Hazard Ratio: Benjamin Ryan

Hazard Ratio: Benjamin Ryan

Gender Dysphoria Surges 50-Fold In English Kids From 2011 to 2021

This surge parallels what has been documented among adolescents and young adults in the United States, in particular among natal females, over the past decade.

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Benjamin Ryan
Jan 26, 2025
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Diagnoses of gender dysphoria in English minors attending primary care practices increased by 50-fold from 2011 to 2021, according to a new study.

I tucked this finding into the report I published Thursday in The New York Sun about a new pair of systematic literature review and meta-analysis papers that found that prescribing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to treat gender dysphoria in young people is based on “very low certainty evidence.”

I wanted to go into greater detail about the dysphoria-diagnosis study in this Substack.

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