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. 2017 May 1;95(1):129–133. doi: 10.1007/s11524-017-0150-5

Table 1.

Population size estimates, female-to-male transgender adults (transmen), San Francisco, 2015.

Area Method Source Count % in survey (n = 122) Population size estimate Uncertainty estimates
San Francisco (city and county) Service multiplier
Service provider #1 83 8.2% 1012 371–1656a
Service provider #2 140 12.3% 1138 581–1698a
Service provider #3 75 22.1% 339 205–476a
Municipal STD clinic 16 5.7% 281 37–526a
Wisdom of the crowds Survey, median response NA NA 600 150–20,000b
Literature Census, Flores report 717,884 0.76% (0.42–1.31%) [7] 5456 /2 = 2728 1507–4702c
Median 806
San Francisco Bay Area Multiplier
Private physician practice 345 5.7% 6053 1637–10,470a
Community event 288 14.8% 1946 1087–2806a
Wisdom of the crowds Survey, median response NA NA 2000 40–96,000b
Literature Census, Flores report Total adults = 5,867,054 0.76% (0.42–1.31%) [7] 44,590/2 = 22,294 1230–38,429c
Median 4027

NA not applicable

a95% confidence intervals

b2.5 and 97.5 percentiles of responses

cCalculated using published credible intervals [7]