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The British Journal of Psychiatry 152: 638-640 (1988)
© 1988 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Prevalence of transsexualism in The Netherlands

PL Eklund, LJ Gooren and PD Bezemer
Department of Internal Medicine, Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

On the basis of the records of subjects undergoing cross-gender hormonal treatment at the only gender treatment centre in the Netherlands, the prevalence of transsexualism was assessed over the years 1976-1986. In 1980, the prevalence was 1:45,000 for male-to- female and 1:200,000 for female-to-male transsexuals. In 1986 the prevalence for male-to-female transsexuals was 1:18,000, and for female- to-male transsexuals, 1:54,000. The increased prevalence is apparently due to a lower threshold for applying for medical treatment rather than to a true increase in the prevalence. Nevertheless, the calculated prevalence is higher than hitherto recorded. The ratio of male-to- female compared with female-to-male transsexuals was found to remain constant at 3:1.




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