What is the annual ratio of human beings born physically as real hermaphrodites? Anybody know and have a cite to back it up? (hypothetical example: 10 in 250,000)
This is genuine scientific medical question, so please treat it as such. I am not interested in reading anything about sex-change operations, transsexuals, cross-dressers, or GLBT.
2007-03-13 09:44:18 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
I believe it is between 8-12%. It is pretty rare You can look in the American Journal of Medicine archives. I also saw this special on PBS. It was about a rare case named Toby. he/she had an an XXY chromosome. Toby coulndn't decide whether to be male or female;so decided to just be both, it was rather intersting. If you contact PBS' archive I'm sure they will have it. This was about ten years ago, but I never forgot it!!
Good Luck !
2007-03-13 10:19:12 · answer #1 · answered by Ace 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Medical literature reports estimates of the frequency of various categories of intersexuality, from additional chromosomes to mixed gonads, hormones and genitalia. On the basis of that evidence, it is calculated that for every 1,000 children born, seventeen are intersexual in some form. That number--1.7 %--is, however, an estimate.
2007-03-13 17:21:18 · answer #2 · answered by Jesus is my Savior 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-03-13 16:51:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋