Transseksualiteit komt vaker voor dan u denkt. Een nieuwe kijk op de prevalentie van transseksualiteit in Nederland en België
Auteurs
Femke Olyslager
Lynn Conway
Samenvatting
Often transsexualism is presumed to be
rather rare. The medical literature often cites
a prevalence of 1 in 11,900 for male to female
transsexualism and 1 in 30,400 for female to
male transsexualism. A detailed analysis of
the publications behind these numbers reveals
that these numbers underestimate the
relative number of individuals that is confronted
with transsexualism, the so-called inherent
prevalence of transsexualism. Based on
data extracted from earlier publications it is
possible to derive a lower bound for the inherent
prevalence of transsexualism in the Netherlands
and Belgium. This analysis results in
inherente prevalencies for sex reassignment
surgeries that are about four times higher
than the above cited numbers. The prevalence
of transsexualism will be significantly
higher since not all transsexuals will undergo
sex reassignment.