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Incidence

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In England, the incidence of circumcision is 21,000 per year; one boy in 15 having the operation on the NHS by the age of 15 years).

Globally, almost 40% of the male population have been circumcised (1)

 

Reference:

  1. Morris BJ, Wamai RG, Henebeng EB, et al. Estimation of country-specific and global prevalence of male circumcision. Popul Health Metr. 2016 Mar 1;14:4.

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