Transgender people face significantly higher suicide risk, Danish study finds [cnn.com]

Jenna Quinn (PACEs Connection Staff) 6/29/2312:00 PM

By Jen Christensen, Photo: from article, CNN health, June 28, 2023

People who identify as transgender have significantly higher rates of suicide and suicide attempts compared with the rest of the population, according to a population-level study out of Denmark.

The study of more than 6.6 million people found that those who identified as trans had 7.7 times the rate of suicide attempts and 3.5 times the rate of suicide deaths than the broader Danish population.

Among the 3,759 survey participants who identified as transgender, there were 92 suicide attempts and 12 suicides between 1980 and 2021. However, the numbers are probably a significant undercount, as the researchers say the records they used do not always capture a person’s gender identity.

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