What percentage of boys are circumcised?

Answer 1

The vast majority of men in the world are intact. In most of the world circumcision is extremely rarely practiced. For example in most of Europe, South America, Central America, Africa, and Asia, probably 98 out of 100 men would be intact. However, in some countries a small minority of the population is circumcised. For example in places like Canada and Australia, around 10% of newborn babies are circumcised.

Circumcision is very common in Israel, where there is a large Jewish population. Circumcision is also practiced among some, but not all, Muslims.

In the United States 25 years ago, the vast majority of men were circumcised, but today a minority of infants are circumcised. Circumcision rates have been falling in the United States since the 1970s. In the 1980s, over 80% of newborn male infants were circumcised. By 2007, when the most recent data from the American Academcy of Pediatrics was released, less than 40% of newborn male infants were circumcised, meaning that of boys born today in the United States, more are uncircumcised and circumcised.

Circumcision rates vary widely by region in the United States. In the Midwest and southeast, circumcision rates remain as high as 65%, while in the western united states, circumcision rates are generally well below 25%.

Answer 2

Les then 20% of males worldwide are circumcised. Circumcision is in the main a religious or cultural and right of pasage tradition. A very small percentage of these being ostensibly for medical, hygiene, reasons. There are no officially recognised benefits for the removal of the foreskin from the penis. on the contrary the tradition is being increasingly compared with female genital mutilation. The WHO recently began a mass circumcision program in an efort to reduce the incidence of HIV infections in Africa as it turned out this led to an increace in HIV infctions.

Answer 3

Today about 32% and the rate is droping rapidly to fall in line wie world average ora devloped western country. Worldwide less than 20% of men are circumcised and the majority are done for religious and cultural reasons.

Answer 4

Percentage of mothers reporting having their male baby circumcised, by province and territory, Canada, 2006/2007Newfoundland and Labrador*Prince Edward Island39.2Nova Scotia6.8New Brunswick18.0Quebec12.3Ontario43.7Manitoba31.6Saskatchewan35.6Alberta44.3British Columbia30.2Yukon*Northwest Territories9.7Nunavut*Canada31.9* Numerator too small for rate calculationSource: Canadian Maternity Experiences Survey[29]