Prevalence of Gender-Affirming Surgical Procedures Among Minors and Adults in the US

Dannie Dai; Brittany M Charlton; Elizabeth R Boskey; Landon D Hughes; Jaclyn M W Hughto; E John Orav; Jose F Figueroa

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.18814

Prevalence of Gender-Affirming Surgical Procedures Among Minors and Adults in the US

JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jun 3;7(6):e2418814. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.18814.

Authors

Dannie Dai¹, Brittany M Charlton², Elizabeth R Boskey³, Landon D Hughes⁴, Jaclyn M W Hughto⁵, E John Orav⁶, Jose F Figueroa¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Division of Gynecology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Departments of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁵ Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Epidemiology, Brown School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island.
⁶ Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study uses a national dataset to examine the prevalence of gender-affirming surgical procedures among minors and adults in the US.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Child
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Gender Dysphoria / psychology
Gender Dysphoria / surgery
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Minors* / statistics & numerical data
Prevalence
Sex Reassignment Surgery / statistics & numerical data
Transgender Persons / psychology
Transgender Persons / statistics & numerical data
United States
Young Adult