An infographic from Fenway Health released for Trans Awareness week Nov 12-19 in 2012:

“It is no surprise, then, that there are significant health disparities faced by the transgender community:

-62% of transgender people have experienced depression and 41% admit to attempting suicide at some point in their lives;
-30% report smoking daily, compared to 20.6% of U.S. adults;
-26% report using drugs or alcohol, currently or in the past, to cope with discrimination;
-The rate of HIV infection in the trans community is 2.6%, compared to only 0.6% among the general population. Among black transgender people, the rate is an astounding 4.4%.

Despite the stark and serious nature of these disparities, recent progress on transgender rights and care should give us hope and spur us to greater action:

-In September of 2011, the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) released new standards of care that better reflect the diverse needs of transgender individuals and the need to provide them with more holistic care.
-This summer in Massachusetts, the Transgender Equal Rights Bill took effect, barring discrimination in employment, housing, education, and lending, and enabling hate crime charges in attacks that target someone for being transgender.
-In August, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that provisions in the Affordable Care banning sex-based discrimination would protect transgender Americans.”

Source: fenwayfocus.org/2012/11/taw12/?fbclid=IwAR3FFPc4xSfWj_i8FSXbgHRy7fJ4OQmBuuoS__TxnHkD-6K2AxbeN-Um5lc