‘Transsexualism’ is Rising Wildly in the Military, According to Seven Years of Public Health Data
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Based on ICD-10 diagnosis codes related to transgenderism, the number of occurrences in active-duty military is on the rise—and it’s an exponential rise.
The Defense Medical Epidemiology Database (DMED) is a depository of all diagnoses, which are recorded using International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes. Earlier today, active-duty Navy Medical Service Corps officer Lt. Ted Macie shared the following DMED data on “transsexualism” in a series of posts on X:
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ICD 10: TRANSEXUALISM increase in active duty.
Major spike in the @usairforce pic.twitter.com/A7xFaaeHRI
— Ted (@ted_macie) June 15, 2023
While all branches of service exhibit an increase in occurrences listed as “transsexualism,” the Army and Air Force have shown the most marked increases between 2016 and 2022.
