TABLE 2.
Demographic characteristics of the transgender patient population at Fenway Health served in calendar year 2013 (n = 1197)
| TOTAL | Female-to-male (FTM) | Male-to-female (MTF) | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| 621 | 52 % | 576 | 48 % | 1197 | 100 % | |
| Age | FTM | MTF | Total | |||
| Mean age (in years) | 28.52 | 35.15 | 31.71 | |||
| Gender identity | FTM-N | FTM-% | MTF-N | MTF-% | Total-N | Total-% |
| Female | 8 | 1 % | 244 | 42 % | 252 | 21 % |
| Male | 283 | 46 % | 29 | 5 % | 312 | 26 % |
| Genderqueer or not exclusively male or female | 87 | 14 % | 47 | 8 % | 134 | 11 % |
| Missing/not reported | 243 | 39 % | 256 | 44 % | 499 | 42 % |
| Race/ethnicity | FTM-N | FTM-% | MTF-N | MTF-% | Total-N | Total-% |
| White non-Hispanic | 494 | 80 % | 384 | 67 % | 878 | 73 % |
| Black | 35 | 6 % | 49 | 9 % | 84 | 7 % |
| Latino/Hispanic | 29 | 5 % | 60 | 10 % | 89 | 7 % |
| Asian | 24 | 4 % | 31 | 5 % | 55 | 5 % |
| Multiracial | 25 | 4 % | 26 | 5 % | 51 | 4 % |
| Other | 10 | 2 % | 16 | 3 % | 26 | 2 % |
| Missing/not reported | 4 | 1 % | 10 | 2 % | 14 | 1 % |
| Employment status | FTM-N | FTM-% | MTF-N | MTF-% | Total-N | Total-% |
| Employed: unspecified | 102 | 16 % | 88 | 15 % | 190 | 16 % |
| Employed: part-time | 28 | 5 % | 12 | 2 % | 40 | 3 % |
| Employed: full-time | 36 | 6 % | 17 | 3 % | 53 | 4 % |
| Employed: self-employed | 1 | 0 % | 2 | 0 % | 3 | 0 % |
| Unemployed | 18 | 4 % | 22 | 4 % | 40 | 3 % |
| Retired | 1 | 0 % | 2 | 0 % | 3 | 0 % |
| Student | 56 | 9 % | 38 | 7 % | 94 | 8 % |
| Other | 7 | 1 % | 10 | 2 % | 17 | 1 % |
| Not reported | 372 | 60 % | 385 | 67 % | 757 | 63 % |
| Income category | FTM-N | FTM-% | MTF-N | MTF-% | Total-N | Total-% |
| 100 % of poverty level and below | 277 | 45 % | 245 | 43 % | 522 | 44 % |
| 101–150 % of poverty level | 33 | 5 % | 31 | 5 % | 64 | 5 % |
| 151–200 % of poverty level | 26 | 4 % | 19 | 3 % | 45 | 4 % |
| Over 200 % of poverty level | 115 | 19 % | 89 | 15 % | 204 | 17 % |
| Refused to report | 56 | 9 % | 69 | 12 % | 125 | 10 % |
| Missing/unknown | 114 | 18 % | 123 | 21 % | 237 | 20 % |
| Insurance | FTM-N | FTM-% | MTF-N | MTF-% | Total-N | Total-% |
| Medicaid | 146 | 24 % | 200 | 35 % | 346 | 29 % |
| Medicare | 36 | 6 % | 88 | 15 % | 124 | 10 % |
| Missing | 6 | 1 % | 4 | 1 % | 10 | 1 % |
| None/uninsured | 27 | 4 % | 37 | 6 % | 64 | 5 % |
| Private | 406 | 65 % | 247 | 43 % | 653 | 55 % |
| Hormones | FTM-N | FTM-% | MTF-N | MTF-% | Total-N | Total-% |
| Yes | 503 | 81 % | 513 | 89 % | 1016 | 85 % |
| No | 118 | 19 % | 63 | 11 % | 181 | 15 % |
| Surgery | FTM-N | FTM-% | MTF-N | MTF-% | Total-N | Total-% |
| Yes | 254 | 41 % | 123 | 21 % | 377 | 31 % |
| No | 128 | 21 % | 102 | 18 % | 230 | 19 % |
| Unknown/not reported | 239 | 38 % | 351 | 61 % | 590 | 49 % |
| Months at Fenway | FTM | MTF | Total | |||
| Mean length being a patient (in months, since first visit) | 35.87 months (3 years) | 42.64 months (3.5 years) | 39.13 months (3 years, 1 month) | |||