Bakker A, van Kesteren P J, Gooren L J, Bezemer P D
Department of Internal Medicine, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1993 Apr;87(4):237-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1993.tb03364.x.
The prevalence of transsexualism in the Netherlands was estimated by counting all the subjects who were diagnosed as transsexuals by psychiatrists or psychologists and were subsequently hormonally treated and generally underwent sex-reassignment surgery. At the end of 1990, 713 Dutch-born transsexuals received treatment (507 men, 206 women). This amounts to a prevalence of 1:11,900 for male-to-female transsexualism and 1:30,400 for female-to-male transsexualism (population age 15 and above in both groups). The sex ratio was about 2.5 men to 1 woman. The most important reason for this relatively high prevalence seems to be the benevolent climate for the treatment of transsexualism in the Netherlands.
荷兰变性癖的患病率是通过统计所有被精神科医生或心理学家诊断为变性癖、随后接受激素治疗并通常接受性别重置手术的对象来估算的。1990年底，713名在荷兰出生的变性人接受了治疗（507名男性，206名女性）。这相当于男变女变性癖的患病率为1:11,900，女变男变性癖的患病率为1:30,400（两组均为15岁及以上人口）。男女比例约为2.5:1。这种相对较高患病率的最重要原因似乎是荷兰对变性癖治疗持宽容的氛围。
