Lies, damned lies and..

[Nicki B]

Given the strong interest often shown on these boards for hard numbers, I thought this (http://www.calderdale.nhs.uk/fileadmin/files/Public_Information/Publications/Microsoft_Word_-_Calderdale_Trans_Report_-_March__09.pdf) might be of interest.

It's a very recent survey by an NHS Primary Care Trust (the organisation responsible for providing all local healthcare services) in Calderdale, near Leeds (NE England).

I wouldn't describe it as an easy place to be openly trans - as the report itself says, it's bound to be an underestimate.

But still it equates to a population considering transition of around 1 in 5000, or a total of 12,000 for the whole of the UK (current population >60M).. And services have so far been sized, by the Government, for a population of 5000 in total..

[Niya W]

hmm so that's %.02. lets says they number ranges from%1-%5 of the population. that 600,000 to 3,000,000. that is a lot of people missing.

[Kaitlyn Michele]

Nicki - I majored in math....great math quote ... i am such a geek

But u speak truth....we are among the most marginalized group of people outside of third world countries....and even they have sally struthers to help them (ok - bad joke for US folks)

[John]

5000 places for 12000 people. I don't think that'll suprise anyone who's every tried to deal the with NHS for transition :rolleyes:

Thanks for the link, Nicki