Line graph showing differences in suicide attempt trends between trans youth who started hormone therapy one year apart from each other five years prior to treatment initiation, staying steady with a sharp drop at year 0.
Trans youth are less likely to attempt suicide after starting hormone replacement therapy
Trans teens who started hormone replacement therapy one year apart from each other experienced similar increases in suicide attempts over the five years prior to initiating treatment (horizontal axis). The vertical axis shows differences in attempted suicide rates between the two groups, with a baseline year of -1. Starting hormone therapy (year zero) led to a 5.68 percentage point (14.4%) drop in attempting suicide. The shaded areas indicate the 95% confidence interval.
