Table 1. Demographic and Health-Related Characteristics of 3759 Transgender Individuals and 6 653 697 Nontransgender Individuals, Denmark, 1980-2021.
| Transgender individuals | Nontransgender individuals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PY | % | PY | % | |
| Overall | 21.4 | 100.0 | 171 002 | 100.0 |
| Calendar period | ||||
| 1980-1989 | 0.9 | 4.4 | 39 957 | 23.4 |
| 1990-1999 | 1.8 | 8.4 | 40 642 | 23.8 |
| 2000-2009 | 3.7 | 17.4 | 40 396 | 23.6 |
| 2010-2021 | 14.9 | 69.8 | 50 007 | 29.2 |
| Sex assigned at birth | ||||
| Male | 12.4 | 58.1 | 84 030 | 49.1 |
| Female | 9.0 | 41.9 | 86 973 | 50.9 |
| Age, y | ||||
| 15-24 | 5.3 | 24.9 | 27 212 | 15.9 |
| 25-39 | 6.2 | 29.1 | 41 736 | 24.4 |
| 40-59 | 6.6 | 30.7 | 54 922 | 32.1 |
| 60-79 | 2.9 | 13.6 | 38 563 | 22.6 |
| ≥80 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 8570 | 5.0 |
| Medical comorbiditya | ||||
| None | 17.4 | 81.5 | 143 265 | 83.8 |
| Any | 4.0 | 18.5 | 27 738 | 16.2 |
| Psychiatric comorbidityb | ||||
| None | 12.2 | 57.1 | 158 934 | 92.9 |
| Any | 9.2 | 42.9 | 12 069 | 7.1 |
Abbreviation: PY, person-years (thousands).
a
Defined as diagnoses of 1 or more medical disorders listed in the Charlson Comorbidity Index20 and recorded in the National Patient Register during 1977 through 2021.
b
Defined as diagnoses of 1 or more psychiatric disorders (ICD-8: 290-315, except 302; ICD-10: F00-F99, except F64-F66) as recorded in the Psychiatric Central Research Register or the National Patient Register during 1969 through 2021.