Recorded Diagnosis of Gender Identity Disorder Is Strongly Associated with Suicide Mortality

Authors

Geoffrey D. Kahn, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Elizabeth Lockhart, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Gregory E. Simon
Ashli A. Owen-Smith
Rebecca C. Rossom
Arne L. Beck
Frances L. Lynch
Yihe G. Daida
Christine Y. Lu
Stephen Waring
Hsueh-Han Yeh, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Brian K. Ahmedani, Henry Ford HealthFollow

Recommended Citation

Kahn GD, Lockhart E, Simon GE, Owen-Smith AA, Rossom RC, Beck AL, Lynch FL, Daida YG, Lu CY, Waring S, Yeh HH, and Ahmedani BK. Recorded Diagnosis of Gender Identity Disorder Is Strongly Associated with Suicide Mortality. Transgend Health 2023.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-9-2024

Publication Title

Transgender Health

Abstract

We assessed the association between gender identity disorder (GID) diagnosis and suicide in a retrospective case-control study (N = 300,364) from nine health care systems between 2000 and 2015. Adjusting for age and sex, the odds ratio for GID was 18.6 (95% confidence interval 7.0-49.5). Adjusting additionally for comorbid psychiatric diagnoses, the odds ratio was 4.75 (1.78-12.68), higher than depressive (3.96, 3.64-4.31), alcohol use (3.42, 3.04-3.84), bipolar (2.42, 2.10-2.80), and psychotic disorders (1.44, 1.22-1.70). These U.S. data support prior research demonstrating increased suicide risk among patients with diagnosed GID, who may benefit from targeted screening and intervention within health care systems.

Volume

9

Issue

5

First Page

454

Last Page

458