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by envoked 2621 days ago
Not to take away from your point but 0.01% of 164k is ~17.

Edit:

I didn't want to be a jerk so I decided to look it up. Looks like NYT[1] has the number at 0.6% (probably higher in reality since it's self reported) so that's about 1000 people a day.

Also stats offer little comfort when you're part of that group and it happens to you 100% of the time.

[1]https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/01/health/transgender-popula...

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It’s probably lower in reality since it’s phone poll and minorities are probably more likely to participate in polls.
> minorities are probably more likely to participate in polls

on what basis do you believe that to be the case?

Just my humble experience. Any minorities (e. g. people of minor nations, like Icelanders) always try to remind everyone of own existence. Which is not a bad thing, and this is maybe untrue, but this could be an explanation of possible trans-people overrepresentation.