In 2022, 21 percent of transgender adults and 28 percent of transgender people of color reported that in the past year, providers had refused to provide them with reproductive or sexual health services due to their actual or perceived gender identity. Overall, transgender people of color in the U.S. experienced a higher rate of health care refusals from providers in comparison to white transgender people.
Share of transgender people who experienced health care refusals by health care providers in the past year in the U.S. as of 2022, by race
*Nonbinary, gender-nonconforming, transgender, and genderqueer respondents are all represented in the data for transgender people.
**People of color are defined as Black, Hispanic, Asian, and multiracial people as well as those who identify as "other, non-Hispanic."
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Center for American Progress. (January 12, 2023). Share of transgender people who experienced health care refusals by health care providers in the past year in the U.S. as of 2022, by race [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 03, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1388835/transgender-people-who-were-denied-health-care-in-the-us/
Center for American Progress. "Share of transgender people who experienced health care refusals by health care providers in the past year in the U.S. as of 2022, by race." Chart. January 12, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1388835/transgender-people-who-were-denied-health-care-in-the-us/
Center for American Progress. (2023). Share of transgender people who experienced health care refusals by health care providers in the past year in the U.S. as of 2022, by race. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1388835/transgender-people-who-were-denied-health-care-in-the-us/
Center for American Progress. "Share of Transgender People Who Experienced Health Care Refusals by Health Care Providers in The past Year in The U.S. as of 2022, by Race." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Jan 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1388835/transgender-people-who-were-denied-health-care-in-the-us/
Center for American Progress, Share of transgender people who experienced health care refusals by health care providers in the past year in the U.S. as of 2022, by race Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1388835/transgender-people-who-were-denied-health-care-in-the-us/ (last visited December 03, 2024)
Share of transgender people who experienced health care refusals by health care providers in the past year in the U.S. as of 2022, by race [Graph], Center for American Progress, January 12, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1388835/transgender-people-who-were-denied-health-care-in-the-us/
