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Male circumcision: global trends and determinants of prevalence, safety and acceptability. This report is the result of collaborative work between the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the World Health Organization and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). Based on: 13. Demographic and health surveys.
Circumcision knife from the Congo; wood, iron; late 19th/early 20th century. The word circumcision is from Latin circumcidere, meaning "to cut around". [2] Circumcision is the oldest known surgical procedure. [86] Depictions of circumcised penises are found in Paleolithic art, [87] predating the earliest signs of trepanation. [86] [88]
During the 2000s, the prevalence of circumcision in men aged 14–59 differed by race: 91 percent of non-Hispanic white men, 76 percent of black men, and 44 percent of Hispanic men (of any race) were circumcised, according to Mayo Clinic Proceedings. [14] Wolters Kluwer estimated that closer to 80% of males as of April 2023 were circumcised. [45]
[34] [35] Circumcision involves either a conventional "cut and stitch" surgical procedure or use of a circumcision instrument or device. Complications are rare. Complications are rare. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] [ 38 ] Modern proponents say that circumcision reduces the risks of a range of infections and diseases and confers sexual benefits.
The Canadian Paediatric Society, does not support recommending circumcision as a routine procedure for newborns. (1996) neonatal male circumcision has no medical indication. It is a traumatic procedure performed without anaesthesia to remove a normal functional and protective prepuce. The Australasian Association of Paediatric Surgeons, 1996
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Circumcision is rare in Europe, East Asia, as well as in India. Christians in the East and West Indies (excluding the Philippines) do not practice it. Circumcision is also widely practiced among Christian communities in Philippines, South Korea, [42] Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Israel, and North Africa. [43] [44]
Circumcision of Abraham's son Isaac. Regensburg Pentateuch, Israel Museum, Jerusalem (c. 1300). The Book of Genesis explains circumcision as a covenant with God given to Abraham, [24] In Judaism it "symbolizes the promise of lineage and fruitfulness of a great nation," [25] the "seal of ownership and the guarantee of relationship between peoples and their god."