This has been updated - and it was the 1997 version of this paper that geve
the new figures I quoted.
Stephen
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Date: 18 March 2000 03:45
Subject: Re: Stats
>i was just looking up something else and came across this....
>it's from 88 but <shrug>
>
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>Br J Psychiatry 1988 May;152:638-40
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>Prevalence of transsexualism in The Netherlands.
>
>Eklund PL, Gooren LJ, Bezemer PD
>
>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.
>
>PMID: 3167437, UI: 89001784
>
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