The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its first survey on Tuesday, showing that by 2023, about 3.3 percent of high school students will identify as transgender.

CDC researchers collected data from 20,103 students in public and private high schools for 2023 Youth Risk Behavior Survey. They found that transgender teens were more likely to report bullying. 40.1 percent of transgender respondents reported being bullied at school, compared to 20.3 percent of female students and 14.8 percent of male students. Transgender students were also more likely to report “worsened mental health in the past 30 days” and “persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness in the past 12 months.”

More than half of transgender students reported considering suicide in the past year, according to the survey. About one in four transgender students surveyed said they had attempted suicide in the past year. Among men, 12.1% said they had considered suicide during that period, and 5.3% said they had attempted suicide. For women, 24% said they had considered the act, and 11% claimed to have attempted the act. (Related: College volleyball player claims school tricked him into living with transgender roommate)

Additionally, more than one in four transgender students surveyed said they had missed school in the past 30 days because they felt unsafe, compared to 8.5% of boys and 8.5% of transgender students. was 14.9%.

The survey is the first national survey organized by the federal government to include teens who say they are unsure if they are transgender. According to New York Times. According to the survey, the majority of students surveyed reported being born female, including 64.2 percent of transgender students and 64.3 percent of “questioning” students.

“There are people in this country who are prejudiced, bullied, forced into dangerous situations, feel excluded at school, and have worse mental health than their peers because of how they identify with their gender. There are 5 percent of young people who are at increased risk for suicide: their cisgender peers,” Kathleen Ethier, director of CDC’s Division of Youth and School Health, told The New York Times. (Related: Democratic governor unilaterally makes it illegal to talk to children about gender change)

Chloe Cole began her gender transition when she was a minor. According to a lawsuit filed on her behalf in 2023, the sex change was accomplished using puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and a double mastectomy between the ages of 13 and 17.

Cole, an advocate for political advocacy groups. do no harmnow a detransitioner, advocating for an end to “childhood transition.”