39 % of males are circumcised in the us.
39 % of males are circumcised in the us.
what percentage of babies are circumcised in the us?
39 % of males
a national survey on sexual attitudes in 2000 found that 15.8% of men or boys in the united kingdom (ages 16–44) were circumcised by their parents' choosing. 11.7% of 16- to 19-year-olds, and 19.6% of 40- to 44-year-olds said they had been circumcised. apart from black caribbeans, men born overseas were more likely to be circumcised. rickwood "et al." reported that the proportion of english boys circumcised for medical reasons had fallen from 35% in the early 1930s to 6.5% by the mid-1980s. an estimated 3.8% of male children in the uk in 2000 were being circumcised by the age of 15. the researchers stated that too many boys, especially under the age of 5, were still being circumcised because of a misdiagnosis of phimosis. they called for a target to reduce the percentage to 2%.
prevalence of circumcision
bullet::::- overall, 26 percent of men age 15–49 and 32 percent of those age 50–64 have been circumcised. hiv prevalence for men age 15–49 is lower among circumcised (8.0 percent) than among uncircumcised men (11.9 percent). the pattern of lower hiv prevalence among circumcised than uncircumcised men is observed across most background characteristics. for each age group, circumcised men have lower hiv prevalence than those who are not circumcised; the difference is especially pronounced for men age 35–39 and 45–49 (11.7 percentage points each). the difference in hiv prevalence between uncircumcised and circumcised men is larger among urban than rural men (5.2 percentage points versus 2.1 percentage points).
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