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Dr Phil Silva reported that 40.3 percent of boys born in 1972-3 in the [https://dunedinstudy.otago.ac.nz/ Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study] were circumcised. | Dr Phil Silva reported that 40.3 percent of boys born in 1972-3 in the [https://dunedinstudy.otago.ac.nz/ Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study] were circumcised. | ||
The incidence of circumcision was reported at 0.35 percent among New Zealander boys in 1995.<ref>{{REFbook | The incidence of circumcision was reported at 0.35 percent among New Zealander boys in 1995.<ref name="mcgrath-young2001">{{REFbook | ||
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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 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 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. | The Maori people who constitute about 17 percent of the population do not circumcise.<ref name="mcgrath-young2001" /> | ||
It is said that the small Jewish population have to fly in a ''[[mohel]]'' if they want to have a son circumcised. | It is said that the small Jewish population have to fly in a ''[[mohel]]'' if they want to have a son circumcised.<ref name="mcgrath-young2001" /> | ||
The Pacific Island people who constitute 8.1 percent of the population are an exception. The Pacific Islanders circumcise (actually a [[dorsal slit]]) as part of their culture.<ref>{{REFnews | The Pacific Island people who constitute 8.1 percent of the population are an exception. The Pacific Islanders circumcise (actually a [[dorsal slit]]) as part of their culture.<ref>{{REFnews | ||