Circumcision and HIV: Difference between revisions

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==== The United States ====

In America, the majority of the male population is circumcised, approximately 62%,<ref name="moore2015">{{REFweb

In America, the majority of the male population is [[circumcised]], approximately 62%,<ref name="moore2015">{{REFweb

|url=https://today.yougov.com/topics/lifestyle/articles-reports/2015/02/03/younger-americans-circumcision

|title=Young Americans less supportive of circumcision at birth

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}}</ref> while in most countries in Europe, circumcision is uncommon. One would expect for there to be a lower transmission rates in the [[United States]], and for [[HIV]] to be rampant in Europe; [[HIV]] transmission rates are in fact higher in the United States, where most men are circumcised, than in various countries in Europe, where most men are intact.<ref>http://data.unaids.org/pub/Report/1998/19981125_global_epidemic_report_en.pdf</ref>

}}</ref> while in most countries in Europe, circumcision is uncommon. One would expect for there to be a lower transmission rates in the [[United States]], and for [[HIV]] to be rampant in Europe; [[HIV]] transmission rates are in fact higher in the United States, where most men are circumcised, than in various countries in Europe, where most men are [[intact]].<ref>http://data.unaids.org/pub/Report/1998/19981125_global_epidemic_report_en.pdf</ref>

A common explanation given for this difference is the fact that sex education and instruction in the proper use of condoms is better executed in Europe than in the United States, where sex education is poor.

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 ==== The United States ====
-In America, the majority of the male population is circumcised, approximately 62%,<ref name="moore2015">{{REFweb
+In America, the majority of the male population is [[circumcised]], approximately 62%,<ref name="moore2015">{{REFweb
   |url=https://today.yougov.com/topics/lifestyle/articles-reports/2015/02/03/younger-americans-circumcision
   |title=Young Americans less supportive of circumcision at birth
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   |date=2015-02-03
   |accessdate=2022-06-15
-}}</ref> while in most countries in Europe, circumcision is uncommon. One would expect for there to be a lower transmission rates in the [[United States]], and for [[HIV]] to be rampant in Europe; [[HIV]] transmission rates are in fact higher in the United States, where most men are circumcised, than in various countries in Europe, where most men are intact.<ref>http://data.unaids.org/pub/Report/1998/19981125_global_epidemic_report_en.pdf</ref>
+}}</ref> while in most countries in Europe, circumcision is uncommon. One would expect for there to be a lower transmission rates in the [[United States]], and for [[HIV]] to be rampant in Europe; [[HIV]] transmission rates are in fact higher in the United States, where most men are circumcised, than in various countries in Europe, where most men are [[intact]].<ref>http://data.unaids.org/pub/Report/1998/19981125_global_epidemic_report_en.pdf</ref>
 A common explanation given for this difference is the fact that sex education and instruction in the proper use of condoms is better executed in Europe than in the United States, where sex education is poor.