The prevalence of transsexualism in Singapore
- 1 October 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
- Vol. 78 (4) , 501-504
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.1988.tb06373.x
Abstract
The prevalence of transsexualism in Singapore was estimated by counting all the patients who sought sex-reassignment surgery and were subsequently diagnosed as transsexuals by psychiatrists. Up to 1986, there were a total of 458 Singapore-born transsexuals, of which 343 were males and 115 were females. This was a prevalence of 35.2 per 100,00 population age 15 and above (or 1/2900) for male transsexualism, and 12.0 per 100,000 (or 1/8300) for female transsexualism. The sex ratio was about 3 males to 1 female. The main reason for the high prevalence was the availability of sex-reassignment surgery.Keywords
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