphoria as such but listed mood disorders, substance abuse, alcohol abuse, anxiety, etc. I wonder how many transgenders also suffer from mental disorders other than dysphoria?
According to the same study, the average number of people who attempt suicide (to the point of requiring a visit to Emergency) is 351 per 100,000 for 15-19 year olds - the highest of any age category. That is 0.35%, if my math is correct. That would mean that attempted suicides for adolescent:
Female to male transgenders is approx 150 times normal
Non-exclusive m/f transgenders approx 120 times normal
Male to female transgenders approx 85 times normal
How this is not considered a national emergency is beyond me.
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