Table 1.

Demographic information of service members whose medical record contained a documented diagnosis corresponding to gender dysphoria from January 2015 to August 2022 overall and by first administrative binary gender marker

		First Administrative Binary Gender Marker
Variable	Full Sample (N = 3853)	Male (n = 1753, 45.5%)	Female (n = 2100, 54.4%)
Beneficiary Category, n (%)
Active Duty	3598 (93.4%)	1624 (92.6%)	1974 (94.0%)
National Guard or Reserve on Active Duty	255 (6.6%)	129 (7.4%)	126 (6.0%)
Race, n (%)
American Indian & Alaskan Native	47 (1.2%)	22 (1.3%)	25 (1.2%)
Asian & Pacific Islander	191 (5.0%)	92 (5.2%)	99 (4.7%)
Black	636 (16.5%)	446 (25.4%)	190 (9.0%)
More than one race reported	32 (0.8%)	14 (0.8%)	18 (0.9%)
Another and Unknown	94 (2.4%)	52 (3.0%)	42 (2.0%)
White	2853 (74.0%)	1127 (64.3%)	1726 (82.2%)
Latina/e/o, n (%)	550 (14.3%)	298 (17.0%)	252 (12.0%)
Age Group, n (%)
Age 17–25	2456 (63.7%)	1197 (68.3%)	1259 (60.0%)
Age 26–30	799 (20.7%)	366 (20.9%)	433 (20.6%)
Age 31–35	329 (8.5%)	122 (7.0%)	207 (9.9%)
Age 36–40	159 (4.1%)	37 (2.1%)	122 (5.8%)
Age 41 and older	110 (2.9%)	31 (1.8%)	79 (3.8%)
Service
Army	1526 (39.6%)	724 (41.3%)	802 (38.2%)
Air Force	970 (25.2%)	358 (20.4%)	612 (29.1%)
Marine Corps	273 (7.1%)	130 (7.4%)	143 (6.8%)
Navy	1084 (28.1%)	541 (30.9%)	543 (25.9%)
First Recorded Rank
Junior Enlisted (E1-E4)	2480 (64.4%)	1202 (68.6%)	1278 (60.9%)
Senior Enlisted (E4-E9)	1034 (26.8%)	411 (23.4%)	623 (29.7%)
Cadet and Junior Officer (O1-O3)	182 (4.7%)	86 (4.9%)	96 (4.6%)
Senior Officer (O4+)	59 (1.5%)	15 (0.9%)	44 (2.1%)
Warrant Officer or Another Rank	32 (0.8%)	14 (0.8%)	18 (0.9%)
Missing	66 (1.7%)	25 (1.4%)	41 (2.0%)

Due to rounding, columns may not add up to 100%. All demographic information corresponded to enrollment information at first documentation for a diagnosis reflective of gender dysphoria. The first administrative binary gender marker is what is recorded in personnel and medical records and serves as a proxy for sex assigned at birth