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The incidence of non-therapeutic circumcision of children in Australia has continued to diminish.
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==Circumcision in the 21st Century==
The several Australian states operate public hospitals. By 2008 all public hospitals in all states no longer offer non-therapeutic circumcision to patients.<ref>{{REFweb |url= |title= |trans-title= |language= |last= |first= |author-link= |publisher= |website= |date= |update= |accessdate= |format= |quote=}}</ref>
As the incidence of non-therapeutic circumcision has declined, the incidence of infant deaths and SIDS deaths has also declined, while the overall health of Australia's children has improved.<ref>{{REFbook
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The incidence of non-therapeutic circumcision of children in Australia has continued to diminish. Circumcision Information Australia (2017) reported an incidence of infant circumcision of 9.66 percent in fiscal 2015.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=http://www.circinfo.org/statistics.html
|title=Incidence and prevalence of circumcision in Australia
|last=Cozijn
|first=John
|accessdate=2019-10-28
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[[Category:Circumcision]]