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==Demographics and distribution== | ==Demographics and distribution== | ||
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 white males under 35-years-of-age are circumcised. | The males in New Zealand who are circumcised are mostly older men. The percentage of males who are circumcised is gradually declining as older circumcised males die off and are replaced by younger [[intact]] males. Almost no white males under 35-years-of-age are circumcised. | ||
The Maori people who constitute about 17 percent of the population do not circumcise.<ref name="mcgrath-young2001" /> | The Maori people who constitute about 17 percent of the population do not circumcise.<ref name="mcgrath-young2001" /> | ||