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| − | The incidence of male neonatal non-therapeutic medically unnecessary circumcision in New Zealand rose to about 95 percent in the 1940s. The incidence of male neonatal non-therapeutic circumcision started to decline about 1950. It was reported at 0.35 percent among white New Zealanders in 1995.<ref>McGrath, Ken, and Hugh Young, [https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4757-3351-8_8| A Review of Circumcision in New Zealand]. ''Understanding Circumcision'', George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, and Marilyn Fayre Milos, eds. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, 2001, 129-146.</ref>
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| − | The males in New Zealand who are circumcised are mostly older men. The percentage of males who are circumcised is gradually declining as older males die off and are replaced by younger intact males. Almost no one under 25-years-of-age is circumcised.
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| − | The Pacific Island people who constitute 8.1 percent of the population are an exception. The Pacific Islanders circumcise as part of their culture.
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| − | * Young H, McGrath K. [http://www.circumstitions.com/NZ.html| The rise and fall of circumcision in New Zealand]. Circumstitions. 8 December 2000.
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Colorado Advocates for Body Integrity and Children's Rights