HealthDay (9/3, Preidt) reported, “Transgender people have double the odds of dying early compared to folks whose identity matches the sex they were assigned at birth (cisgender), a long-term study finds.” This “added risk did not decrease over time, according to an analysis of data collected from more than 4,500 transgender people in the Netherlands between 1972 and 2018.” The findings were published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.
HCPlive (9/3, Walter) also covered the study.
Related Links:
— “Transgender People Face Twice the Odds for Early Death: Study ” Robert Preidt, HealthDay, September 3, 2021