Forty Percent of Transgender Adults in the US Have Attempted Suicide
A new study from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law finds that 81 percent of transgender adults in the U.S. have thought about suicide, 42 percent of trans adults have attempted it and 56 percent have engaged in non-suicidal self-injury over their lifetimes.
Using data from the U.S. Transgender Population Health Survey, researchers examined the prevalence of hazardous drinking, problematic drug use, serious psychological distress, suicidality and non-suicidal self-injury between trans and cisgender adults.
Results from this study, which is the first national probability sample of trans people in the U.S., support previously reported findings that showed significant disparities in health outcomes for trans as compared with cisgender Americans.
While trans and cisgender adults reported similar rates of hazardous drinking and problematic drug use, trans people were significantly more likely to experience poor mental health during their lifetimes.
